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Ezekiel 23:1¹The Lord’ s message came to me:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Ezekiel 23:2²“Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:44-46 Jer 3:7-10

Ezekiel 23:3³They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers fondled their virgin nipples there.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 17:7 Ezek 16:22 Josh 24:14 Deut 29:16 Ezek 20:8 Ezek 23:19 Ezek 23:21 Ezek 23:8 Hos 2:15

Ezekiel 23:4⁴Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah the name of her younger sister. They became mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:8 1 Kgs 12:20 1 Kgs 12:26-33 1 Kgs 8:29 Exod 19:5-6 Ezek 16:20 Ezek 16:40 Jer 2:2-3 John 4:22 Ps 132:13-14

Ezekiel 23:5⁵“Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians —warriorsCopy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 15:19 2 Kgs 16:7 2 Kgs 17:3 Hos 5:13 2 Kgs 17:7-18 Ezek 16:28 Hos 8:9-10 Jer 50:38 1 Kgs 14:16 1 Kgs 14:9

Ezekiel 23:6⁶clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 23:23

Ezekiel 23:7⁷She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired —with all their idols.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hos 5:3 Hos 6:10 Ezek 20:7 Ezek 22:3-4 Ezek 16:15 Ezek 23:30 Gen 10:22 Ps 106:39

Ezekiel 23:8⁸She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt, for in her youth men went to bed with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 32:4 Ezek 23:19 Ezek 23:3 1 Kgs 12:28 2 Kgs 10:29 2 Kgs 17:16 Ezek 23:21

Ezekiel 23:9⁹Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 15:29 2 Kgs 17:23 Hos 11:5 1 Chr 5:26 2 Kgs 17:3-6 2 Kgs 18:9-12 Rev 17:12-13 Rev 17:16

Ezekiel 23:10¹⁰They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious among women, and they executed judgments against her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 23:29 Hos 2:10 Ezek 16:37-41 Ezek 23:48 Hos 2:3 Jer 22:8-9

Ezekiel 23:11¹¹“Her sister Oholibah watched this, but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 3:8-11 Ezek 16:47-51 Ezek 23:4

Ezekiel 23:12¹²She lusted after the Assyrians—governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 16:7-15 2 Chr 28:16-23 Ezek 16:28 Ezek 23:23 Ezek 23:5-6

Ezekiel 23:13¹³I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 17:18-19 Ezek 23:31 Hos 12:1-2

Ezekiel 23:14¹⁴But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 8:10 Jer 22:14 Ezek 16:29 Isa 46:1 Jer 50:2

Ezekiel 23:15¹⁵wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians whose native land is Chaldea.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 18:4 2 Sam 14:25 Isa 22:21 Judg 8:18

Ezekiel 23:16¹⁶When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:29 Matt 5:28 2 Kgs 24:1 2 Pet 2:14 2 Sam 11:2 Ezek 16:17 Ezek 23:40-41 Gen 3:6 Gen 39:7 Gen 6:2

Ezekiel 23:17¹⁷The Babylonians crawled into bed with her. They defiled her with their lust; after she was defiled by them, she became disgusted with them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 23:22 Ezek 23:28 2 Sam 13:15 Ezek 16:37 Gen 10:10 Gen 11:9

Ezekiel 23:18¹⁸When she lustfully exposed her nakedness, I was disgusted with her, just as I had been disgusted with her sister.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 12:8 Ps 106:40 Ps 78:59 Ezek 21:24 Jer 6:8 Jer 8:12 Amos 5:21 Amos 6:8 Deut 32:19 Ezek 16:36

Ezekiel 23:19¹⁹Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 23:3 Amos 4:4 Ezek 16:22 Ezek 16:25 Ezek 16:29 Ezek 16:51 Ezek 20:7 Ezek 23:14 Ezek 23:21 Ezek 23:8

Ezekiel 23:20²⁰She lusted after her lovers there, whose genitals were like those of donkeys, and whose emission was like that of stallions.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:26 Ezek 17:15 Ezek 16:20 Jer 5:8

