< Ezekiel 23 >

1 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
The word of Jehovah came to me again, saying:
2 son: child man two woman daughter mother one to be
Son of man, there were two women, 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 committed fornication in Egypt; in their youth they committed fornication. There they allowed their breasts to be pressed, and their virgin teats to be handled.
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 Aholah, the elder, and Aholibah, her sister; and they became mine, and bore sons and daughters; as to their names, moreover, Aholah is Samaria, and Aholibah, Jerusalem.
5 and to fornicate Oholah underneath: under me and to lust upon to love: lover her to(wards) Assyria near
And Aholah played the harlot 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, captains 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
Thus she committed fornication with them, with all the choice young men of Assyria, and with all on whom 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 forsook she her whoredoms brought from Egypt; for they lay with her in her youth, and handled the breasts of her virginity, and poured their fornication upon 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
Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon 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 slew her with the sword; and she became famous among women, when they had executed judgment upon her.
11 and to see: see sister her Oholibah and to ruin lust her from her and [obj] fornication her from fornication sister her
And her sister, Aholibah, saw this, but she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.
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 upon the Assyrians, her neighbors, prefects and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
13 and to see: see for to defile way: conduct one to/for two their
Then I saw that she was defiled; that 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
But she added to her whoredoms; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, images of Chaldaeans 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
girded with girdles upon their loins, and having long mitres hanging down from their heads, in their appearance all of them princes, after the manner of the sons of Babylon, of Chaldaea, the land of their nativity;
16 (and to lust [emph?] *Q(K)*) upon them to/for appearance eye her and to send: depart messenger to(wards) them Chaldea [to]
and as soon as she cast her eyes upon them, she doted on them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldaea.
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
And the sons of Babylon came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredoms, and she was polluted with them. She then became 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 discovered her fornications, and discovered her nakedness. Then my mind was alienated from her, as it had been 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
For she multiplied her whoredoms in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she played the harlot in the land of Egypt;
20 and to lust [emph?] upon concubine their which flesh donkey flesh their and discharge horse discharge their
for she doted on their paramours, whose members were as the members of asses, and whose issue was as 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 thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, when thy teats were handled by the Egyptians, on account of the paps of thy 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, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against thee thy lovers, from whom thou art alienated, and I will bring them against thee 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 Chaldaeans, prefects, rich men, and nobles, and all the Assyrians with them, all of them desirable young men, prefects and rulers, captains and men of renown, all of them riding upon 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 thee with arms, chariots and wheels, and with hosts of people; with buckler and shield and helmet shall they set themselves against thee on every side. And I will commit to them judgment, and they shall punish thee according to their punishments.
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
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 posterity shall fall by the sword. They shall take away thy sons and thy daughters, and thy posterity shall be consumed with fire.
26 and to strip you [obj] garment your and to take: take article/utensil beauty your
They shall also strip thee of thy garments, and take away thy fair 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 thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt, so that thou shalt not lift thine 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 saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thou art 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 thee in hatred, and take away all the fruits of thy labor from thee, and shall leave thee naked and bare; and thy nakedness shall be uncovered, with which thou hast committed lewdness and fornication and foul whoredom.
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 will I do to thee, because thou hast committed whoredom with the nations, and hast been 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
Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister, therefore will I give her cup into thy 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 saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup, which is deep and large; it shall make thee a laughing-stock and a derision, for it containeth much.
33 drunkenness and sorrow to fill cup horror: appalled and devastation cup sister your Samaria
Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow. A cup of astonishment and amazement is the cup of thy 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
Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and lick the sherds, and thou shalt tear thy breasts. For I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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 saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
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
Moreover, Jehovah said to me, Son of man, punish Aholah and Aholibah; yea, 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
that they have committed adultery, and blood is upon their hands, and that with their idols they have committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through the fire to them for food.
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
This also have they 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 into my sanctuary the same day to profane it; behold, thus have they done in 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
Yea, ye sent for men to come from afar; messengers were sent to them, and behold, they came; for them didst thou wash thyself, and paint thine eyes, and deck thyself 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 thou didst seat thyself upon a stately bed before which a table was prepared, and thereon didst thou 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
Also the voice of a multitude at ease was with her; and together with men from the common multitude were brought deep-drinkers from the desert, who put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
43 and to say to/for old adultery (now to fornicate *Q(K)*) fornication her and he/she/it
Then said I concerning her that was worn out with adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, even with her?
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 men go to a harlot; so went they in to Aholah and to Aholibah, 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
But righteous men shall judge them, as adulteresses are judged, and as women that shed blood are judged; for they are adulteresses, and blood is upon 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 saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring a great company against them, and will give them up to be harassed and spoiled,
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
and the company shall stone them with stones, and cut them in pieces with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn 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 take warning, and not follow them in their 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
And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols; that ye may know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

< Ezekiel 23 >