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Two Adulterous Sisters
The word of the Lord came to me:
The word of the Lord came to me:
The Adultery of Two Sisters
This message came to me from the LORD:
This message came to me from the LORD:
“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother.
“Son of man, once there were two sisters who were daughters of the same mother.
They became prostitutes in Egypt, engaging in prostitution from their youth. In that land their breasts were fondled and their virgin bosoms caressed.
They became prostitutes in Egypt. Even as young girls, they allowed men to fondle their breasts.
The 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.
The older girl was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. I married them, and they bore me sons and daughters. I am speaking of Samaria and Jerusalem, for Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
“Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians — warriors
“Then Oholah lusted after other lovers instead of me, and she gave her love to the Assyrian officers.
clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all of them handsome young men, and mounted horsemen.
They were all attractive young men, captains and commanders dressed in handsome blue, charioteers driving their horses.
She gave herself as a prostitute to all the elite of the Assyrians and defiled herself with all the idols of everyone she lusted after.
She 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.
For when she left Egypt, she did not leave her spirit of prostitution behind. She was still as lewd as in her youth, when the Egyptians slept with her, fondled her breasts, and used her as a prostitute.
“Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.
“And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.
They 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.
They stripped her, took away her children as their slaves, and then killed her. After she received her punishment, her reputation was known to every woman in the land.
“Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.
“Yet even though Oholibah saw what had happened to Oholah, her sister, she followed right in her footsteps. And she was even more depraved, abandoning herself to her lust and prostitution.
She too lusted after the Assyrians — governors and commanders, warriors in full dress, mounted horsemen, all handsome young men.
She fawned over all the Assyrian officers — those captains and commanders in handsome uniforms, those charioteers driving their horses — all of them attractive young men.
I saw that she too defiled herself; both of them went the same way.
I saw the way she was going, defiling herself just like her older sister.
As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so she sent messengers to Babylonia to invite them to come to her.
Then 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.
So they came and committed adultery with her, defiling her in the bed of love. After being defiled, however, she rejected them in disgust.
When 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.
“In the same way, I became disgusted with Oholibah and rejected her, just as I had rejected her sister, because she flaunted herself before them and gave herself to satisfy their lusts.
Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt.
Yet she turned to even greater prostitution, remembering her youth when she was a prostitute in Egypt.
There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.
She lusted after lovers with genitals as large as a donkey’s and emissions like those of a horse.
And so, Oholibah, you relived your former days as a young girl in Egypt, when you first allowed your breasts to be fondled.
“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 —
The LORD’s Judgment of Oholibah
“Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will send your lovers against you from every direction — those very nations from which you turned away in disgust.
the 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.
For the Babylonians will come with all the Chaldeans from Pekod and Shoa and Koa. And all the Assyrians will come with them — handsome young captains, commanders, chariot officers, and other high-ranking officers, all riding their horses.
I 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.
I will turn my jealous anger against you, and they will deal harshly with you. They will cut off your nose and ears, and any survivors will then be slaughtered by the sword. Your children will be taken away as captives, and everything that is left will be burned.
They will also strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry.
They will strip you of your beautiful clothes and jewels.
So 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.
In this way, I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you brought from Egypt. You will never again cast longing eyes on those things or fondly remember your time in Egypt.
“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.
“For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will surely hand you over to your enemies, to those you loathe, those you rejected.
They 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
They will treat you with hatred and rob you of all you own, leaving you stark naked. The shame of your prostitution will be exposed to all the world.
have brought this on you, because you lusted after the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.
You brought all this on yourself by prostituting yourself to other nations, defiling yourself with all their idols.
You have gone the way of your sister; so I will put her cup into your hand.
Because you have followed in your sister’s footsteps, I will force you to drink the same cup of terror she drank.
“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.
“You will drink your sister’s cup,
a cup large and deep;
it will bring scorn and derision,
for it holds so much.
“Yes, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“You will drink from your sister’s cup of terror,
a cup that is large and deep.
It is filled to the brim
with scorn and derision.
“You will drink from your sister’s cup of terror,
a cup that is large and deep.
It is filled to the brim
with scorn and derision.
You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,
the cup of ruin and desolation,
the cup of your sister Samaria.
the cup of ruin and desolation,
the cup of your sister Samaria.
Drunkenness and anguish will fill you,
for your cup is filled to the brim with distress and desolation,
the same cup your sister Samaria drank.
for your cup is filled to the brim with distress and desolation,
the same cup your sister Samaria drank.
You 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.
and chew on its pieces —
and you will tear your breasts.
I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.
You will drain that cup of terror
to the very bottom.
Then you will smash it to pieces
and beat your breast in anguish.
I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!
to the very bottom.
Then you will smash it to pieces
and beat your breast in anguish.
I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!
“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.”
“And because you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: You must bear the consequences of all your lewdness and prostitution.”
The Lord said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront them with their detestable practices,
The LORD’s Judgment on Both Sisters
The LORD said to me, “Son of man, you must accuse Oholah and Oholibah of all their detestable sins.
for 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.
They have committed both adultery and murder — adultery by worshiping idols and murder by burning as sacrifices the children they bore to me.
They have also done this to me: At that same time they defiled my sanctuary and desecrated my Sabbaths.
Furthermore, they have defiled my Temple and violated my Sabbath day!
On 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.
On the very day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they boldly came into my Temple to worship! They came in and defiled my house.
“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.
“You sisters sent messengers to distant lands to get men. Then when they arrived, you bathed yourselves, painted your eyelids, and put on your finest jewels for them.
You 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.
You sat with them on a beautifully embroidered couch and put my incense and my special oil on a table that was spread before you.
“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.
Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is.’
Then I said, ‘If they really want to have sex with old worn-out prostitutes like these, let them!’
And they slept with her. As men sleep with a prostitute, so they slept with those lewd women, Oholah and Oholibah.
And that is what they did. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, these shameless prostitutes.
But 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.
But righteous people will judge these sister cities for what they really are — adulterers and murderers.
“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Bring a mob against them and give them over to terror and plunder.
“Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring an army against them and hand them over to be terrorized and plundered.
The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
For their enemies will stone them and kill them with swords. They will butcher their sons and daughters and burn their homes.
“So I will put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not imitate you.
In this way, I will put an end to lewdness and idolatry in the land, and my judgment will be a warning to all women not to follow your wicked example.
You 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.”
You will be fully repaid for all your prostitution — your worship of idols. Yes, you will suffer the full penalty. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.”