EZEKIEL Chapter 23: 1-34 - Two Adulterous Sisters

Two Adulterous Sisters

The Word of the Lord came to me:

2 'Son of man, there were Two Women

Daughters of the same mother.

3 THEY BECAME PROSTITUTES IN EGYPT,

ENGAGING IN PROSTITUTION FROM THEIR YOUTH.

In that land their breasts were fondled

And their virgin bosoms caressed.

4 The older sister 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 engaged in Prostitution while she was still mine;

And she lusted after her lovers,

The Assyrians—warriors

6 Clothed in blue, Governors and Commanders,

All of them handsome young men, and mounted horsemen.

7 SHE GAVE HERSELF AS A PROSTITUTE

TO ALL THE ELITE OF THE ASSYRIANS

AND DEFILE HERSELF WITH ALL THE IDOLS

OF EVERYONE SHE LUSTED AFTER.

8 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 upon her.

9 'Therefore I handed her over to her lovers,

The Assyrians, for whom she Lusted.

10 THEY STRIPPED HER NAKED,

TOOK AWAY HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS

AND KILLED HER WITH THE SWORD.

She became a by word among women,

AND PUNISHMENT WAS INFLICTED UPON HER.

11'Her sister Oholibah saw this,

Yet in her Lust and Prostitution

She was more Depraved than her sister.

12 She too Listed after the Assyrians—Governors and Commanders,

Warriors in full dress, mounted horsemen,

All handsome young men.

13 I SAW THAT SHE TOO, DEFILE HERSELF;

BOTH OF THEM WENT THE SAME WAY.

14 BUT SHE CARRIED HER PROSTITUTION STILL FURTHER.

She saw men portrayed on a wall,

Figures of Chaldeans portrayed in red,

With belts around their waists

And flowing turban on their heads;

All of them looked like Babylonian Chariot Officers,

Natives of Chaldea.

16 As soon as she saw them, she Lusted after them

And sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

17 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 turn away from them in Disgust.

18 When she carried on her Prostitution openly

AND EXPOSED HER NAKEDNESS,

I TURNED WAY FROM HER IN DISGUST,

JUST AS I HAD TURNED AWAY FROM HER SISTER.

19 YET SHE BECAME MORE PROMISCUOUS

As she recalled the days of her youth,

When she was a Prostitute in Egypt.

20 There she Lusted after her lovers,

Whose genitals were like those of donkeys

And whose emission was like that of horses.

21 SO YOU LONGED FOR THE LEWDNESS OF YOUR YOUTH,

When in Egypt your bosom was caressed

And your young breasts fondled.

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--

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.

24 THEY 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.

25 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 WHO ARE LEFT WILL FALL BY THE SWORD.

They will take away your sons and daughters,

And those of yo who are left will be consumed by fire.

26 They will also Strip you of your clothes

And take your fine jewelry.

27 SO I WILL PUT AS STOP TO YUR LEWDNESS AND PROSTITUTION

YOU BEGAN IN EGYPT.

You will not look on these things with longing

Or remember Egypt anymore.

28 'FOR THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:

I am about to hand you rover to those who Hate,

To those who you turned away from in Disgust.

THEY WILL DEAL WITH YOU IN HATRED

AND TAKE AWAY EVERYTHING YOU HAVE WORKED FOR.

THEY WILL LEAVE YOU NAKED AND BARE,

AND THE SHAME OF YOUR PROSTITUTION WILL BE EXPOSED.

YOUR LEWDNESS AND PROMISCUITY

30 HAVE BROUGHT THIS UPON YOU,

BECAUSE YOU LUSTED AFTER THE NATIONS

AND DEFILED YOURSELF WITH THEIR IDOLS.

31 You have gone the way of your sister;

SO I WILL PUT HER CUP INTO YOUR HAND.

32 'THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:

'YOU WILL DRINK YOUR SISTERS CUP,

A CUP LARGE AND DEEP;

It will bring Scorn and Derision, for it holds so much.

33 You will be filled with Drunkenness and Sorrow,

The Cup of ruin and Desolation,

the Cup of your sister Samaria.

34 You will Drink it and Drain it dry;

You will Dash it to pieces and tear your breasts.

I HAVE SPOKEN, DECLARES THE SOVEREIGN LORD.

(Ezekiel 23:1-34)

What will be the Penalty for America's Prostitution

Toward the Living God?

What will be the Penalty for America's Overt Rebellion

Against God and His Word?

Is it even underway today?