Eze 23:2-27 | ESV | STEP | Son of man , there were two women , the daughters of one mother .

2 ^a“Son of man, there were ^btwo women, the daughters of one mother. 3 ^cThey played the whore in Egypt; ^dthey played the whore ^ein their youth; there their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms ^{▼▼Hebrew nipples; also verses 8, 21} handled. 4 Oholah was the name of the elder and Oholibah the name of her sister. ^gThey became mine, and they ^hbore sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah is ⁱSamaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

5 “Oholah played the whore ^jwhile she was mine, and ^kshe lusted after her lovers ^lthe Assyrians, warriors 6 clothed in purple, ^mgovernors and commanders, ⁿall of them desirable young men, ^ohorsemen riding on horses. 7 She bestowed her whoring upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them, and she defiled herself with all the idols of everyone after whom she lusted. 8 She did not give up her whoring ^pthat she had begun in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her and handled her virgin bosom and poured out their whoring lust upon her. 9 Therefore ^qI delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted. 10 ^rThese uncovered her nakedness; ^sthey seized her sons and her daughters; and as for her, they killed her with the sword; and she became ^ta byword among women, ^uwhen judgment had been executed on her.

11 ^v“Her sister Oholibah saw this, and she became ^wmore corrupt than her sister ^{▼▼Hebrew than she} in her lust and in her whoring, which was worse than that of her sister. 12 She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and commanders, warriors clothed in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, ^yall of them desirable young men. 13 And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way. 14 But she carried her whoring further. She saw men ^zportrayed on the wall, the ^aaimages of ^abthe Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion, 15 wearing belts on their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them having the appearance of officers, a likeness of Babylonians whose native land was Chaldea. 16 When she saw them, she lusted after them and ^acsent messengers to them ^adin Chaldea. 17 And the Babylonians came to her ^aeinto the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoring lust. And after she was defiled by them, ^afshe turned from them in disgust. 18 When she carried on her whoring so openly and flaunted her nakedness, I turned in disgust from her, as I had turned in disgust from her sister. 19 Yet she increased her whoring, ^agremembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt 20 and lusted after her lovers there, whose members were like those of donkeys, and whose issue was like that of horses. 21 Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom and pressed ^{▼▼Vulgate, Syriac; Hebrew bosom for the sake of} your young breasts.”

22 Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I will stir up against you your lovers ^aifrom whom you turned in disgust, ^ajand I will bring them against you from every side: 23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, ^akPekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, ^aldesirable young men, ^amgovernors and commanders all of them, officers and men of renown, all of them riding on horses. 24 And they shall come against you from the north ^{▼▼Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown} with chariots and wagons and a host of peoples. ^aoThey shall set themselves against you on every side with buckler, shield, and helmet; and ^apI will commit the judgment to them, and ^aqthey shall judge you according to their judgments. 25 And I will direct my jealousy against you, ^arthat they may deal with you in fury. They shall cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors shall fall by the sword. ^asThey shall seize your sons and your daughters, and your survivors shall be devoured by fire. 26 ^atThey shall also strip you of your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels. 27 ^auThus I will put an end to your lewdness and ^avyour whoring begun in the land of Egypt, so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.