Ezekiel 23

1 A message from the Lord came to me, saying,

And it came [the] word of Yahweh to me saying.

2 “Son of man, there were once two women. They were daughters of the same mother.

O son of humankind two women daughters of a mother one they were.

3 They became prostitutes in Egypt. In fact, they were prostitutes from the time they were young. They allowed their virgin breasts to be fondled and their nipples squeezed.

And they acted as prostitutes in Egypt in youth their they acted as prostitutes there they were handled breasts their and there they squeezed [the] nipples of virginiti their.

4 The older girl was called Oholah, and her sister Oholibah. I married them both and they had sons and daughters. Oholah represents Samaria, and Oholibah represents Jerusalem.

And names their [was] Oholah the old [one] and [was] Oholibah sister her and they belonged to me and they bore sons and daughters and names their [was] Samaria Oholah and [was] Jerusalem Oholibah.

5 Oholah prostituted herself while she was still married to me. She wanted to have sex with her lovers, the Assyrians.

And she acted as a prostitute Oholah under me and she lusted on lovers her to Assyria [were] warriors.

6 They were soldiers dressed in blue, leaders and commanders, all of them handsome young men in the cavalry.

Clothed of blue governors and officials young men of desire all of them horsemen riders of horses.

7 She gave away herself sexually to all the important men of Assyria. She made herself unclean by her worship of all the idols of those men she wanted to have sex with.

And she gave prostitution her to them [were] [the] choicest of [the] sons of Assyria all of them and by all [those] whom she lusted after by all idols their she made herself unclean.

8 She didn't stop her prostitution that she started in Egypt—men sleeping with her when she was young, squeezing her virgin breasts and using her to satisfy their sexual appetite.

And prostitution her since Egypt not she forsook if her they had lain with in youth her and they they had squeezed [the] nipples of virginiti her and they had poured out prostitution their on her.

9 So I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians she wanted to have sex with.

Therefore I gave her in [the] hand of lovers her in [the] hand of [the] people of Assyria whom she had lusted on them.

10 They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became infamous among women, and they punished her.

They they uncovered nakedness her sons her and daughters her they took and her with the sword they killed and she became a name to women and judgments they brought about on her.

11 Oholibah saw what happened to her sister, but she became even worse than her in her wanting sex and practicing prostitution.

And she saw sister her Oholibah and she acted corruptly lust her more than her and prostitution her more than [the] prostitutions of sister her.

12 She also wanted to have sex with the Assyrians: their leaders and commanders, their splendidly-dressed soldiers—all of them handsome young men in the cavalry.

To [the] sons of Assyria she lusted governors and officials warriors clothed of perfection horsemen riders of horses [were] young men of desire all of them.

13 I saw that she had also made herself unclean—both sisters were doing the same thing.

And I saw that she had made herself unclean way one [belonged] to both of them.

14 However, Oholibah's prostitution was even worse. She saw pictures of Babylonian soldiers wearing bright red uniforms painted on the wall.

And she added to prostitution her and she saw men of a carved [thing] on the wall [the] images of ([the] Chaldeans *Q(k)*) inscribed with vermilion.

15 They were wearing belts on their waists and large turbans on their heads. They all looked like Babylonian officers in Chaldea, the country where they were born.

Girded of a waistband on hips their overhung of turbans on heads their [the] appearance of of icers all of them [the] likeness of [the] sons of Babylon Chaldea [was] [the] land of kindred their.

16 When she saw the paintings of them, she wanted to have sex with them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

(And she lusted! *Q(K)*) on them to [the] sight of eyes her and she sent messengers to them Chaldea towards.

17 The Babylonians came to her and her love bed, and made her unclean with their sexual desire. However, after she had been dishonored by them, she rejected them in disgust.

And they came to her [the] sons of Babylon to a bed of love and they defiled her by prostitution their and she became unclean by them and it was alienated self her from them.

18 When Oholibah so blatantly prostituted herself, exposing herself naked, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had done to her sister.

And she uncovered prostitution her and she uncovered nakedness her and it was alienated self my from with her just as it had been alienated self my from with sister her.

19 But she practiced even more prostitution, remembering how she'd been a prostitute in Egypt when she was young.

And she increased prostitution her to remember [the] days of youth her when she acted as a prostitute in [the] land of Egypt.

20 She wanted to have sex with her lovers who had genitals like donkeys and who ejaculated like stallions.

And she lusted! on paramours their whom [was the] flesh of donkeys flesh their and [was the] ejaculation of horses ejaculation their.

21 You went back to the indecent acts when you were young, when the Egyptians squeezed your nipples and fondled your young breasts.

And you sought [the] licentiousness of youth your when squeezed since Egypt nipples your on account of [the] breasts of youth your.

22 So Oholibah, this is what the Lord God says: I'm going to encourage your lovers to attack you, those you rejected in disgust. I will bring them to attack you from every direction:

Therefore O Oholibah thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh here I [am] about to rouse lovers your on you [those] whom it was alienated self your from them and I will bring them on you from round about.

23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians along with them—all handsome young men, leaders and commanders, chariot captains and important officers, all riding horses.

[the] people of Babylon and all [the] Chaldeans Pekod and Shoa and Koa all [the] people of Assyria with them young men of desire governors and officials all of of them icers and called [ones] riders of horses all of them.

24 They will attack you from the north, invading with a great army, chariots, and wagons. They will come with their shields and helmets and surround you. I will hand you over to them for punishment, and they will judge and punish you following their own laws.

And they will come on you weapon[s] chariot[s] and wheel[s] and with a company of peoples body shield and shield and helmet they will set up on you all around and I will set before them judgment and they will judge you by judgments their.

