Dual Panel1The word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came <01961> to <0413> me:
2“Son <01121> of man <0120>, there were two <08147> women <0802> who were daughters <01323> of the same <0259> mother <0517>.
3They engaged in prostitution <02181> in Egypt <04714>; in their youth <05271> they engaged in prostitution <02181>. Their breasts <07699> were squeezed <04600> there <08033>; lovers fondled <06213> their virgin <01331> nipples <01717> there <08033>.
4Oholah <0170> was the name <08034> of the older <01419> and Oholibah <0172> the name <08034> of her younger sister <0269>. They became <01961> mine, and gave birth <03205> to sons <01121> and daughters <01323>. Oholah <0170> is Samaria <08111> and Oholibah <0172> is Jerusalem <03389>.
5“Oholah <0170> engaged in prostitution <02181> while she was mine <08478>. She lusted <05689> after her lovers <0157>, the Assyrians <0804>– warriors <07138>
6clothed <03847> in blue <08504>, governors <06346> and officials <05461>, all <03605> of them desirable <02531> young men <0970>, horsemen <06571> riding <07392> on horses <05483>.
7She bestowed <05414> her sexual favors <08457> on <05921> them; all <03605> of them were the choicest <04005> young men <01121> of Assyria <0804>. She defiled <02930> herself with all <03605> whom <0834> she desired <05689>– with all <03605> their idols <01544>.
8She did not <03808> abandon <05800> the prostitution <08457> she had practiced in Egypt <04714>; for <03588> in <0854> her youth men <05271> had sex <07901> with her, fondled <06213> her virgin <01331> breasts <01717>, and ravished <08457> <08210> her.
9Therefore <03651> I handed <03027> <05414> her over <03027> to her lovers <0157>, the Assyrians <0804> <01121> for <05921> whom <0834> she lusted <05689>.
10They <01992> exposed <01540> her nakedness <06172>, seized <03947> her sons <01121> and daughters <01323>, and killed <02026> her with the sword <02719>. She became <01961> notorious <08034> among women <0802>, and they executed <06213> judgments <08196> against her.
11“Her sister <0269> Oholibah <0172> watched <07200> this, but she became more corrupt <07843> in her lust <05691> than <04480> her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution <08457> were more numerous than those of her sister <0269>.
12She lusted <05689> after <0413> the Assyrians <0804> <01121>– governors <06346> and officials <05461>, warriors in full <04358> armor <03847>, horsemen <06571> riding <07392> on horses <05483>, all <03605> of them desirable <02531> young men <0970>.
13I saw <07200> that <03588> she was defiled <02930>; both <08147> of them followed the same <0259> path <01870>.
14But she increased <03254> her prostitution <08457>. She saw <07200> men <0376> carved <02707> on <05921> the wall <07023>, images <06754> of the Chaldeans <03778> carved <02710> in bright red <08350>,
15wearing <02289> belts <0232> on their waists <04975> and flowing <05628> turbans <02871> on their heads <07218>, all <03605> of them looking like <04758> officers <07991>, the image <01823> of Babylonians <0894> <01121> whose native <04138> land <0776> is Chaldea <03778>.
16When she saw <05869> <04758> them, she lusted <05689> after them and sent <07971> messengers <04397> to <0413> them in Chaldea <03778>.
17The Babylonians <0894> <01121> crawled into <0935> bed <04904> with her. They defiled <02930> her with their lust; after <08457> she was defiled <02930> by them, she became disgusted <03363> with them <01992>.
18When she lustfully <08457> exposed <01540> her nakedness <06172>, I was disgusted <03363> with her, just <0834> as I <05315> had been disgusted <05361> with her sister <0269>.
19Yet she increased <07235> her prostitution <08457>, remembering <02142> the days <03117> of her youth <05271> when she engaged in prostitution <02181> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
20She lusted <05689> after <05921> their genitals <06370>– as large as those of donkeys <02543>, and their seminal emission <02231> was as strong <02231> as that of stallions <05483>.
21This is how you assessed <06485> the obscene conduct <02154> of your youth <05271>, when the Egyptians <04714> fondled <06213> your nipples <01717> and squeezed <04616> your young <05271> breasts <07699>.
22“Therefore <03651>, Oholibah <0172>, this is what <03541> the sovereign <03069> Lord <0136> says <0559>: Look <02005> here, I am about to stir up <05782> against <05921> you the lovers <0157> with whom <0834> you were disgusted <05361>; I will bring <0935> them <01992> against <05921> you from every side <05439>:
23the Babylonians <0894> <01121> and all <03605> the Chaldeans <03778>, Pekod <06489>, Shoa <07772>, and Koa <06970>, and all <03605> the Assyrians <0804> <01121> with <0854> them, desirable <02531> young men <0970>, all <03605> of them governors <06346> and officials <05461>, officers <07991> and nobles <07121>, all <03605> of them riding <07392> on horses <05483>.
24They will attack <05921> <0935> you with weapons <02021>, chariots <07393>, wagons <01534>, and with a huge army <05971> <06951>; they will array <07760> themselves against <05921> you on every side <05439> with large shields <06793>, small shields <04043>, and helmets <06959>. I will assign <05414> them the task <04941> <06440> of judgment <04941> <06440>; they will punish <08199> you according to their laws <04941>.
