Ezekiel 23

1 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say

The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

2 son: child man two woman daughter mother one to be

"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:

3 and to fornicate in/on/with Egypt in/on/with youth their to fornicate there [to] to bruise breast their and there to press breast virginity their

and they played the prostitute in Egypt; they played the prostitute in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.

4 and name their Oholah [the] great: old and Oholibah sister her and to be to/for me and to beget son: child and daughter and name their Samaria Oholah and Jerusalem Oholibah

Their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

5 and to fornicate Oholah underneath: under me and to lust upon to love: lover her to(wards) Assyria near

"Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

6 to clothe blue governor and ruler youth delight all their horseman to ride horse

who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.

7 and to give: give fornication her upon them best son: descendant/people Assyria all their and in/on/with all which to lust in/on/with all idol their to defile

She bestowed her prostitution on them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and on whoever she doted, with all their idols she defiled herself.

8 and [obj] fornication her from Egypt not to leave: forsake for [obj] her to lie down: have sex in/on/with youth her and they(masc.) to press breast virginity her and to pour: pour fornication their upon her

Neither has she left her prostitution since the days of Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity; and they poured out their prostitution on her.

9 to/for so to give: give her in/on/with hand: power to love: lover her in/on/with hand: power son: descendant/people Assyria which to lust upon them

Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.

10 they(masc.) to reveal: uncover nakedness her son: child her and daughter her to take: take and [obj] her in/on/with sword to kill and to be name to/for woman and judgment to make: do in/on/with her

These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters; and her they killed with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for they executed judgments on her.

11 and to see: see sister her Oholibah and to ruin lust her from her and [obj] fornication her from fornication sister her

"Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her prostitution which were more than the prostitution of her sister.

12 to(wards) son: descendant/people Assyria to lust governor and ruler near to clothe perfection horseman to ride horse youth delight all their

She doted on the Assyrians, governors and rulers, her neighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

13 and to see: see for to defile way: conduct one to/for two their

I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.

14 and to add: again to(wards) fornication her and to see: see human to engrave upon [the] wall image (Chaldea *Q(k)*) to decree in/on/with vermilion

She increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

15 belted girdle in/on/with loin their to overrun turban in/on/with head their appearance officer all their likeness son: descendant/people Babylon Chaldea land: country/planet relatives their

wearing belts on their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.

16 (and to lust [emph?] *Q(K)*) upon them to/for appearance eye her and to send: depart messenger to(wards) them Chaldea [to]

As soon as she saw them she doted on them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.

17 and to come (in): come to(wards) her son: descendant/people Babylon to/for bed beloved: love and to defile [obj] her in/on/with fornication their and to defile in/on/with them and to dislocate/hang soul: myself her from them

The Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution, and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.

18 and to reveal: uncover fornication her and to reveal: uncover [obj] nakedness her and to dislocate/hang soul: myself my from upon her like/as as which be alienated soul: myself my from upon sister her

So she uncovered her prostitution, and uncovered her nakedness: then my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.

19 and to multiply [obj] fornication her to/for to remember [obj] day youth her which to fornicate in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt

Yet she multiplied her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth, in which she had played the prostitute in the land of Egypt.

20 and to lust [emph?] upon concubine their which flesh donkey flesh their and discharge horse discharge their

She doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

21 and to reckon: visit [obj] wickedness youth your in/on/with to press from Egypt breast your because breast youth your

Thus you called to memory the lewdness of your youth, in the handling of your bosom by the Egyptians for the breasts of your youth.

22 to/for so Oholibah thus to say Lord YHWH/God look! I to rouse [obj] to love: lover you upon you [obj] which be alienated soul: myself your from them and to come (in): bring them upon you from around: side

"Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the LORD: 'Look, I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom your soul is alienated, and I will bring them against you on every side:

23 son: descendant/people Babylon and all Chaldea Pekod and Shoa and Koa all son: descendant/people Assyria with them youth delight governor and ruler all their officer and to call: call by to ride horse all their

the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them; desirable young men, all of them governors and officials, officers and men of renown, all of them riding on horses.

24 and to come (in): come upon you weapon chariot and wheel and in/on/with assembly people shield and shield and helmet to set: make upon you around: side and to give: give to/for face: before their justice: judgement and to judge you in/on/with justice: judgement their

And they shall come against you armed with chariots, and wagons, and with a huge army; they shall come against you on every side with large shields and small shields and helmet; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they will judge you by their own standards.

25 and to give: give jealousy my in/on/with you and to make: do with you in/on/with rage face: nose your and ear your to turn aside: remove and end your in/on/with sword to fall: kill they(masc.) son: child your and daughter your to take: take and end your to eat in/on/with fire

I will set my jealousy against you, and they shall deal with you in fury; they shall take away your nose and your ears; and your residue shall fall by the sword: they shall take your sons and your daughters; and your residue shall be devoured by the fire.

26 and to strip you [obj] garment your and to take: take article/utensil beauty your

They shall also strip you of your clothes, and take away your beautiful jewels.

