The word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came again unto me, saying,{H559}

Son{H1121} of man,{H120} there were two{H8147} women,{H802} the daughters{H1323} of one{H259} mother:{H517}

and they played the harlot{H2181} in Egypt;{H4714} they played the harlot{H2181} in their youth;{H5271} there were their breasts{H7699} pressed,{H4600} and there was handled{H6213} the bosom{H1717} of their virginity.{H1331}

And the names{H8034} of them were Oholah{H170} the elder,{H1419} and Oholibah{H172} her sister:{H269} and they became mine, and they bare{H3205} sons{H1121} and daughters.{H1323} And as for their names,{H8034} Samaria{H8111} is Oholah,{H170} and Jerusalem{H3389} Oholibah.{H172}

And Oholah{H170} played the harlot{H2181} when she was mine;{H8478} and she doted{H5689} on her lovers,{H157} on the Assyrians{H804} [her] neighbors,{H7138}

who were clothed{H3847} with blue,{H8504} governors{H6346} and rulers,{H5461} all of them desirable{H2531} young men,{H970} horsemen{H6571} riding{H7392} upon horses.{H5483}

And she bestowed{H5414} her whoredoms{H8457} upon them, the choicest{H4005} men{H1121} of Assyria{H804} all of them; and on whomsoever she doted,{H5689} with all their idols{H1544} she defiled{H2930} herself.

Neither hath she left{H5800} her whoredoms{H8457} since [the days of] Egypt;{H4714} for in her youth{H5271} they lay{H7901} with her, and they handled{H6213} the bosom{H1717} of her virginity;{H1331} and they poured{H8210} out their whoredom{H8457} upon her.

Wherefore I delivered{H5414} her into the hand{H3027} of her lovers,{H157} into the hand{H3027} of the Assyrians,{H1121} upon whom she doted.{H5689}

These uncovered{H1540} her nakedness;{H6172} they took{H3947} her sons{H1121} and her daughters;{H1323} and her they slew{H2026} with the sword:{H2719} and she became a byword{H8034} among women;{H802} for they executed{H6213} judgments{H8196} upon her.

And her sister{H269} Oholibah{H172} saw{H7200} this, yet was she more corrupt{H7843} in her doting{H5691} than she, and in her whoredoms{H8457} which were more than the whoredoms{H2183} of her sister.{H269}

She doted{H5689} upon the Assyrians,{H1121} governors{H6346} and rulers,{H5461} her neighbors,{H7138} clothed{H3847} most gorgeously,{H4358} horsemen{H6571} riding{H7392} upon horses,{H5483} all of them desirable{H2531} young men.{H970}

And I saw{H7200} that she was defiled;{H2930} they both{H8147} took one{H259} way.{H1870}

And she increased{H3254} her whoredoms;{H8457} for she saw{H7200} men{H582} portrayed{H2707} upon the wall,{H7023} the images{H6754} of the Chaldeans{H3778} portrayed{H2710} with vermilion,{H8350}

girded{H2289} with girdles{H232} upon their loins,{H4975} with flowing{H5628} turbans{H2871} upon their heads,{H7218} all of them princes{H7991} to{H4758} look upon, after the likeness{H1823} of the Babylonians{H1121} in Chaldea,{H3778} the land{H776} of their nativity.{H4138}

And as soon{H5869} as she saw{H4758} them she doted{H5689} upon them, and sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} unto them into Chaldea.{H3778}

And the Babylonians{H1121} came{H935} to her into the bed{H4904} of love,{H1730} and they defiled{H2930} her with their whoredom,{H8457} and she was polluted{H2930} with them, and her soul{H5315} was alienated{H3363} from them.

So she uncovered{H1540} her whoredoms,{H8457} and uncovered{H1540} her nakedness:{H6172} then my soul{H5315} was alienated{H3363} from her, like as my soul{H5315} was alienated{H5361} from her sister.{H269}

Yet she multiplied{H7235} her whoredoms,{H8457} remembering{H2142} the days{H3117} of her youth,{H5271} wherein she had played the harlot{H2181} in the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

And she doted{H5689} upon their paramours,{H6370} whose flesh{H1320} is as the flesh{H1320} of asses,{H2543} and whose issue{H2231} is like the issue{H2231} of horses.{H5483}

Thus thou calledst to remembrance{H6485} the lewdness{H2154} of thy youth,{H5271} in the handling{H6213} of thy bosom{H1717} by the Egyptians{H4714} for the breasts{H7699} of thy youth.{H5271}

Therefore, O Oholibah,{H172} thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Behold, I will raise up{H5782} thy lovers{H157} against thee, from whom thy soul{H5315} is alienated,{H5361} and I will bring{H935} them against thee on every side:{H5439}

the Babylonians{H1121} and all the Chaldeans,{H3778} Pekod{H6489} and Shoa{H7772} and Koa,{H6970} [and] all the Assyrians{H1121} with them; desirable{H2531} young men,{H970} governors{H6346} and rulers{H5461} all of them, princes{H5461} and men{H970} of renown, all of them riding{H7392} upon horses.{H5483}

And they shall come{H935} against thee with weapons,{H2021} chariots,{H7393} and wagons,{H1534} and with a company{H6951} of peoples;{H5971} they shall set{H7760} themselves against thee with buckler{H6793} and shield{H4043} and helmet{H6959} round about;{H5439} and I will commit{H5414} the judgment{H4941} unto{H6440} them, and they shall judge{H8199} thee according to their judgments.{H4941}

And I will set{H5414} my jealousy{H7068} against thee, and they shall deal{H6213} with thee in fury;{H2534} they shall take away{H5493} thy nose{H639} and thine ears;{H241} and thy residue{H319} shall fall{H5307} by the sword:{H2719} they shall take{H3947} thy sons{H1121} and thy daughters;{H1323} and thy residue{H319} shall be devoured{H398} by the fire.{H784}

They shall also strip{H6584} thee of thy clothes,{H899} and take away{H3947} thy fair{H8597} jewels.{H3627}

Thus will I make thy lewdness{H2154} to cease{H7673} from thee, and thy whoredom{H2184} [brought] from the land{H776} of Egypt;{H4714} so that thou shalt not lift up{H5375} thine eyes{H5869} unto them, nor remember{H2142} Egypt{H4714} any more.

For thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Behold, I will deliver{H5414} thee into the hand{H3027} of them whom thou hatest,{H8130} into the hand{H3027} of them from whom thy soul{H5315} is alienated;{H5361}

and they shall deal{H6213} with thee in hatred,{H8135} and shall take away{H3947} all thy labor,{H3018} and shall leave{H5800} thee naked{H5903} and bare;{H6181} and the nakedness{H6172} of thy whoredoms{H2183} shall be uncovered,{H1540} both thy lewdness{H2154} and thy whoredoms.{H8457}

These things shall be done{H6213} unto thee, for that thou hast played the harlot{H2181} after{H310} the nations,{H1471} and because thou art polluted{H2930} with their idols.{H1544}

Thou hast walked{H1980} in the way{H1870} of thy sister;{H269} therefore will I give{H5414} her cup{H3563} into thy hand.{H3027}

Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Thou shalt drink{H8354} of thy sister's{H269} cup,{H3563} which is deep{H6013} and large;{H7342} thou shalt be laughed to scorn{H6712} and had in derision;{H3933} it containeth{H3557} much.{H4767}

Thou shalt be filled{H4390} with drunkenness{H7943} and sorrow,{H3015} with the cup{H3563} of astonishment{H8047} and desolation,{H8077} with the cup{H3563} of thy sister{H269} Samaria.{H8111}

Thou shalt even drink{H8354} it and drain it out,{H4680} and thou shalt gnaw{H1633} the sherds{H2789} thereof, and shalt tear{H5423} thy breasts;{H7699} for I have spoken{H1696} it, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}

Therefore thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten{H7911} me, and cast{H7993} me behind{H310} thy back,{H1458} therefore bear{H5375} thou also thy lewdness{H2154} and thy whoredoms.{H8457}

Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} moreover unto me: Son{H1121} of man,{H120} wilt thou judge{H8199} Oholah{H170} and Oholibah?{H172} then declare{H5046} unto them their abominations.{H8441}

For they have committed adultery,{H5003} and blood{H1818} is in their hands;{H3027} and with their idols{H1544} have they committed adultery;{H5003} and they have also caused their sons,{H1121} whom they bare{H3205} unto me, to pass through{H5674} [the fire] unto them to be devoured.{H402}

Moreover this they have done{H6213} unto me: they have defiled{H2930} my sanctuary{H4720} in the same day,{H3117} and have profaned{H2490} my sabbaths.{H7676}

For when they had slain{H7819} their children{H1121} to their idols,{H1544} then they came{H935} the same day{H3117} into my sanctuary{H4720} to profane{H2490} it; and, lo, thus have they done{H6213} in the midst{H8432} of my house.{H1004}

And furthermore{H637} ye have sent{H7971} for men{H582} that come{H935} from far,{H4801} unto whom a messenger{H4397} was sent,{H7971} and, lo, they came;{H935} for whom thou didst wash{H7364} thyself, paint{H3583} thine eyes,{H5869} and deck{H5710} thyself with ornaments,{H5716}

and sit{H3427} upon a stately{H3520} bed,{H4296} with a table{H7979} prepared{H6186} before{H6440} it, whereupon thou didst set{H7760} mine incense{H7004} and mine oil.{H8081}

And the voice{H6963} of a multitude{H1995} being at ease{H7961} was with her: and with men{H582} of the common sort{H7230} were brought{H935} drunkards{H5436} from the wilderness;{H4057} and they put{H5414} bracelets{H6781} upon the hands{H3027} of them twain, and beautiful{H8597} crowns{H5850} upon their heads.{H7218}

Then said{H559} I of her that was old{H1087} in adulteries,{H5004} Now will they play{H2181} the harlot{H8457} with her, and she [with them].

And they went in{H935} unto her, as they go in{H935} unto a{H802} harlot:{H2181} so went they in{H935} unto Oholah{H170} and unto Oholibah,{H172} the lewd{H2154} women.{H802}

And righteous{H6662} men,{H582} they shall judge{H8199} them with the judgment{H4941} of adulteresses,{H5003} and with the judgment{H4941} of women that shed{H8210} blood;{H1818} because they are adulteresses,{H5003} and blood{H1818} is in their hands.{H3027}

For thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} I will bring up{H5927} a company{H6951} against them, and will give{H5414} them to be tossed{H2189} to and fro and robbed.{H957}

And the company{H6951} shall stone{H7275} them with stones,{H68} and despatch{H1254} them with their swords;{H2719} they shall slay{H2026} their sons{H1121} and their daughters,{H1323} and burn up{H8313} their houses{H1004} with fire.{H784}

Thus will I cause lewdness{H2154} to cease{H7673} out of the land,{H776} that all women{H802} may be taught{H3256} not to do{H6213} after your lewdness.{H2154}

And they shall recompense{H5414} your lewdness{H2154} upon you, and ye shall bear{H5375} the sins{H2399} of your idols;{H1544} and ye shall know{H3045} that I am the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}