Ezekiel 23
23:1And the word of the lord came to me, saying,
23:2O son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother.
23:3And they fornicated in Egypt; in their youth they committed harlotry. There their breasts fell; there they lost their virginity.
23:4And their names -- Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister. And they were born to me, and gave birth to sons and daughters. And their names -- Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem is Aholibah.
23:5And Aholah fornicated from me, and doted upon her lovers, upon the Assyrians being next to her;
23:6ones being clothed in blue, leaders and commandants, young men, all choice horsemen riding upon horses.
23:7And she offered her harlotry unto them; the choice sons of the Assyrians -- all; and upon all upon whom she doted herself. With all her thoughts she defiled herself.
23:8And her harlotry, the one with Egypt she did not abandon, for they went to bed with her in her youth, and they caused her loss of virginity, and they poured out their harlotry upon her.
23:9On account of this I delivered her up into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the sons of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
23:10They uncovered her shame. They took her sons and daughters, and they killed her by the broadsword. And she became a discussion for women; and they executed acts of vengeance in her.
23:11And her sister Aholibah saw, and she corrupted her undertaking above her sister, and her harlotry above the harlotry of her sister.
23:12She doted upon the sons of the Assyrians, the leaders, and commandants near her, ones being clothed elegantly, horsemen riding upon horses, young men, all choice.
23:13And I beheld that they were defiled; it was one way for the two of them.
23:14And she added unto her harlotry, and she saw men having been portrayed upon the wall, images of Chaldeans having been portrayed with a stylus;
23:15having colored belts tied upon their loins; deeply dyed apparel upon their heads; all with the appearance of officials, a likeness of sons of Babylon of the Chaldeans, of the land of their fatherland.
23:16And she doted upon them with the vision of her eyes; and she sent out messengers to them, into the land of the Chaldeans.
23:17And sons of Babylon came to her, to her marriage-bed resting up, and they defiled her with their harlotry. And she was defiled by them, and her soul separated unto them.
23:18And she uncovered her harlotry, and uncovered her shame. And my soul separated from her in which manner my soul separated from her sister.
23:19And you multiplied your harlotry to call to mind the day of your youth in which you committed harlotry in Egypt.
23:20And you doted upon the Chaldeans, which their flesh is as flesh of donkeys, and their genitals as genitals of horses.
23:21And you overlooked the lawlessness of your youth, which you did in Egypt in your lodging, of which place the breasts of your youth fell.
23:22On account of this, O Aholibah, thus says Adonai the lord; Behold, I awaken your lovers against you, of whom your soul is separated unto them. And I will bring them against you round about;
23:23sons of Babylon and all the Chaldeans -- Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the sons of the Assyrians with them; choice young men, governors and commandants, all tribunes, and famous ones riding upon horses.
23:24And they shall come upon you all from the north with weapons, and chariots, and wheels, and a multitude of peoples, and chest plates, and shields, and helmets -- they shall be placed around about you, and they shall throw upon you a watch round about. And I will impute judgment before their face, and they shall punish you in their judgments.
23:25And I will put my jealousy against you. And they shall deal with you in an anger of rage. They shall remove your nose and your ears; and they shall throw down your remnant with a broadsword. They shall take your sons and your daughters, and your remnant shall be devoured by fire.
23:26And they shall strip your clothes off you, and shall take the items of your boasting.
23:27And I will turn your impious deeds from you, and your harlotry from the land of Egypt, and in no way shall you lift up your eyes unto them; and in no way shall you remember Egypt any more.
23:28For thus says Adonai the lord; Behold, I deliver you into the hands which you detest, from which your soul is separated from them.
23:29And they shall deal with you in hatred, and they shall take all the things of your toils, and you will be naked and disgraced. And the shame of your harlotry shall be uncovered, even your impiety, and your harlotry.
23:30He did to you these things in your fornicating after the nations, and you defiled yourself in their ideas.
23:31You went in the way of your sister; and I will put her cup into your hands.
23:32Thus says Adonai the lord; The cup of your sister you shall drink -- deep and spacious; it shall be for laughter and sneering abounding to complete intoxication.
23:33And you shall be filled of feebleness; a cup of extinction, and a cup of your sister Samaria.
23:34And you shall drink it and strain it out. And his potsherds you shall devour, and you shall pull about your breasts. And your holiday feasts, and your new moons I will pervert, for I have spoken, says Adonai the lord.
23:35On account of this, Thus says Adonai the lord; Because you forgot me, and threw me behind your body, then you receive for your impiety and your harlotry!
23:36And the lord said to me, O son of man, Will you judge Aholah and Aholibah? for you shall report to them their lawless deeds.
23:37For they committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; even with their thoughts they committed adultery. And their children which they bore to me, they led them through fire.
23:38While also they did these things to me, they defiled my holy things in that day, and they profaned my Sabbaths.
23:39even in their slaying their children to their idols, and entering into my holy places in that day to profane them. And behold, thus they did in the midst of my house.
23:40And they sent forth to the men, to the ones having come from far off, to which they sent out messengers to them. And together in their coming straight you bathed and tinged your eyes with antimony, and adorned yourself with ornamentation,
23:41and you sat down upon a bed being a spread out, and a table being adorned before it; and my incense and my oil you put before them, and they were glad in them.
23:42And a sound of harmony they played music to men from out of a multitude of men having come being drunk from out of the wilderness. And they put bracelets upon their hands, and a crown of boasting upon their heads.
23:43And I said, Do they not commit adultery with these? And works of a harlot also she fornicated?
23:44And they entered unto her. In which manner men enter to a woman harlot, so they entered to Aholah, and to Aholibah the lawless women, to commit lawlessness.
23:45And they are just men, and they shall punish them in punishment of adulteresses. And in judgment they shed blood, for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
23:46Thus says Adonai the lord; Lead a multitude against them, and put disturbance and ravaging among them;
23:47and let them stone with stones of multitudes, and let them pierce them through with their swords! Their sons and their daughters they shall kill, and their houses they shall burn.
23:48And I will return the impiety of the land, and all the women shall be corrected, and in no way shall they do according to their impious deeds.
23:49And your impiety shall be imputed upon you, and the sins of your ideas you shall bear, and you shall know that I am the lord.