Ezekiel 23:21²¹This is how you assessed the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled your nipples and squeezed your young breasts.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Ezekiel 23:22²²“Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look here, I am about to stir up against you the lovers with whom you were disgusted; I will bring them against you from every side:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:37 Rev 17:16 Ezek 23:28 Ezek 23:9 Hab 1:6-10 Isa 10:5-6 Isa 39:3-4 Jer 12:9-12 Jer 6:22-23

Ezekiel 23:23²³the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, all of them governors and officials, officers and nobles, all of them riding on horses.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 50:21 2 Kgs 20:14-17 2 Kgs 24:2 Ezek 23:12 Ezek 23:6 Ezra 6:22 Gen 2:14 Gen 25:18 Isa 23:13 Job 1:17

Ezekiel 23:24²⁴They will attack you with weapons, chariots, wagons, and with a huge army; they will array themselves against you on every side with large shields, small shields, and helmets. I will assign them the task of judgment; they will punish you according to their laws.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 24:14 Ezek 16:38 Ezek 23:45 Ezek 26:10 Jer 39:5-6 Jer 47:3 Nah 2:3-4 Ezek 21:23 Nah 3:2-3

Ezekiel 23:25²⁵I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors will die by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 23:47 Exod 34:14 Ezek 15:6-7 Ezek 16:38-42 Ezek 20:47-48 Ezek 5:13 Ezek 8:1-18 Hos 2:4-5 Deut 29:20 Deut 32:21-22

Ezekiel 23:26²⁶They will strip your clothes off you and take away your beautiful jewelry.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:39 Jer 13:22 Ezek 23:29 1 Pet 3:3-4 Ezek 16:16 Ezek 16:37 Hos 2:3 Hos 2:9-10 Isa 3:17-24 Rev 17:16

Ezekiel 23:27²⁷So I will put an end to your obscene conduct and your prostitution that you have practiced in the land of Egypt. You will not seek their help or remember Egypt anymore.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:41 Ezek 23:19 Ezek 23:3 Ezek 22:15 Isa 27:9 Mic 5:10-14 Zech 13:2

Ezekiel 23:28²⁸“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look here, I am about to deliver you over to those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:37 Ezek 23:17 Ezek 23:22 Jer 34:20 Jer 21:7-10 Jer 24:8

Ezekiel 23:29²⁹They will treat you with hatred, take away all you have labored for, and leave you naked and bare. Your nakedness will be exposed, just as when you engaged in prostitution and obscene conduct.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:39 Ezek 23:25-26 Ezek 23:45-47 2 Sam 13:15 Deut 28:47-51 Ezek 16:36-37 Ezek 23:18

Ezekiel 23:30³⁰I will do these things to you because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 6:9 Ezek 23:12-21 Ezek 23:7 Jer 16:11-12 Jer 2:18-20 Jer 22:8-9 Ps 106:35-38

Ezekiel 23:31³¹You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment in your hand.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 21:13 Jer 7:14-15 Dan 9:12 Ezek 16:47-51 Ezek 23:13 Jer 25:15 Jer 3:8-11

Ezekiel 23:32³²This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘You will drink your sister’s deep and wide cup; you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 51:17 Ps 60:3 Ezek 22:4-5 1 Kgs 9:7 Deut 28:37 Ezek 25:6 Ezek 26:2 Ezek 35:15 Ezek 36:3 Jer 25:15-28

Ezekiel 23:33³³You will be overcome by drunkenness and sorrow. The cup of your sister Samaria is a cup of horror and desolation.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 51:17 Jer 25:27 Isa 51:22 Jer 25:15-16 Hab 2:16

Ezekiel 23:34³⁴You will drain it dry, gnaw its pieces, and tear out your breasts, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 75:8 Isa 51:17 Ezek 23:3 Ezek 23:8 Rev 18:7

Ezekiel 23:35³⁵“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have forgotten me and completely disregarded me, you must bear now the punishment for your obscene conduct and prostitution.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:9 Ezek 22:12 Isa 17:10 Jer 3:21 Jer 32:33 Hos 13:6 Hos 8:14 Jer 2:32 Num 14:34 Ezek 23:45-49

