THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Ezekiel Chapter 23)

Ezekiel 23:4 (NLT)
The older girl was named Oholah, 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.
 
Ezekiel 23:8 (NLT)

8 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.
 
Ezekiel 23:10 (NLT)
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.
 
Ezekiel 23:11 (NLT)
"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.
 
Ezekiel 23:12 (NLT)
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.
 
Ezekiel 23:15 (NLT) - 15 Handsome belts encircled their waists, and flowing turbans crowned their heads. They were dressed like chariot officers from the land of Babylonia.
 
Ezekiel 23:16 (NLT) - 16 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.
 
Ezekiel 23:17 (NLT) - 17 So they came and committed adultery with her, defiling her in the bed of love. After being defiled, however, she rejected them in disgust.
 
Ezekiel 23:18 (NLT) - 18 “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.
 
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