25 I feel so strongly about what you've done that I will oppose you, and they will treat you very badly. They will cut off your noses and ears, and they will kill those of you who are left. They will take away your sons and daughters as prisoners, and those of you who are left will be destroyed by fire.

And I will set jealousy my on you and they will deal with with you in rage nose your and ears your they will remove and remainder your by the sword it will fall they sons your and daughters your they will take and remainder your it will be consumed by fire.

26 They will tear off your clothes and take your beautiful jewelry.

And they will strip off you clothes your and they will take away [the] articles of beauty your.

27 I'm going to put a stop to your immorality and prostitution, which started in Egypt. You won't think longingly about those times, and you'll forget all about Egypt.

And I will cause to cease licentiousness your from you and prostitution your from [the] land of Egypt and not you will lift up eyes your to them and Egypt not you will remember again.

28 For this is what the Lord God says: Believe it when I say that I'm going to hand you over to the people you hate, the ones you rejected in disgust.

For thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh here I [am] about to give you in [the] hand of [those] whom you hate in [the] hand of [those] whom it has been alienated self your from them.

29 They will treat you with hatred. They will take away everything you've worked for, leaving you stark naked with nothing, so that so that the indecent acts of your prostitution will be exposed. Your immorality and prostitution

And they will deal with with you in hatred and they will take all property your and they will leave you nakedness and bareness and it will be uncovered [the] nakedness of prostitutions your and licentiousness your and prostitution your.

30 is why all this has happened to you, because you acted as a prostitute with the nations and made yourself unclean by worshiping their idols.

They have done these [things] to you because acted as a prostitute you after nations on that you made yourself unclean by idols their.

31 Because you did what your sister did, I will give you her cup to drink.

In [the] way of sister your you have walked and I will put cup her in hand your.

32 This is what the Lord God says: You will drink from your sister's cup—a large, deep cup. You will be laughed at and insulted. You'll have to endure much of this.

Thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh [the] cup of sister your you will drink deep and wide it will become laughter and mockery much to contain.

33 It will make you drunk and full of grief because it's a cup of that brings horror and destruction, the cup your sister Samaria drank from.

Drunkenness and sorrow you will be filled [is] a cup of horror and desolation [the] cup of sister your Samaria.

34 You will drink it all down, smash it to pieces on the ground, and tear at your breasts. This is what I have spoken, declares the Lord God.

And you will drink it and you will drain [it] and fragments its you will break and breasts your you will tear out for I I have spoken [the] utterance of [the] Lord Yahweh.

35 In summary this is what the Lord God says: Because you have forgotten about me and have ignored me, you will have to experience the consequences of your immorality and prostitution.”

Therefore thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh because you have forgotten me and you have thrown me behind back your and also you bear licentiousness your and prostitution your.

36 Then the Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you going to condemn Oholah and Oholibah? Expose the disgusting things they've done!

And he said Yahweh to me O son of humankind ¿ will you judge Oholah and Oholibah and declare to them abominations their.

37 For they have committed adultery, and they are guilty of murder. They have committed adultery with their idols, and have even offered their children, whom they had for me, as sacrifices to their idols.

For they have committed adultery and blood [is] on hands their and with idols their they have committed adultery and also children their whom they bore to me they made pass through to them to food.

38 They also did this to me: On the very same day they both made my sanctuary unclean and violated my Sabbaths.

Again this they have done to me they have made unclean sanctuary my on the day that and sabbaths my they have profaned.

39 On very day that they killed their children for their idols, they went my sanctuary and made it unclean. Look at what they did right inside my Temple!

And when had slaughtered they children their to idols their and they went into sanctuary my on the day that to profane it and there! thus they did in [the] midst of house my.

40 They even kept on sending messengers for men to come from far away. When the men arrived, you would get yourselves ready for them by bathing, doing your eye makeup, and putting in your jewelry.

And also for they sent for men [who] come from a distance whom a messenger [was] sent to them and there! they came for whom you bathed you painted eyes your and you put on ornament[s].

41 You sat on an expensive couch, with my incense and my oil on a table placed in front of it.

And you sat on a couch glorious and a table [was] arranged before it and incense my and oil my you put on it.

42 The room was full of the noise of people partying. Drunk men were brought in from the desert along with some common people and they put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.

And [the] sound of a multitude at ease [was] in her and to men from [the] multitude of humankind [were] brought (Sabeans *Q(K)*) from [the] wilderness and they put bracelets to hands their and a crown of beauty on heads their.

43 Then I said about the old worn-out woman, ‘Now they can have her as a prostitute because that's what she is!’

And I said of the [woman] worn out adulteries (now they will act as a prostitutes *Q(K)*) prostitution her and she.

44 So they had sex with her like a prostitute. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those immoral women.

And he went into her as goes into a woman a prostitute so they went into Oholah and into Oholibah [the] women of licentiousness.

45 But men who believe in what's right will judge them and impose the punishment for committing commit adultery and murder, because they are adulterers and murderers.

And people righteous they they will judge them judgment of adulteresses and judgment of [women who] shed blood for [are] adulteresses they and blood [is] on hands their.

46 This is what the Lord God says: Have a mob attack them! Make them terrified and rob them.

For thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh bring up on them a company and give over them to terror and to spoil.

47 The mob will stone them and kill them with their swords, slaughtering their sons and daughters and burning down their houses.

And they will stone on them stone[s] [the] company and they will cut down them with swords their sons their and daughters their they will kill and houses their with fire they will burn.

48 This is how I will put an end to immorality in the country, and all the women will be warned not to do what you have done.

And I will cause to cease licentiousness from the land and they will be warned all the women and not they will do like licentiousness your.

49 They will punish you for your immorality, and you will have to experience the consequences of your idol worship. Then you will know that I am the Lord God.”

And people will requite licentiousness your to you and [the] sins of idols your you will bear and you will know that I [am the] Lord Yahweh.