Ezekiel 23
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1The word of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came again unto me, saying,
2Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
3And they committed cult prostitution in Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place]; they committed cult prostitution in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the nipples of their virginity.
4And the names of them [were] Oholah [her own tent] the elder, and Oholivah [woman of the tent] her sister: and they were my, and they bore sons and daughters. Thus [were] their names; Shomron [watch mountain] [is] Oholah [her own tent], and Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] Oholivah [woman of the tent].
5And Oholah [her own tent] played the prostitute when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the children of Ashur [her] neighbours,
6 [Which were] clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
7Thus she committed her cult prostitution with them, with all them [that were] the chosen men of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))), and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
8Neither left she her cult prostitution [brought] from Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place]: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their lust (fornication) upon her.
9For what reason I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the children of Ashur, upon whom she doted.
10These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and killed her with the sword: and she became notorious among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.
11And when her sister Oholivah [woman of the tent] saw [this], she was more corrupt in her inordinate (unrestrained; immoderate) love than she, and in her cult prostitution more than her sister in [her] cult prostitution.
12She doted upon the children of Ashur [her] neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
13Then I saw that she was defiled, [that] they [took] both one way,
14And [that] she increased her cult prostitution: for when she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Kasdim [clod-breakers] portrayed with vermilion,
15Girded with girdles upon their waist, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Bavlim [confusion (my mixing)] of Kasdim [clod-breakers], the land of their nativity:
16And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Kasdim [clod-breakers].
17And the Bavlim [confusion (my mixing)] came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their lust, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.
18So she discovered her cult prostitution, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.
19Yet she multiplied her cult prostitution, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the prostitute in the land of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place].
20For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh [is as] the flesh of asses, and whose issue (what comes forth) [is like] the issue (what comes forth) of horses.
21Thus youi longed for the lewdness of youri youth, in fondling youti nipples by the Mitzri for the breasts of youri youth.
22Therefore, O Oholivah [woman of the tent], thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); Behold, I will raise up youri lovers against youi, from whom youri mind is alienated, and I will bring them against youi on every side;
23The children of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity), and all the Kasdim [clod-breakers], P’kod [visitation], and Shoa [rich], and Koa [he-camel], [and] all the children of Ashur with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.
24And they shall come against youi with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, [which] shall set against youri buckler (round shielf held with a grip) and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge youi according to their judgments.
25And I will set my jealousy against youi, and they shall deal furiously with youi: they shall take away youri nose and youri ears; and youri remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take youri sons and youri daughters; and youri residue (part that remains, the rest) shall be devoured by the fire.
26They shall also strip youi out of youri clothes, and take away youri fair jewels.
27Thus will I make youri lewdness to cease from youi, and youri whoredom [brought] from the land of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place]: so that youi shall not lift up youri eyes unto them, nor remember Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place] any more.
28For thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); Behold, I will deliver youi into the hand [of them] whom youi hate, into the hand [of them] from whom youri mind is alienated:
29And they shall deal with youi hatefully, and shall take away all youri labour, and shall leave youi naked and bare: and the nakedness of youri cult prostitution shall be discovered, both youri lewdness and youri cult prostitution.
30I will do these [things] unto youi, because youi have gone a whoring after the heathen, [and] because youi are polluted with their idols.
31Youi have walked in the way of youri sister; therefore will I give her cup into youri hand.
32Thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); youi shall drink of youri sister’s cup deep and large: youi shall be laughed to scorn and had in ridicule (laughing at enemies’ threats); it contains much.
33youi shall be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of youri sister Shomron [watch mountain].
34youi shall even drink it and suck [it] out, and youi shall break the shards thereof, and pluck off youri own breasts: for I have spoken [it], says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER).
35Therefore thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); Because youi have forgotten me, and cast me behind youri back, therefore bear youi also youri lewdness and youri cult prostitution.
36The Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said moreover unto me; Son of man, will youi judge Oholah [her own tent] and Oholivah [woman of the tent]? yes, declare unto them their abominations;
37That they have committed adultery, and blood [is] in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bore unto me, to pass for them through [the fire], to devour [them].
38Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my Sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Shabbat.
39For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to Profane (treat as common; defile) it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of my house.
40And furthermore, that you2f have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger [was] sent; and, lo, they came: for whom youi did wash yourself, painted youri eyes, and decked yourself with ornaments,
41And sat upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon youi have set my incense and my oil.
42And a voice of a multitude being at ease [was] with her: and with the men of the common sort [were] brought S’va [drunkards] from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
43Then said I unto [her that was] old in adulteries, Will they now commit cult prostitution with her, and she [with them]?
44Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that plays the prostitute: so went they in unto Oholah [her own tent] and unto Oholivah [woman of the tent], the lewd women.
45And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they [are] adulteresses, and blood [is] in their hands.
46For thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.
47And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
48Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
49And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and you2f shall bear the sins of your idols: and you2f shall know that I [am] the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER).
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