27 and to cease wickedness your from you and [obj] fornication your from land: country/planet Egypt and not to lift: look eye your to(wards) them and Egypt not to remember still

Thus will I make your lewdness to cease from you, and your prostitution brought from the land of Egypt; so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.

28 for thus to say Lord YHWH/God look! I to give: give you in/on/with hand: power which to hate in/on/with hand: power which be alienated soul: myself your from them

"'For thus says the LORD: Look, I will deliver you into the hand of them whom you hate, into the hand of them from whom your soul is alienated;

29 and to make: do with you in/on/with hating and to take: take all toil your and to leave: forsake you naked and nakedness and to reveal: uncover nakedness fornication your and wickedness your and fornication your

and they shall deal with you in hatred, and shall take away all your labor, and shall leave you naked and bare; and the nakedness of your prostitution shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your prostitution.

30 to make: do these to/for you in/on/with to fornicate you after nation upon which to defile in/on/with idol their

These things shall be done to you, because you have played the prostitute after the nations, and because you are polluted with their idols.

31 in/on/with way: conduct sister your to go: went and to give: give cup her in/on/with hand your

You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.'

32 thus to say Lord YHWH/God cup sister your to drink [the] deep and [the] broad: wide to be to/for laughter and to/for derision much to/for to sustain

"Thus says the LORD: 'You will drink of your sister's cup, which is deep and large; you will be ridiculed and held in derision; it contains much.

33 drunkenness and sorrow to fill cup horror: appalled and devastation cup sister your Samaria

You shall be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of your sister Samaria.

34 and to drink [obj] her and to drain and [obj] earthenware her to break bones and breast your to tear for I to speak: speak utterance Lord YHWH/God

You shall even drink it and drain it out, and you shall gnaw the broken pieces of it, and shall tear your breasts; for I have spoken it,' says the LORD.

35 to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God because to forget [obj] me and to throw [obj] me after the back your and also you(f. s.) to lift: bear wickedness your and [obj] fornication your

"Therefore thus says the LORD: 'Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore you also bear your lewdness and your prostitution.'"

36 and to say LORD to(wards) me son: child man to judge [obj] Oholah and [obj] Oholibah and to tell to/for them [obj] abomination their

The LORD said moreover to me: "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

37 for to commit adultery and blood in/on/with hand their and with idol their to commit adultery and also [obj] son: child their which to beget to/for me to pass to/for them to/for food

For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and they have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through the fire to them to be devoured.

38 still this to make: do to/for me to defile [obj] sanctuary my in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and [obj] Sabbath my to profane/begin: profane

Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Sabbaths.

39 and in/on/with to slaughter they [obj] son: child their to/for idol their and to come (in): come to(wards) sanctuary my in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to/for to profane/begin: profane him and behold thus to make: do in/on/with midst house: home my

For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and look, thus have they done in the midst of my house.

40 and also for to send: depart to/for human to come (in): come from distance which messenger to send: depart to(wards) them and behold to come (in): come to/for which to wash: wash to paint eye your and to adorn ornament

"'Furthermore you have sent for men who come from far, to whom a messenger was sent, and look, they came; for whom you did wash yourself, paint your eyes, and decorate yourself with ornaments,

41 and to dwell upon bed glorious and table to arrange to/for face: before her and incense my and oil my to set: put upon her

and sit on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you set my incense and my oil.'

42 and voice: sound crowd at ease in/on/with her and to(wards) human from abundance man to come (in): bring (Sabeans *Q(K)*) from wilderness and to give: put bracelet to(wards) hand their and crown beauty upon head their

The voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets on their hands twain, and beautiful crowns on their heads.

43 and to say to/for old adultery (now to fornicate *Q(K)*) fornication her and he/she/it

Then I said of her who was old in adulteries, 'Now will they play the prostitute with her, and she with them.'

44 and to come (in): come to(wards) her like/as to come (in): come to(wards) woman to fornicate so to come (in): come to(wards) Oholah and to(wards) Oholibah woman [the] wickedness

They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute: so went they in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.

45 and human righteous they(masc.) to judge [obj] them justice: judgement to commit adultery and justice: judgement to pour: kill blood for to commit adultery they(fem.) and blood in/on/with hand their

Righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women who shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

46 for thus to say Lord YHWH/God to ascend: attack upon them assembly and to give: make [obj] them to/for horror and to/for plunder

"For thus says the LORD: 'I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be tossed back and forth and robbed.

47 and to stone upon them stone assembly and to create [obj] them in/on/with sword their son: child their and daughter their to kill and house: home their in/on/with fire to burn

The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

48 and to cease wickedness from [the] land: country/planet and to discipline all [the] woman and not to make like/as wickedness your

'Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

49 and to give: pay wickedness your upon you and sin idol your to lift: guilt and to know for I Lord YHWH/God

They shall recompense your lewdness on you, and you shall bear the sins of your idols; and you shall know that I am the LORD.'"