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Ezekiel 23:9-20 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

9. So I gave Oholah to the Assyrian lovers she wanted so badly.

10. They ripped off her clothes, then captured her children and killed her. Women everywhere talked about what had happened to Oholah.

11. Oholibah saw all this, but she was more sinful and wanted sex more than her sister Oholah ever did.

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.

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