Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Ezekiel 23
¹ The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:
² "Son of man, there were two women, The daughters of one mother.
³ They committed harlotry in Egypt, They committed harlotry in their youth; Their breasts were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there pressed.
⁴ Their names: Oholah her sister; They were Mine, And they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.
⁵ "Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine; And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians,
⁶ Who were clothed in purple, Captains and rulers, All of them desirable young men, Horsemen riding on horses.
⁷ Thus 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.
⁸ She 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.
⁹ "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians, For whom she lusted.
¹⁰ They 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.
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.