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Ezekiel 23:12-29 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

12. Oholibah also chased after good-looking Assyrian officers, uniformed soldiers, and cavalry troops.

13. Just like her sister, she did vulgar things.

14. But Oholibah behaved worse than her sister. Oholibah saw images of Babylonian men carved into walls and painted red.

15. They had belts around their waists and large turbans on their heads, and they reminded her of Babylonian cavalry officers.

16. As soon as she looked at them, she wanted to have sex with them. And so, she sent messengers to bring them to her.

17. Men from Babylonia came and had sex with her so many times that she got disgusted with them.

18. She let everyone see her naked body and didn't care if they knew she was a prostitute. That's why I turned my back on her, just as I had done with her elder sister.

19. Oholibah didn't stop there, but became even more immoral and acted as she had back in Egypt.

20. She eagerly wanted to go to bed with Egyptian men, who were famous for their sexual powers.

21. And she longed for the days when she was a young prostitute, when men enjoyed having sex with her.

22. The Lord God said:Oholibah, though you no longer want to be with your lovers, they will surround you like enemies, when I turn them against you.

23. I will gather all the handsome young officials and the high-ranking cavalry officers from Babylonia and Assyria, as well as from the Chaldean tribes of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa.

24. Their large armies will come from the north with chariots and wagons carrying weapons. They will wear shields and helmets and will surround you, and I will let them judge and sentence you according to their own laws.

25. I am angry with you, so I will let them be very cruel. They will cut off your nose and ears; they will kill your children and put to death anyone in your family who is still alive.

26. Your clothes and jewellery will be torn off.

27. I will stop your wickedness and the prostitution you started back in Egypt. You will never want to think about those days again.

28. I, the Lord God, am ready to hand you over to those hateful enemies that you find so disgusting.

29. They will cruelly take away everything you have worked for and strip you naked. Then everyone will see you for the prostitute you really are. Your own vulgar sins

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