Ezekiel 23

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

Yahweh said to me,

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

“You human, [listen to this parable about Jerusalem and Samaria]. Once there were two women, daughters of the same 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

They lived in Egypt. And from the time that they were young women, they became prostitutes. In that land, [men] fondled their breasts and caressed their bosoms [DOU].

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

The older [sister] was Oholah, and her [younger] sister was Oholibah. [It was as though] they became my [wives. Later] they gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah represents Samaria, and Oholibah represents Jerusalem.

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

Oholah acted like a prostitute while she was [still] my wife. She desired to have sex with those she loved—soldiers from Assyria.

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

[Some of them] were army officers and commanders. They wore [beautiful] blue [uniforms. They were] all handsome young men. Some of them rode 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 acted like a prostitute toward all the important Assyrian officials, and became unacceptable to me by worshiping all the idols of the men she wanted to have sex with.

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

When she was a young woman in Egypt, she started being a prostitute, and [young] men caressed her breasts and had sex with her; and when she became older, she did not quit acting like a prostitute.

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

So I allowed the Assyrian soldiers, whom she wanted to have sex with, to capture her.

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

They stripped all her clothes off her. They took away her sons and daughters. And then they killed her with a sword. [Other] women started talking about what had happened to her, about how she had been punished.

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

[younger] sister Oholibah saw those [that happened to Oholah], but she was a prostitute, and she desired to have sex with men more than [older] sister had desired.

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

Oholibah [also] wanted to have sex with the Assyrian soldiers. [Some of them were] army officers and commanders. [They all] wore beautiful blue uniforms. They were all handsome young men. [Some of] them rode horses.

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

I saw what she did that caused her to became unacceptable to me, just like [older] sister.

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 did [even] worse things. She saw drawings of men from Babylonia on the walls, painted in red.

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

The [in the drawings] had belts around their waists and long turbans on their heads. They all resembled officers from Babylonia [DOU] [who rode in chariots].

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 those drawings, she wanted to have sex with those men, and she sent messages to them in Babylonia.

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

Then the soldiers from Babylonia came to her, they lay in bed with her, and they had sex with her. Then she became disgusted with them and turned away 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

But when she continued to openly/boldly act like a prostitute [DOU], I became disgusted with her, and I rejected her like I had rejected [older] 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

But she became even more immoral, as she remembered when she was a young woman who was a prostitute in Egypt.

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

There she wanted to have sex with those who loved her, whose genitals were [very long], like [SIM] those of donkeys, and whose sexual emissions were huge, [like] those of horses.

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

So she desired to be immoral like she was when she was young, when men in Egypt caressed her bosom and fondled her breasts.”

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

“[represents you people of Jerusalem]. Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord say: ‘I will cause those [soldiers] who loved you but whom you turned away from because you became disgusted with them, to be angry with you. I will cause them to come and attack you from 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

soldiers from Babylon and all the other places in Babylonia, [their allies] from Pekod and Shoa and [regions], and all the army of Assyria. [Yes], all of them are handsome young men, army officers and commanders, officers who ride in chariots, all 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

Their huge army will attack you with weapons, riding in chariots and pulling wagons [that will carry their army supplies]. They will surround you, carrying large and small shields, and wearing helmets. I will allow them to capture you and punish you in the way that they [always] [their enemies].

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

Because I am very angry with you, I will cause them to act [very] furiously toward you. They will cut off your noses and your ears. Then, those who are still alive, they will kill with their swords. They will take away your sons and daughters, and a fire will burn up those who remain alive.

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

They will strip off your clothes and your fine jewelry and take them away.

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

In that way, I will stop all the immoral behavior that began when you became a prostitute in Egypt. You will no longer desire to do those things, or think [what you did in] Egypt.’

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

This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord say: ‘I am about to allow those whom you hate, those you became disgusted with and turned away from, to capture you.

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

They will be cruel and take away everything that you have worked hard to acquire. They will leave you completely naked [DOU], and everyone will see that you truly are a prostitute.

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

It is because of what you have done that you will be punished like that; you have been an immoral prostitute; you have had sex with men of other nations, and you have caused yourselves to become unacceptable to me [worshiping] 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 behaved [the people of Samaria, who are like] your [older] sister. So I will cause you to be punished [MET] like they were punished.’

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

This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘[You will suffer like people suffer when they drink from a cup a lot of strong alcoholic drink]: [It will be as though] you will drink from the cup that the people of Samaria drank from; a big and tall cup. Because of your drinking what is in that cup, many people will scorn you and make fun of you because there is a lot of liquid in that cup.

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

When you become very drunk, you will become very sad, [drinking what is in] that cup [MTY] will cause you to become ruined and deserted, like what happened [MET] to [the people of] Samaria, [who are like] [MET] your sister.

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 will drink all the liquid that is in that cup; then you will break that cup into pieces [use those pieces to] gash/cut your [because you will be very sad].’ [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.

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, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘Because you have forgotten me and rejected me [IDM], you must be punished for your immoral behavior and for [like] a prostitute.’”

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

Yahweh said to me, “You human, you must [RHQ] [the people of those two cities represented by] Oholah and Oholibah. You must remind them of their detestable behavior:

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

[It is as though the people of those cities] have committed adultery and have murdered [MTY] people. They have been unfaithful to me by [worshiping] idols. They have even sacrificed their own children, who belonged to me, to be food for their idols.

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

They have done [disgraceful things]: They have caused my temple to be an unacceptable place for worship, and have not respected the Sabbath days.

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

On the same day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my temple, which caused it to be an unacceptable place for worshiping me.

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

They sent messages to men [in countries] far away. And when those men arrived, [the women of those two cities] bathed themselves for them, painted their eyebrows, and put on jewelry.

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

They sat on a beautiful couch, with a table in front of it on which they had put incense and [olive] oil that belonged to me.

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

Soon there was a noisy crowd around them. Among the crowd there were men from Sheba who had come from the [of Arabia]. They put bracelets on the arms of the [two] sisters and put 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 about the woman who had become exhausted by her having sex with many men, ‘Now allow those men to act toward her as though she is a prostitute, because that is all that she is.’

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

So they had sex [EUP] with those two women, Oholah and Oholibah, like men have sex with prostitutes.

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 will condemn them to be punished, like women who commit adultery and who murder others are punished, because those women commit adultery and they murder [MTY] others.

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

So this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: Bring a mob to attack Samaria and Jerusalem, and allow that mob to cause the people of those cities to be terrified, and to rob them.

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 mob will throw stones at [to kill them]; they will cut them into pieces with their swords, they will kill their sons and daughters, and burn down their houses.

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

In that way I will cause them to stop their immoral behavior. It will warn other women to not imitate/do what you people of Jerusalem are doing.

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

[people of Jerusalem] will be punished for your immoral behavior and for your worshiping idols. Then you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”