Ezekiel 23:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Oholah was untrue to me when she was mine; she was full of desire for her lovers, even for the Assyrians, her neighbours,

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  • 2 Kgs 15:19 : 19 In his day, Pul, the king of Assyria, came up against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that he might let him keep the kingdom.
  • 2 Kgs 16:7 : 7 So Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come to my help against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.
  • 2 Kgs 17:3 : 3 Against him came up Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant and sent him offerings.
  • Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.
  • Hos 8:9-9 : 9 For they have gone up to Assyria like an ass going by himself; Ephraim has given money to get lovers. 10 But though they give money to the nations for help, still I will send them in all directions; and in a short time they will be without a king and rulers.
  • Ezek 16:28 : 28 And you went with the Assyrians, because of your desire which was without measure; you were acting like a loose woman with them, and still you had not enough.
  • Ezek 16:37 : 37 For this cause I will get together all your lovers with whom you have taken your pleasure, and all those to whom you have given your love, with all those who were hated by you; I will even make them come together against you on every side, and I will have you uncovered before them so that they may see your shame.
  • Ezek 23:7 : 7 And she gave her unclean love to them, all of them the noblest men of Assyria: and she made herself unclean with the images of all who were desired by her.
  • Ezek 23:9 : 9 For this cause I gave her up into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians on whom her desire was fixed.
  • Ezek 23:12 : 12 She was full of desire for the Assyrians, captains and rulers, her neighbours, clothed in blue, horsemen going on horses, all of them young men to be desired.
  • Ezek 23:16 : 16 And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.
  • Ezek 23:20 : 20 And she was full of desire for her lovers, whose flesh is like the flesh of asses and whose seed is like the seed of horses.
  • Hos 10:6 : 6 And they will take it to Assyria and give it to the great king; shame will come on Ephraim, and Israel will be shamed because of its image.
  • Hos 12:1 : 1 The deceit of Ephraim and the false words of Israel are about me on every side. ...
  • 2 Kgs 17:7-9 : 7 And the wrath of the Lord came on Israel because they had done evil against the Lord their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt from under the yoke of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and had become worshippers of other gods, 8 Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel. 9 And the children of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things which were not right, building high places for themselves in all their towns, from the tower of the watchmen to the walled town. 10 They put up pillars of stone and wood on every high hill and under every green tree: 11 Burning their offerings in all the high places, as those nations did whom the Lord sent away from before them; they did evil things, moving the Lord to wrath; 12 And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this. 13 And he gave witness to Israel and Judah, by every prophet and seer, saying, Come back from your evil ways, and do my orders and keep my rules, and be guided by the law which I gave to your fathers and sent to you by my servants the prophets. 14 And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God. 15 And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do not as they do. 16 And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal. 17 And they made their sons and their daughters go through the fire, and they made use of secret arts and unnatural powers, and gave themselves up to doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, till he was moved to wrath. 18 So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and his face was turned away from them: only the tribe of Judah kept its place.
  • Jer 50:38 : 38 A sword is on her waters, drying them up; for it is a land of images, and their minds are fixed on false gods.
  • 1 Kgs 14:9 : 9 But you have done evil more than any before you, and have made for yourself other gods, and images of metal, moving me to wrath, and turning your back on me.
  • 1 Kgs 14:16 : 16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins which Jeroboam has done and made Israel do.
  • 1 Kgs 15:26 : 26 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of his father, and the sin which he did and made Israel do.
  • 1 Kgs 15:30 : 30 Because of the sins which Jeroboam did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath.
  • 1 Kgs 16:31-32 : 31 And as if copying the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, was a small thing for him, he took as his wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Zidon, and became a servant and worshipper of Baal. 32 And he put up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had made in Samaria.
  • 1 Kgs 21:26 : 26 He did a very disgusting thing in going after false gods, doing all the things the Amorites did, whom the Lord sent out before the children of Israel.)

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  • Ezek 23:3-4
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    3 They were acting like loose women in Egypt; when they were young their behaviour was loose: there their breasts were crushed, even the points of their young breasts were crushed.

    4 Their names were Oholah, the older, and Oholibah, her sister: and they became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem, Oholibah.

  • Ezek 23:6-14
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    6 Who were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses.

    7 And she gave her unclean love to them, all of them the noblest men of Assyria: and she made herself unclean with the images of all who were desired by her.

    8 And she has not given up her loose ways from the time when she was in Egypt; for when she was young they were her lovers, and by them her young breasts were crushed, and they let loose on her their unclean desire.

    9 For this cause I gave her up into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians on whom her desire was fixed.

    10 By these her shame was uncovered: they took her sons and daughters and put her to death with the sword: and she became a cause of wonder to women; for they gave her the punishment which was right.

    11 And her sister Oholibah saw this, but her desire was even more unmeasured, and her loose behaviour was worse than that of her sister.

    12 She was full of desire for the Assyrians, captains and rulers, her neighbours, clothed in blue, horsemen going on horses, all of them young men to be desired.

    13 And I saw that she had become unclean; the two of them went the same way.

    14 And her loose behaviour became worse; for she saw men pictured on a wall, pictures of the Chaldaeans painted in bright red,

  • Ezek 23:43-44
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    43 Then I said ... now she will go on with her loose ways.

    44 And they went in to her, as men go to a loose woman: so they went in to Oholibah, the loose woman.

  • Ezek 23:16-23
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    16 And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.

