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Ezekiel 23:35 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, therefore you also bear your lewdness and your prostitution.’” "

Ezekiel 23:35

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33 You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of your sister Samaria.

34 You will even drink it and drain it out. You will gnaw the broken pieces of it, and will tear your breasts; for I have spoken it,’ says the Lord GOD.

35 “Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, therefore you also bear your lewdness and your prostitution.’”

36 The LORD said moreover to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

37 For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through the fire to them to be devoured.

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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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