Book 14 : NEVIIM - EZEKIEL - Chapter 023
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And the word of HaShem came unto me, saying
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'Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one
mother
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and they committed harlotries in Egypt; they committed
harlotries in their youth; there were their bosoms pressed, and there their
virgin breasts were bruised
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And the names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah
her sister; and they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for
their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah
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And Oholah played the harlot when she was Mine; and she
doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians, warriors
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clothed with blue, governors and rulers, handsome young men
all of them, horsemen riding upon horses
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And she bestowed her harlotries upon them, the choicest men
of Assyria all of them; and on whomsoever she doted, with all their idols she
defiled herself
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Neither hath she left her harlotries brought from Egypt;
for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised her virgin breasts; and
they poured out their lust upon her
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Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into
the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted
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These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her
daughters, and her they slew with the sword; and she became a byword among
women, for judgments were executed upon her
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And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt
in her doting than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her
harlotries
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She doted upon the Assyrians, governors and rulers,
warriors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them
handsome young men
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And I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way
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And she increased her harlotries; for she saw men
portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion
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girded with girdles upon their loins, with pendant turbans
upon their heads, all of them captains to look upon, the likeness of the sons of
Babylon, even of Chaldea, the land of their nativity
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And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent
messengers unto them into Chaldea
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And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and
they defiled her with their lust; and she was polluted with them, and her soul
was alienated from them
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So she uncovered her harlotries, and uncovered her
nakedness; then My soul was alienated from her, like as My soul was alienated
from her sister
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Yet she multiplied her harlotries, remembering the days of
her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt
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And she doted upon concubinage with them, whose flesh is
as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses
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Thus thou didst call to remembrance the lewdness of thy
youth, when they from Egypt bruised thy breasts for the bosom of thy youth
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Therefore, O Oholibah, thus saith the L-rd GOD: Behold, I
will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy soul is alienated, and I
will bring them against thee on every side
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the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and
Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, governors and rulers
all of them, captains and councillors, all of them riding upon horses
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And they shall come against thee with hosts, chariots, and
wheels, and with an assembly of peoples; they shall set themselves in array
against thee with buckler and shield and helmet round about; and I will commit
the judgment unto them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments
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And I will set My jealousy against thee, and they shall
deal with thee in fury; they shall take away thy nose and thine ears, and thy
residue shall fall by the sword; they shall take thy sons and thy daughters, and
thy residue shall be devoured by the fire
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They shall also strip thee of thy clothes, and take away
thy fair jewels
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Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy
harlotry brought from the land of Egypt, so that thou shalt not lift up thine
eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more
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For thus saith the L-rd GOD: Behold, I will deliver thee
into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy soul
is alienated
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and they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take
away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare; and the nakedness of
thy harlotries shall be uncovered, both thy lewdness and thy harlotries
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These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast
gone astray after the nations, and because thou art polluted with their idols
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In the way of thy sister hast thou walked; therefore will
I give her cup into thy hand
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Thus saith the L-rd GOD: Thou shalt drink of thy sister's
cup, which is deep and large; thou shalt be for a scorn and a derision; it is
full to the uttermost
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Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the
cup of astonishment and appalment, with the cup of thy sister Samaria
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Thou shalt even drink it and drain it, and thou shalt
craunch the sherds thereof, and shalt tear thy breasts; for I have spoken it,
saith the L-rd GOD
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Therefore thus saith the L-rd GOD: Because thou hast
forgotten Me, and cast Me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness
and thy harlotries.
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HaShem said moreover unto me: 'Son of man, wilt thou judge
Oholah and Oholibah? then declare unto them their abominations
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For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their
hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery; and their sons, whom
they bore unto Me, they have also set apart unto them to be devoured
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Moreover this they have done unto Me: they have defiled My
sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned My sabbaths
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For when they had slain their children to their idols,
then they came the same day into My sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have
they done in the midst of My house
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And furthermore ye have sent for men that come from far;
unto whom a messenger was sent, and, lo, they came; for whom thou didst wash
thyself, paint thine eyes, and deck thyself with ornaments
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and sattest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared
before it, whereupon thou didst set Mine incense and Mine oil
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And the voice of a multitude being at ease was therein;
and for the sake of men, they were so many, brought drunken from the wilderness,
they put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads
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Then said I of her that was worn out by adulteries: Still
they commit harlotries with her, even her
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For every one went in unto her, as men go in unto a
harlot; so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women
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But righteous men, they shall judge them as adulteresses
are judged, and as women that shed blood are judged; because they are
adulteresses, and blood is in their hands
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For thus saith the L-rd GOD: An assembly shall be brought
up against them, and they shall be made a horror and a spoil
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And the assembly shall stone them with stones, and
despatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters,
and burn up their houses with fire
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Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that
all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness
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And your lewdness shall be recompensed upon you, and ye
shall bear the sins of your idols; and ye shall know that I am the L-rd GOD.
Book 14 : NEVIIM - EZEKIEL - Chapter 023
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