Ezekiel 23 — LXXSB
23Verse 1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,Verse 2Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother:Verse 3and they went a-whoring in Egypt in their youth: there their breasts fell, there they lost their virginity.Verse 4And their names were Oola the elder, and Ooliba her sister: and they were mine, and bore sons and daughters: and as for their names, Samaria was Oola, and Jerusalem was Ooliba.Verse 5And Oola went a-whoring from me, and doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians that were her neighbours,Verse 6clothed with purple, princes and captains; they were young men and choice, all horseman riding on horses.Verse 7And she bestowed her fornication upon them; all were choice sons of the Assyrians: and on whoever she doted herself, with them she defiled herself in all their devices.Verse 8And she forsook not her fornication with the Egyptians: for in her youth they committed fornication with her, and they deflowered her, and poured out their fornication upon her.Verse 9Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the children of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.Verse 10They uncovered her shame: they took her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword: and she became a byword amongst women: and they wrought vengeance in her for the sake of the daughters.Verse 11And her sister Ooliba saw it, and she indulged in her fondness more corruptly than she, and in her fornication more than the fornication of her sister.Verse 12She doted upon the sons of the Assyrian, princes and captains, her neighbours, clothed with fine linen, horsemen riding on horses; they were all choice young men.Verse 13And I saw that they were defiled, that the two had one way.Verse 14And she increased her fornication, and she saw men painted on the wall, likenesses of the Chaldeans painted with a pencil,Verse 15having variegated girdles on their loins, having also richly dyed attire upon their heads; all had a princely appearance, the likeness of the children of the Chaldeans, of their native land.Verse 16And she doted upon them as soon as she saw them, and sent forth messengers to them into the land of the Chaldeans.Verse 17And the sons of Babylon came to her, into the bed of rest, and they defiled her in her fornication, and she was defiled by them, and her soul was alienated from them.Verse 18And she exposed her fornication, and exposed her shame: and my soul was alienated from her, even as my soul was alienated from her sister.Verse 19And you did multiply your fornication, so as to call to remembrance the days of your youth, wherein you did commit whoredom in Egypt,Verse 20and you did dote upon the Chaldeans, whose flesh is as the flesh of the asses, and their members as the members of horses.Verse 21And you did look upon the iniquity of your youth, the things which you wrought in Egypt in your lodgings, where were the breasts of your youth.Verse 22Therefore, Ooliba, thus says the Lord; Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you, from whom your soul is alienated, and I will bring them upon you round about,Verse 23the children of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Phacuc, and Sue, and Hychue, and all the sons of the Assyrians with them; choice young men, governors and captains, all princes and renowned, riding on horses.Verse 24And they all shall come upon you from the north, chariots and wheels, with a multitude of nations, shields and targets; and the enemy shall set a watch against you round about: and I will set judgement before them, and they shall take vengeance on you with their judgements.Verse 25And I will bring upon you my jealousy, and they shall deal with you in great wrath: they shall take away your nose and your ears; and shall cast down your remnant with the sword: they shall take your sons and your daughters; and your remnant fire shall devour.Verse 26And they shall strip you of your raiment, and take away your ornaments.Verse 27So I will turn back your ungodliness from you, and your fornication from the land of Egypt: and you shall not lift up your eyes upon them, and shall no more remember Egypt.Verse 28Therefore thus says the Lord God; Behold, I will deliver you into the hands of those whom you hate, from whom your soul is alienated.Verse 29And they shall deal with you in hatred, and shall take all the fruits of your labours and your toils, and you shall be naked and bare: and the shame of your fornication shall be exposed: and your ungodliness and your fornicationVerse 30brought this upon you, in that you went a-whoring after the nations, and did defile yourself with their devices.Verse 31You did walk in the way of your sister; and I will put her cup into your hands.Verse 32Thus says the Lord; Drink your sister's cup, deep and large, and full, to cause complete drunkenness.Verse 33And you shall be thoroughly weakened; and the cup of destruction, the cup of your sister Samaria,Verse 34drink you it, and I will take away her feasts and her new moons: for I have spoken it, says the Lord.Verse 35Therefore thus says the Lord; Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore receive you the reward of your ungodliness and your fornication.Verse 36And the Lord said to me, Son of man, will you not judge Oola and Ooliba? and declare to them their iniquities?Verse 37For they have committed adultery, and blood was in their hands, they committed adultery with their devices, and they passed through the fire to them their children which they bore to me.Verse 38So long too as they did these things to me, they defiled my sanctuary, and profaned my sabbaths.Verse 39And when they sacrificed their children to their idols, they also went into my sanctuary to profane it: and whereas they did thus in the midst of my house;Verse 40and whereas they did thus to the men that came from afar, to whom they sent messengers, and as soon as they came, immediately you did wash yourself, and did paint your eyes and adorn yourself with ornaments,Verse 41and sat on a prepared bed, and before it there was a table set out, and as for my incense and my oil, they rejoiced in them,Verse 42and they raised a sound of music, and that with men coming from the wilderness out of a multitude of men, and they put bracelets on their hands, and a crown of glory on their heads;Verse 43Therefore I said, Do they not commit adultery with these? and has she also gone a-whoring after the manner of a harlot?Verse 44And they went in to her, as men go in to a harlot; so they went in to Oola and to Ooliba to work iniquity.Verse 45And they are just men, and shall take vengeance on them with the judgement of an adulteress and the judgement of blood: for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.Verse 46Thus says the Lord God, Bring up a multitude upon them, and send trouble and plunder into the midst of them.Verse 47And stone them with the stones of a multitude, and pierce them with their swords: they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and shall burn up their houses.Verse 48And I will remove ungodliness out of the land, and all the women shall be instructed, and shall not do according to their ungodliness.Verse 49And your ungodliness shall be recompensed upon you, and you⌃ shall bear the guilt of your devices: and you⌃ shall know that I am the Lord.