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Ezekiel 23:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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 23:4

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

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.

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.

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

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

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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 23:5

"“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."

Ezekiel 23:7

"She gave herself as a prostitute to them, all of them the choicest men of Assyria. She defiled herself with the idols of whomever she lusted after."

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