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Ezekiel 23:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution. She was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them. "

Ezekiel 23:17

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15 dressed with belts on their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like princes, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.

16 As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.

17 The Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution. She was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.

18 So she uncovered her prostitution and uncovered her nakedness. Then my soul was alienated from her, just like my soul was alienated from her sister.

19 Yet she multiplied her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth, in which she had played the prostitute in the land of Egypt.

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From This Chapter

Ezekiel 23:1

"The LORD’s word came again to me, saying,"

Ezekiel 23:2

"“Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother."

Ezekiel 23:3

"They played the prostitute in Egypt. They played the prostitute in their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their youthful nipples were caressed there."

Ezekiel 23:4

"Their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister. They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah."

Ezekiel 23:5

"“Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine. She doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,"

Ezekiel 23:6

"who were clothed with blue—governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses."

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