THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Ezekiel Chapter 23)

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 23:41 (NLT)
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.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 23:42 (NLT)
From your room came the sound of many men carousing . They were lustful men and drunkards from the wilderness, who put bracelets on your wrists, and beautiful crowns on your heads.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 23:43 (NLT)
Then I said, 'If they really want to have sex with old worn-out prostitutes like these, then let them!'

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 23:44 (NLT)²
And that is what they did. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, these shameless prostitutes.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 23:45 (NLT)
But righteous people will judge these sister cities for what they really are__adulterers and murderers.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezekiel 23:46 (NLT) - 46 “Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Bring an army against them and hand them over to be terrorized and plundered.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezekiel 23:47 (NLT) - 47 For their enemies will stone them and kill them with swords. They will butcher their sons and daughters and burn their homes.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezekiel 23:48 (NLT) - 48 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.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezekiel 23:49 (NLT) - 49 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.”