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Ezekiel 23

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 23 of 48

1 And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

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

3 And they fornicated in Egypt; in their youth they fornicated. Their breasts were handled, and there their virgin nipples were worked.

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Chapter Summary

The whoredoms of Oholah and Oholibah.

Key Hebrew Words

תַּזְנוּת fornication H8457 · TWOT 563c
עָגַב lust H5689 · TWOT 1559
נָאַף commit adultery H5003 · TWOT 1273
זִמָּה lewdness H2154 · TWOT 556b
עֶרְוָה nakedness H6172 · TWOT 1692b
גִּלּוּל idols H1544 · TWOT 353h

People & Context

Oholibah

Symbolic name for Jerusalem, the younger sister who lusted after Assyria and Babylon, more corrupt than Oholah.

Oholah

Symbolic name for Samaria, the elder sister who fornicated with Assyria and was given over to her lovers.

Ezekiel

The prophet, addressed as "son of man," given the parable of the two sisters and told to judge them.

Timeline

Parable of the Two Sisters

Ezekiel tells the story of Oholah (Samaria) and Oholibah (Jerusalem), two sisters who prostituted themselves with foreign nations and idols,,. Their horrific judgment mirrors their intense spiritual adultery,.

Ezekiel 23:1-49

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