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| 1The word of the LORD came again to me, saying: | 1The word of the LORD came to me: |
| 2“Son of man, there were two women, The daughters of one mother. | 2"Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother. |
| 3They committed harlotry in Egypt, They committed harlotry in their youth; Their breasts were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there pressed. | 3They became prostitutes in Egypt, engaging in prostitution from their youth. In that land their breasts were fondled and their virgin bosoms caressed. |
| 4Their names: Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister; They were Mine, And they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah. | 4The older was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. They were mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem. |
| 5“Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine; And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians, | 5"Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians--warriors |
| 6Who were clothed in purple, Captains and rulers, All of them desirable young men, Horsemen riding on horses. | 6clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all of them handsome young men, and mounted horsemen. |
| 7Thus she committed her harlotry with them, All of them choice men of Assyria; And with all for whom she lusted, With all their idols, she defiled herself. | 7She gave herself as a prostitute to all the elite of the Assyrians and defiled herself with all the idols of everyone she lusted after. |
| 8She has never given up her harlotry brought from Egypt, For in her youth they had lain with her, Pressed her virgin bosom, And poured out their immorality upon her. | 8She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when during her youth men slept with her, caressed her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her. |
| 9“Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians, For whom she lusted. | 9"Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians, for whom she lusted. |
| 10They uncovered her nakedness, Took away her sons and daughters, And slew her with the sword; She became a byword among women, For they had executed judgment on her. | 10They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women, and punishment was inflicted on her. |
| 11“Now although her sister Oholibah saw this, she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister’s harlotry. | 11"Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister. |
| 12“She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians, Captains and rulers, Clothed most gorgeously, Horsemen riding on horses, All of them desirable young men. | 12She too lusted after the Assyrians--governors and commanders, warriors in full dress, mounted horsemen, all handsome young men. |
| 13Then I saw that she was defiled; Both took the same way. | 13I saw that she too defiled herself; both of them went the same way. |
| 14But she increased her harlotry; She looked at men portrayed on the wall, Images of Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion, | 14"But she carried her prostitution still further. She saw men portrayed on a wall, figures of Chaldeans portrayed in red, |
| 15Girded with belts around their waists, Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them looking like captains, In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their nativity. | 15with belts around their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like Babylonian chariot officers, natives of Chaldea. |
| 16As soon as her eyes saw them, She lusted for them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea. | 16As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. |
| 17“Then the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, And they defiled her with their immorality; So she was defiled by them, and alienated herself from them. | 17Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. After she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust. |
| 18She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her nakedness. Then I alienated Myself from her, As I had alienated Myself from her sister. | 18When she carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her naked body, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister. |
| 19“Yet she multiplied her harlotry In calling to remembrance the days of her youth, When she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. | 19Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. |
| 20For she lusted for her paramours, Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys, And whose issue is like the issue of horses. | 20There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. |
| 21Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth, When the Egyptians pressed your bosom Because of your youthful breasts. | 21So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled. |
| 22“Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you, From whom you have alienated yourself, And I will bring them against you from every side: | 22"Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will stir up your lovers against you, those you turned away from in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side-- |
| 23The Babylonians, All the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, Koa, All the Assyrians with them, All of them desirable young men, Governors and rulers, Captains and men of renown, All of them riding on horses. | 23the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, all of them governors and commanders, chariot officers and men of high rank, all mounted on horses. |
| 24And they shall come against you With chariots, wagons, and war-horses, With a horde of people. They shall array against you Buckler, shield, and helmet all around. ‘I will delegate judgment to them, And they shall judge you according to their judgments. | 24They will come against you with weapons, chariots and wagons and with a throng of people; they will take up positions against you on every side with large and small shields and with helmets. I will turn you over to them for punishment, and they will punish you according to their standards. |
| 25I will set My jealousy against you, And they shall deal furiously with you; They shall remove your nose and your ears, And your remnant shall fall by the sword; They shall take your sons and your daughters, And your remnant shall be devoured by fire. | 25I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and your ears, and those of you who are left will fall by the sword. They will take away your sons and daughters, and those of you who are left will be consumed by fire. |
