Ezek 23
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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother:
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and they went a-whoring in Egypt in their youth: there their breasts fell, there they
lost their virginity.
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And their names were Oola the elder, and Ooliba her sister: and they were Or, married to me mine, and bore sons and daughters:
and as for their names, Samaria was Oola, and
Jerusalem was Ooliba.
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And Oola went a-whoring from me, and doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians that were
her neighbors,
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clothed with purple, princes and captains; they were young men and choice, all horseman
riding on horses.
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And she bestowed her fornication upon them; all were choice sons of the Assyrians:
and on whomever she doted herself, with them she defiled herself in all their devices.
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And she forsook not her fornication with the Egyptians: for in her youth they committed
fornication with her, and they deflowered her, and poured out their fornication upon
her.
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Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the children
of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.
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They uncovered her shame: they took her sons and daughters, and slew her with the
sword: and she became a byword among women: and they wrought vengeance in her for
the sake of the daughters.
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And her sister Ooliba saw it, and she indulged in her fondness more corruptly than
she, and in her fornication more than the fornication of her sister.
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She doted upon the sons of the Assyrian, princes and captains, her neighbours, clothed
with fine linen, horsemen riding on horses; they were all choice young men.
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And I saw that they were defiled, that the two had one way.
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And she increased her fornication, and she saw men painted on the wall, likenesses
of the Chaldeans painted with a pencil,
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having variegated girdles on their loins, having also richly dyed attire upon their
heads; all had a See Heb. princely appearance, the likeness of the children of the Chaldeans, of their Alex. autwn native
land.
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And she doted upon them Gr. in the sight of her eyes as soon as she saw them, and sent forth messengers to them into the land
of the Chaldeans.
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And the sons of Babylon came to her, into the bed of rest, and they defiled her in
her fornication, and she was defiled by them, and her soul was alienated from them.
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And she exposed her fornication, and exposed her shame: and my soul was alienated
from her, even as my soul was alienated from her sister.
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And you did multiply your fornication, so as to call to remembrance the days of your
youth, wherein you did commit whoredom in Egypt,
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and you did dote upon the Chaldeans, whose flesh is as the flesh of the asses, and
their members as the members of horses.
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And you did look upon the iniquity of your youth, the things which you wroughtest
in Egypt in your lodgings, where were the breasts of your youth.
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Therefore, Ooliba, thus says the Lord; Behold, I will stir up your lovers against
you, from whom your soul is alienated, and I will bring them upon you round about,
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the children of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Phacuc, and Sue, and Hychue, and all
the sons of the Assyrians with them; choice young men, governors and captains, all
See verse 15 princes and renowned, riding on horses.
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And they all shall come upon you from the north, chariots and wheels, with a multitude
of nations, shields and targets; and the enemy shall set a watch against you round
about: and I will set judgement before them, and they shall take vengeance on you
with their judgements.
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And I will bring upon you my jealousy, and they shall deal with you in great anger:
they shall take away your nose and your ears; and shall cast down your remnant with
the sword: they shall take your sons and your daughters; and your remnant fire shall
devour.
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And they shall strip you of your raiment, and take away Gr. vessels of your glory, or, boasting your ornaments.
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So I will turn back your ungodliness from you, and your fornication from the land
of Egypt: and you shall not lift up your eyes upon them, and shall no more remember
Egypt.
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Wherefore thus says the Lord God; Behold, I will deliver you into the hands of those
whom you hate, from whom your soul is alienated.
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And they shall deal with you in hatred, and shall take all the fruits of your labours
and your toils, and you shall be naked and bare: and the shame of your fornication
shall be exposed: and your ungodliness and your fornication
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brought this upon you, in that you went a-whoring after the nations, and did defile
yourself with their devices.
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You did walk in the way of your sister; and I will put her cup into your hands.
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Thus says the Lord; Drink your sister’s cup, deep and large, Alex+’it shall be for derision, or, scorn.’ and full, to cause
complete drunkenness.
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And you shall be thoroughly weakened; and the cup of destruction, the cup of your
sister Samaria,
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drink you it, and I will take away her feasts and her new moons: for I have spoken
it, says the Lord.
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Therefore thus says the Lord; Because you has forgotten me, and cast me behind your
back, therefore receive you the reward of your ungodliness and your fornication.
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And the Lord said to me, Son of man will you not judge Oola and Ooliba? and declare
to them their iniquities?
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For they have committed adultery, and blood was in their hands, they committed adultery
with their i. e. idols devices, and they passed through the fire to them their children which they bore
to me.
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So long too as they did these things to me, they defiled my sanctuary, and profaned
my sabbaths.
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And when they Lit. slew sacrificed their children to their idols, they also went into my sanctuary to profane
it: and whereas they did thus in the midst of my house;
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and whereas they did thus to the men that came from afar, to whom they sent messengers,
and as soon as they came, immediately you did wash yourself, and did paint your eyes
and adorn yourself with ornaments,
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and satest on a prepared bed, and before it there was a table set out, and as for
mine incense and mine oil, they rejoiced in them,
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and they raised a sound of music, and that with men coming from the wilderness out
of a multitude of men, Alex. +’inflamed with wine.’ See A. V. margin and they put bracelets on their hands, and a crown of
Gr. boasting glory on their heads;
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Therefore I said, Do they not commit adultery with these? and has she also gone a-whoring
after the manner of a harlot?
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And they went in to her, as men go in to a harlot; so they went in to Oola and to
Ooliba to work iniquity.
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And they are just men, and shall take vengeance on them with the judgement of an adulteress
and the judgement of blood: for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
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Thus says the Lord God, Bring up a multitude upon them, and send trouble and plunder
into the midst of them.
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And stone them with the stones of a multitude, and pierce them with their swords:
they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and shall burn up their houses.
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And I will remove ungodliness out of the land, and all the women shall be instructed,
and shall not do according to their ungodliness.
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And your ungodliness shall be recompensed upon you, and you shall bear the guilt of
your devices: and you shall know that I am the Lord.