The word of the LORD
came again unto me, saying
,
Son of man
, there were two
women
, the daughters
of one
mother
:
And they committed whoredoms in Egypt
; they committed whoredoms
in their youth
: there were their breasts
pressed
, and there they bruised
the teats
of their virginity
.
And the names of them were Aholah
the elder
, and Aholibah
her sister
: and they were mine, and they bare
sons
and daughters
. Thus were their names
; Samaria
is Aholah
, and Jerusalem
Aholibah
.
And Aholah played the harlot
when she was mine
; and she doted
on her lovers
, on the Assyrians
her neighbours
,
Which were clothed with blue
, captains
and rulers
, all of them desirable
young men
, horsemen
riding
upon horses
.
Thus she committed her whoredoms
with them, with all them that were the chosen
men
of Assyria
, and with all on whom she doted
: with all their idols
she defiled
herself.
Neither left she her whoredoms
brought from Egypt
: for in her youth
they lay
with her, and they bruised
the breasts
of her virginity
, and poured
their whoredom
upon her.
Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand
of her lovers
, into the hand
of the Assyrians
, upon whom she doted
.
These discovered her nakedness
: they took
her sons
and her daughters
, and slew
her with the sword
: and she became famous
among women
; for they had executed
judgment
upon her.
And when her sister Aholibah
saw
this , she was more corrupt
in her inordinate love
than she, and in her whoredoms
more than her sister
in her whoredoms
.
She doted upon the Assyrians
her neighbours
, captains
and rulers
clothed
most gorgeously
, horsemen
riding
upon horses
, all of them desirable
young men
.
Then I saw that she was defiled
, that they took both
one
way
,
And that she increased her whoredoms
: for when she saw
men
pourtrayed
upon the wall
, the images
of the Chaldeans
pourtrayed
with vermilion
,
Girded with girdles
upon their loins
, exceeding
in dyed attire
upon their heads
, all of them princes
to look to
, after the manner
of the Babylonians
of Chaldea
, the land
of their nativity
:
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes
, she doted
upon them, and sent
messengers
unto them into Chaldea
.
And the Babylonians came
to her into the bed
of love
, and they defiled
her with their whoredom
, and she was polluted
with them, and her mind
was alienated
from them.
So she discovered her whoredoms
, and discovered
her nakedness
: then my mind
was alienated
from her, like as my mind
was alienated
from her sister
.
Yet she multiplied her whoredoms
, in calling to remembrance
the days
of her youth
, wherein she had played the harlot
in the land
of Egypt
.
For she doted upon their paramours
, whose flesh
is as the flesh
of asses
, and whose issue
is like the issue
of horses
.
Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness
of thy youth
, in bruising
thy teats
by the Egyptians
for the paps
of thy youth
.
Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith
the Lord
GOD
; Behold, I will raise up
thy lovers
against thee, from whom thy mind
is alienated
, and I will bring
them against thee on every side
;
The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans
, Pekod
, and Shoa
, and Koa
, and all the Assyrians
with them: all of them desirable
young men
, captains
and rulers
, great lords
and renowned
, all of them riding
upon horses
.
And they shall come against thee with chariots
, wagons
, and wheels
, and with an assembly
of people
, which shall set
against thee buckler
and shield
and helmet
round about
: and I will set
judgment
before
them, and they shall judge
thee according to their judgments
.
And I will set my jealousy
against thee, and they shall deal
furiously
with thee: they shall take away
thy nose
and thine ears
; and thy remnant
shall fall
by the sword
: they shall take
thy sons
and thy daughters
; and thy residue
shall be devoured
by the fire
.
They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes
, and take away
thy fair
jewels
.
Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease
from thee, and thy whoredom
brought from the land
of Egypt
: so that thou shalt not lift up
thine eyes
unto them, nor remember
Egypt
any more.
For thus saith the Lord
GOD
; Behold, I will deliver
thee into the hand
of them whom thou hatest
, into the hand
of them from whom thy mind
is alienated
:
And they shall deal with thee hatefully
, and shall take away
all thy labour
, and shall leave
thee naked
and bare
: and the nakedness
of thy whoredoms
shall be discovered
, both thy lewdness
and thy whoredoms
.
I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring
after
the heathen
, and because thou art polluted
with their idols
.
Thou hast walked in the way
of thy sister
; therefore will I give
her cup
into thine hand
.
Thus saith the Lord
GOD
; Thou shalt drink
of thy sister's
cup
deep
and large
: thou shalt be laughed to scorn
and had in derision
; it containeth
much
.
Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness
and sorrow
, with the cup
of astonishment
and desolation
, with the cup
of thy sister
Samaria
.
Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out
, and thou shalt break
the sherds
thereof, and pluck off
thine own breasts
: for I have spoken
it , saith
the Lord
GOD
.
Therefore thus saith the Lord
GOD
; Because thou hast forgotten
me, and cast
me behind
thy back
, therefore bear
thou also thy lewdness
and thy whoredoms
.
The LORD said
moreover unto me; Son
of man
, wilt thou judge
Aholah
and Aholibah
? yea, declare
unto them their abominations
;
That they have committed adultery, and blood
is in their hands
, and with their idols
have they committed adultery
, and have also caused their sons
, whom they bare
unto me, to pass for them through
the fire , to devour
them .
Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled
my sanctuary
in the same day
, and have profaned
my sabbaths
.
For when they had slain their children
to their idols
, then they came
the same day
into my sanctuary
to profane
it; and, lo, thus have they done
in the midst
of mine house
.
And furthermore, that ye have sent
for men
to come
from far
, unto whom a messenger
was sent
; and, lo, they came
: for whom thou didst wash
thyself, paintedst
thy eyes
, and deckedst
thyself with ornaments
,
And satest upon a stately
bed
, and a table
prepared
before
it, whereupon thou hast set
mine incense
and mine oil
.
And a voice of a multitude
being at ease
was with her: and with the men
of the common sort
were brought
Sabeans
from the wilderness
, which put
bracelets
upon their hands
, and beautiful
crowns
upon their heads
.
Then said I unto her that was old
in adulteries
, Will they now commit
whoredoms
with her, and she with them ?
Yet they went in unto her, as they go in
unto a woman
that playeth the harlot
: so went they in
unto Aholah
and unto Aholibah
, the lewd
women
.
And the righteous men
, they shall judge
them after the manner
of adulteresses
, and after the manner
of women that shed
blood
; because they are adulteresses
, and blood
is in their hands
.
For thus saith the Lord
GOD
; I will bring up
a company
upon them, and will give
them to be removed
and spoiled
.
And the company shall stone
them with stones
, and dispatch
them with their swords
; they shall slay
their sons
and their daughters
, and burn up
their houses
with fire
.
Thus will I cause lewdness to cease
out of the land
, that all women
may be taught
not to do
after your lewdness
.
And they shall recompense your lewdness
upon you, and ye shall bear
the sins
of your idols
: and ye shall know
that I am the Lord
GOD
.