Ezekiel 23:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“Her sister Oholibah watched this, but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 3:8-9 : 8 She also saw that, because of wayward Israel’s adulterous worship of other gods, I sent her away and gave her divorce papers. But still her unfaithful sister Judah was not afraid, and she too went and gave herself like a prostitute to other gods. 9 Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone. 10 In spite of all this, Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” says the LORD. 11 Then the LORD said to me,“Under the circumstances, wayward Israel could even be considered less guilty than unfaithful Judah.
  • Ezek 16:47-51 : 47 Have you not copied their behavior and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were! 48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never behaved as wickedly as you and your daughters have behaved. 49 “‘See here– this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them. 51 Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did. You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done.
  • Ezek 23:4 : 4 Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ezek 23:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    3They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers fondled their virgin nipples there.

    4Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

    5“Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians– warriors

  • Ezek 23:12-22
    11 verses
    81%

    12She lusted after the Assyrians– governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

    13I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path.

    14But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red,

    15wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians whose native land is Chaldea.

    16When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

    17The Babylonians crawled into bed with her. They defiled her with their lust; after she was defiled by them, she became disgusted with them.

    18When she lustfully exposed her nakedness, I was disgusted with her, just as I had been disgusted with her sister.

    19Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt.

    20She lusted after her lovers there, whose genitals were like those of donkeys, and whose emission was like that of stallions.

    21This is how you assessed the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled your nipples and squeezed your young breasts.

    22“Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look here, I am about to stir up against you the lovers with whom you were disgusted; I will bring them against you from every side:

  • Ezek 23:43-45
    3 verses
    80%

    43Then I said about the one worn out by adultery,‘Now they will commit immoral acts with her.’

    44They slept with her the way someone sleeps with a prostitute. In this way they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women.

    45But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

  • Ezek 23:35-37
    3 verses
    80%

    35“Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have forgotten me and completely disregarded me, you must bear now the punishment for your obscene conduct and prostitution.”

    36The LORD said to me:“Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!

    37For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me, they have passed through the fire as food to their idols.

  • Ezek 23:7-10
    4 verses
    79%

    7She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired– with all their idols.

    8She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt; for in her youth men went to bed with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her.

    9Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.

    10They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious among women, and they executed judgments against her.

  • Ezek 16:46-47
    2 verses
    76%

    46Your older sister was Samaria, who lived north of you with her daughters, and your younger sister, who lived south of you, was Sodom with her daughters.

    47Have you not copied their behavior and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were!

  • Ezek 16:35-37
    3 verses
    76%

    35“‘Therefore O prostitute, Listen to the LORD’s message:

    36This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered in your prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children you have given to them,

    37therefore, take note: I am about to gather all your lovers whom you enjoyed, both all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will expose your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness.

  • Ezek 23:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    30I will do these things to you because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols.

    31You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment in your hand.

  • Jer 3:7-10
    4 verses
    75%

    7Yet even after she had done all that, I thought that she might come back to me. But she did not. Her sister, unfaithful Judah, saw what she did.

    8She also saw that, because of wayward Israel’s adulterous worship of other gods, I sent her away and gave her divorce papers. But still her unfaithful sister Judah was not afraid, and she too went and gave herself like a prostitute to other gods.

    9Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone.

    10In spite of all this, Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” says the LORD.

  • Ezek 22:11
    75%

    11One commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates his sister– his father’s daughter– within you.

  • Ezek 16:28-30
    3 verses
    74%

    28You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians because your desires were insatiable; you prostituted yourself with them and yet you were still not satisfied.

    29Then you multiplied your promiscuity to the land of merchants, Babylonia, but you were not satisfied there either.

    30“‘How sick is your heart, declares the Sovereign LORD, when you perform all of these acts, the deeds of a bold prostitute.

  • Jer 11:15
    74%

    15The LORD says to the people of Judah,“What right do you have to be in my temple, my beloved people? Many of you have done wicked things. Can your acts of treachery be so easily canceled by sacred offerings that you take joy in doing evil even while you make them?

  • Hos 2:5
    73%

    5For their mother has committed adultery; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said,“I will seek out my lovers; they are the ones who give me my bread and my water, my wool, my flax, my olive oil, and my wine.

  • Ezek 16:22
    73%

    22And with all your abominable practices and prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your blood.

  • Ezek 16:15
    73%

    15“‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty became his.

  • Ezek 16:51
    73%

    51Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did. You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done.

  • Jer 3:2
    72%

    2“Look up at the hilltops and consider this. Where have you not been ravished? You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the wilderness. You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods.

  • Nah 3:4
    72%

    4Taunt against the Harlot City“Because you have acted like a wanton prostitute– a seductive mistress who practices sorcery, who enslaves nations by her harlotry, and entices peoples by her sorcery–

  • Ezek 16:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25At the head of every street you erected your pavilion and you disgraced your beauty when you spread your legs to every passerby and multiplied your promiscuity.

    26You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, multiplying your promiscuity and provoking me to anger.

  • Hos 6:10
    72%

    10I have seen a disgusting thing in the house of Israel: there Ephraim commits prostitution with other gods, and Israel defiles itself.

  • Hos 2:10
    71%

    10Soon I will expose her lewd nakedness in front of her lovers, and no one will be able to rescue her from me!