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Ezekiel 23:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians on whom she doted. "

Ezekiel 23:9

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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.

8 She hasn’t left her prostitution since leaving Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her. They caressed her youthful nipples and they poured out their prostitution on her.

9 “Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians on whom she doted.

10 These uncovered her nakedness. They took her sons and her daughters, and they killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women; for they executed judgments on her.

11 “Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lusting than she, and in her prostitution which was more depraved than the prostitution of her sister.

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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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