| 26They shall also strip you of your clothes And take away your beautiful jewelry. | 26They will also strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry. |
| 27‘Thus I will make you cease your lewdness and your harlotry Brought from the land of Egypt, So that you will not lift your eyes to them, Nor remember Egypt anymore.’ | 27So I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you began in Egypt. You will not look on these things with longing or remember Egypt anymore. |
| 28“For thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Surely I will deliver you into the hand of those you hate, into the hand of those from whom you alienated yourself. | 28"For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to deliver you into the hands of those you hate, to those you turned away from in disgust. |
| 29They will deal hatefully with you, take away all you have worked for, and leave you naked and bare. The nakedness of your harlotry shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotry. | 29They will deal with you in hatred and take away everything you have worked for. They will leave you stark naked, and the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your lewdness and promiscuity |
| 30I will do these things to you because you have gone as a harlot after the Gentiles, because you have become defiled by their idols. | 30have brought this on you, because you lusted after the nations and defiled yourself with their idols. |
| 31You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her cup in your hand.’ | 31You have gone the way of your sister; so I will put her cup into your hand. |
| 32“Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘You shall drink of your sister’s cup, The deep and wide one; You shall be laughed to scorn And held in derision; It contains much. | 32"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "You will drink your sister's cup, a cup large and deep; it will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much. |
| 33You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, The cup of horror and desolation, The cup of your sister Samaria. | 33You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, the cup of ruin and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria. |
| 34You shall drink and drain it, You shall break its shards, And tear at your own breasts; For I have spoken,’ Says the Lord GOD. | 34You will drink it and drain it dry and chew on its pieces-- and you will tear your breasts. I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD. |
| 35“Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, Therefore you shall bear the penalty Of your lewdness and your harlotry.’ ” | 35"Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Since you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, you must bear the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution." |
| 36The LORD also said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations. | 36The LORD said to me: "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront them with their detestable practices, |
| 37For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons whom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them. | 37for they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, as food for them. |
| 38Moreover they have done this to Me: They have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and profaned My Sabbaths. | 38They have also done this to me: At that same time they defiled my sanctuary and desecrated my Sabbaths. |
| 39For after they had slain their children for their idols, on the same day they came into My sanctuary to profane it; and indeed thus they have done in the midst of My house. | 39On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated it. That is what they did in my house. |
| 40“Furthermore you sent for men to come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and there they came. And you washed yourself for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments. | 40"They even sent messengers for men who came from far away, and when they arrived you bathed yourself for them, applied eye makeup and put on your jewelry. |
| 41You sat on a stately couch, with a table prepared before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil. | 41You sat on an elegant couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed the incense and olive oil that belonged to me. |
| 42The sound of a carefree multitude was with her, and Sabeans were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort, who put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads. | 42"The noise of a carefree crowd was around her; drunkards were brought from the desert along with men from the rabble, and they put bracelets on the wrists of the woman and her sister and beautiful crowns on their heads. |
| 43Then I said concerning her who had grown old in adulteries, ‘Will they commit harlotry with her now, and she with them?’ | 43Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, 'Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is.' |
| 44Yet they went in to her, as men go in to a woman who plays the harlot; thus they went in to Oholah and Oholibah, the lewd women. | 44And they slept with her. As men sleep with a prostitute, so they slept with those lewd women, Oholah and Oholibah. |
| 45But righteous men will judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands. | 45But righteous judges will sentence them to the punishment of women who commit adultery and shed blood, because they are adulterous and blood is on their hands. |
| 46“For thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Bring up an assembly against them, give them up to trouble and plunder. | 46"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring a mob against them and give them over to terror and plunder. |
| 47The assembly shall stone them with stones and execute them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire. | 47The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses. |
| 48Thus I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness. | 48"So I will put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not imitate you. |
| 49They shall repay you for your lewdness, and you shall pay for your idolatrous sins. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.’ ” | 49You will suffer the penalty for your lewdness and bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD." |
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