    17 And the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, and made her unclean with their loose desire, and she became unclean with them, and her soul was turned from them.

    18 So her loose behaviour was clearly seen and her shame uncovered: then my soul was turned from her as it had been turned from her sister.

    19 But still she went on the more with her loose behaviour, keeping in mind the early days when she had been a loose woman in the land of Egypt.

    20 And she was full of desire for her lovers, whose flesh is like the flesh of asses and whose seed is like the seed of horses.

    21 And she made the memory of the loose ways of her early years come back to mind, when her young breasts were crushed by the Egyptians.

    22 For this cause, O Oholibah, this is what the Lord has said: See, I will make your lovers come up against you, even those from whom your soul is turned away in disgust; and I will make them come up against you on every side;

    23 The Babylonians and all the Chaldaeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: young men to be desired, captains and rulers all of them, and chiefs, her neighbours, all of them on horseback.

  • Ezek 23:35-37
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    35 So this is what the Lord has said: Because you have not kept me in your memory, and because your back has been turned to me, you will even undergo the punishment of your evil designs and your loose ways.

    36 Then the Lord said to me: Son of man, will you be the judge of Oholibah? then make clear to her the disgusting things she has done.

    37 For she has been false to me, and blood is on her hands, and with her images she has been untrue; and more than this, she made her sons, whom she had by me, go through the fire to them to be burned up.

  • Ezek 16:28-30
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    28 And you went with the Assyrians, because of your desire which was without measure; you were acting like a loose woman with them, and still you had not enough.

    29 And you went on in your loose ways, even as far as the land of Chaldaea, and still you had not enough.

    30 How feeble is your heart, says the Lord, seeing that you do all these things, the work of a loose and overruling woman;

  • Hos 2:5
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    5 For their mother has been untrue; she who gave them birth has done things of shame, for she said, I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my linen, my oil and my wine.

  • Jer 11:15
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    15 About Judah. What have you to do in my house? is it your thought that oaths and holy flesh will get you out of your trouble? will you make yourself safe in this way?

  • Ezek 23:30
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    30 They will do these things to you because you have been untrue to me, and have gone after the nations, and have become unclean with their images.

  • Jer 3:6-9
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    6 And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen what Israel, turning away from me, has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every branching tree, acting like a loose woman there.

    7 And I said, After she has done all these things she will come back to me; but she did not. And her false sister Judah saw it.

    8 And though she saw that, because Israel, turning away from me, had been untrue to me, I had put her away and given her a statement in writing ending the relation between us, still Judah, her false sister, had no fear, but went and did the same.

    9 So that through all her loose behaviour the land became unclean, and she was untrue, giving herself to stones and trees.

  • Ezek 16:15-17
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    15 But you put your faith in the fact that you were beautiful, acting like a loose woman because you were widely talked of, and offering your cheap love to everyone who went by, whoever it might be.

    16 And you took your robes and made high places for yourself ornamented with every colour, acting like a loose woman on them, without shame or fear.

    17 And you took the fair jewels, my silver and gold which I had given to you, and made for yourself male images, acting like a loose woman with them;

  • Hos 5:3
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    3 I have knowledge of Ephraim, and Israel is not secret from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have been false to me, Israel has become unclean.

  • Hos 2:13
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    13 And I will give her punishment for the days of the Baals, to whom she has been burning perfumes, when she made herself fair with her nose-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, giving no thought to me, says the Lord.

  • Jer 5:7
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    7 How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking their oaths by those who are no gods: when I had given them food in full measure, they were false to their wives, taking their pleasure in the houses of loose women.

  • Ezek 16:35-37
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    35 For this cause, O loose woman, give ear to the voice of the Lord:

    36 This is what the Lord has said: Because your unclean behaviour was let loose and your body uncovered in your loose ways with your lovers and with your disgusting images, and for the blood of your children which you gave to them;

    37 For this cause I will get together all your lovers with whom you have taken your pleasure, and all those to whom you have given your love, with all those who were hated by you; I will even make them come together against you on every side, and I will have you uncovered before them so that they may see your shame.

  • Jer 2:20
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    20 For in the past, your yoke was broken by your hands and your cords parted; and you said, I will not be your servant; for on every high hill and under every branching tree, your behaviour was like that of a loose woman

  • Hos 2:10
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    10 And now I will make her shame clear before the eyes of her lovers, and no one will take her out of my hand.

  • Hos 2:7
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    7 And if she goes after her lovers she will not overtake them; if she makes search for them she will not see them; then will she say, I will go back to my first husband, for then it was better for me than now.

  • Ezek 16:26
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    26 And you went with the Egyptians, your neighbours, great of flesh; increasing your loose ways, moving me to wrath.

  • Jer 3:2
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    2 Let your eyes be lifted up to the open hilltops, and see; where have you not been taken by your lovers? You have been seated waiting for them by the wayside like an Arabian in the waste land; you have made the land unclean with your loose ways and your evil-doing.

  • Hos 3:1
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    1 And the Lord said to me, Give your love again to a woman who has a lover and is false to her husband, even as the Lord has love for the children of Israel, though they are turned to other gods and are lovers of grape-cakes.

  • Hos 8:9
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    9 For they have gone up to Assyria like an ass going by himself; Ephraim has given money to get lovers.