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Ezekiel 23:11-25 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11. “Now her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was even more depraved in her lust than Oholah, and made her promiscuous acts worse than those of her sister.

12. She lusted after the Assyrians: governors and prefects, warriors splendidly dressed, horsemen riding on steeds, all of them desirable young men.

13. And I saw that she had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.

14. But she increased her promiscuity when she saw male figures carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,

15. wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers, a depiction of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.

16. At the sight of them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

17. Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and defiled her with their lust. But after she was defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.

18. When she flaunted her promiscuity and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust just as I turned away from her sister.

19. Yet she multiplied her acts of promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth when she acted like a prostitute in the land of Egypt

20. and lusted after their lovers, whose sexual members were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.

21. So you revisited the indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your nipples to enjoy your youthful breasts.

22. “Therefore Oholibah, this is what the Lord God says: I am going to incite your lovers against you, those you turned away from in disgust. I will bring them against you from every side:

23. the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans; Pekod, Shoa, and Koa; and all the Assyrians with them — desirable young men, all of them governors and prefects, officers and administrators, all of them riding on horses.

24. They will come against you with an alliance of nations and with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will set themselves against you on every side with shields, bucklers, and helmets. I will delegate judgment to them, and they will judge you by their own standards.

25. When I vent My jealous rage on you, they will deal with you in wrath. They will cut off your nose and ears, and your descendants will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your descendants will be consumed by fire.

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