Ezekiel 23:36³⁶The Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 22:2 Ezek 16:2 Ezek 20:4 Isa 58:1 Jer 1:10 1 Cor 6:2-3 Acts 7:51-53 Hos 2:2 Jer 11:14 Jer 14:11

Ezekiel 23:37³⁷For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me, they have passed through the fire as food to their idols.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:36 Ezek 16:20-21 Ezek 16:38 Ezek 20:26 Jer 32:35 Jer 7:31 2 Kgs 17:17 2 Kgs 21:6 2 Kgs 24:4 Deut 12:31

Ezekiel 23:38³⁸Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 20:13 2 Kgs 21:7 Ezek 20:24 Ezek 7:20 2 Kgs 21:4 2 Kgs 23:11-12 Ezek 22:8 Ezek 8:5-16 Jer 17:27 Neh 13:17-18

Ezekiel 23:39³⁹On the same day they slaughtered their sons for their idols, they came to my sanctuary to desecrate it. This is what they have done in the middle of my house.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 21:4 Ezek 44:7 Jer 23:11 2 Chr 33:4-7 Ezek 23:38 Isa 3:9 Jer 11:15 Jer 7:8-11 John 18:28 Mic 3:11

Ezekiel 23:40⁴⁰“They even sent for men from far away; when the messenger arrived, those men set out. For them you bathed, painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with jewelry.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 9:30 Jer 4:30 Ezek 16:13-16 Isa 3:18-23 Isa 57:9 2 Kgs 20:13-15 Esth 2:12 Ezek 23:13 Prov 7:10 Ruth 3:3

Ezekiel 23:41⁴¹You sat on a magnificent couch, with a table arranged in front of it where you placed my incense and my olive oil.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Esth 1:6 Amos 6:4 Ezek 44:16 Isa 65:11 Jer 44:17 Isa 57:7 Amos 2:8 Ezek 16:18-19 Hos 2:8-9 Mal 1:7

Ezekiel 23:42⁴²The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, including all kinds of men; even Sabeans were brought from the desert. The sisters put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:11-12 Amos 6:1-6 Exod 32:18-19 Exod 32:6 Gen 24:30 Hos 13:6 Job 1:15 Joel 3:8 Rev 12:3

Ezekiel 23:43⁴³Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, ‘Now they will commit immoral acts with her.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 9:16 Ezek 23:3 Ezra 9:7 Jer 13:23 Ps 106:6

Ezekiel 23:44⁴⁴They slept with her the way someone sleeps with a prostitute. In this way they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 23:3 Ezek 23:9-13

Ezekiel 23:45⁴⁵But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:38-43 Ezek 23:36-39 Hos 6:5 Lev 20:10 Deut 22:21-24 Jer 5:14 John 8:3-7 Lev 21:9 Zech 1:6

Ezekiel 23:46⁴⁶“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Bring up an army against them and subject them to terror and plunder.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:40 Jer 15:4 Jer 24:9 Ezek 23:22-26 Jer 25:9 Jer 34:17

Ezekiel 23:47⁴⁷That army will pelt them with stones and slash them with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:40-41 Ezek 24:21 Jer 39:8 2 Chr 36:17-19 Deut 13:16 Ezek 23:25 Ezek 23:29 Ezek 24:6 Ezek 9:6 Jer 33:4-5

Ezekiel 23:48⁴⁸I will put an end to the obscene conduct in the land; all the women will learn a lesson from this and not engage in obscene conduct.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Pet 2:6 Ezek 16:41 Ezek 23:27 Ezek 6:6 1 Cor 10:6-11 Deut 13:11 Ezek 22:15 Ezek 36:25 Ezek 5:15 Isa 26:9

Ezekiel 23:49⁴⁹They will repay you for your obscene conduct, and you will be punished for idol worship. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 7:4 Ezek 9:10 Ezek 20:38 Ezek 6:7 Ezek 7:9 Isa 59:18 Ezek 11:21 Ezek 16:43 Ezek 20:42 Ezek 20:44

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