25I will direct <05414> my jealous anger <07068> against you, and they will deal <06213> with <0854> you in rage <02534>. They will cut off <05493> your nose <0639> and your ears <0241>, and your survivors <0319> will die <05307> by the sword <02719>. They <01992> will seize <03947> your sons <01121> and daughters <01323>, and your survivors <0319> will be consumed <0398> by fire <0784>.
26They will strip <06584> your clothes <0899> off you and take <03947> away your beautiful <08597> jewelry <03627>.
27So I will put an end <07673> to your obscene conduct <02154> and your prostitution <02184> which you have practiced in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>. You will not <03808> seek <05869> <05375> their help or remember <02142> Egypt <04714> anymore <05750>.
28“For <03588> this is what <03541> the sovereign <03068> Lord <0136> says <0559>: Look <02005> here, I am about to deliver <03027> <05414> you over <03027> <05414> to those whom <0834> you hate <08130>, to those with whom <0834> you were disgusted <05361>.
29They will treat <06213> you with <0854> hatred <08135>, take away <03947> all <03605> you have labored <03018> for, and leave <05800> you naked <05903> and bare <06181>. Your nakedness <06172> will be exposed <01540>, just as when you engaged in prostitution <02183> and obscene <02154> conduct <08457>.
30I will do <06213> these things <0428> to you because you engaged in prostitution <02181> with <0310> the nations <01471>, polluting <02930> yourself with their idols <01544>.
31You have followed <01980> the ways <01870> of your sister <0269>, so I will place <05414> her cup <03563> of judgment in your hand <03027>.
32“This is <03541> what the sovereign Lord <0136> says <0559>: “You will drink <08354> your sister’s <0269> deep <06013> and wide <07342> cup <03563>; you will be <01961> scorned <06712> and derided <03932>, for it holds <03557> a great deal <04767>.
33You will be overcome <04390> by drunkenness <07943> and sorrow <03015>. The cup <03563> of your sister <0269> Samaria <08111> is a cup <03563> of horror <08047> and desolation <08077>.
34You will drain <04680> <08354> it dry <04680> <08354>, gnaw <01633> its pieces <02789>, and tear out <05423> your breasts <07699>, for <03588> I <0589> have spoken <01696>, declares <05002> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069>.
35“Therefore <03651> this is what <03541> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> says <0559>: Because <03282> you have forgotten <07911> me and completely disregarded <01458> <0310> <07993> me, you <0859> must bear <05375> now the punishment for your obscene conduct <02154> and prostitution <08457>.”
36The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> me: “Son <01121> of man <0120>, are you willing to pronounce judgment <08199> on Oholah <0170> and Oholibah <0172>? Then declare <05046> to them their abominable deeds <08441>!
37For <03588> they have committed adultery <05003> and blood <01818> is on their hands <03027>. They have committed adultery <05003> with <0854> their idols <01544>, and <01571> their sons <01121>, whom <0834> they bore <03205> to me, they have passed through <05674> the fire as food <0402> to their idols.
38Moreover <05750>, they have done <06213> this <02063> to me: In the very same <01931> day <03117> they desecrated <02930> my sanctuary <04720> and profaned <02490> my Sabbaths <07676>.
39On the same day <03117> they <01931> slaughtered <07819> their sons <01121> for their idols <01544>, they came <0935> to <0413> my sanctuary <04720> to desecrate <02490> it. This is what <03541> they have done <06213> in the middle <08432> of my house <01004>.
40“They even <0637> sent <07971> for <03588> men <0376> from far away <04801>; when <0834> the messenger <04397> arrived <0935>, those men set out <07971>. For <0413> them you bathed <07364>, painted <03583> your eyes <05869>, and decorated yourself <05710> with jewelry <05716>.
41You sat <03427> on <05921> a magnificent <03520> couch <04296>, with a table <07979> arranged <06186> in front <06440> of it where you placed <07760> my incense <07004> and my olive oil <08081>.
42The sound <06963> of a carefree <07961> crowd <01995> accompanied <0413> her, including all kinds <0120> <07230> of men <0376>; even Sabeans <05433> were brought <0935> from the desert <04057>. The sisters put <05414> bracelets <06781> on <0413> their wrists <03027> and beautiful <08597> crowns <05850> on <05921> their heads <07218>.
43Then I said <0559> about the one worn out <01087> by adultery <05004>, ‘Now they will commit <02181> immoral acts <08457> with her <01931>.’
44They had sex <0935> with <0413> her <0802> as one does with a prostitute <02181>. In this way <03651> they had sex <0935> with <0413> Oholah <0170> and Oholibah <0172>, promiscuous <02154> women <0802>.
45But upright <06662> men <0376> will punish them <08199> <01992> appropriately <04941> for their adultery <05003> and bloodshed <01818> <08210>, because <03588> they <02007> are adulteresses <05003> and blood <01818> is on their hands <03027>.
46“For <03588> this is what <03541> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> says: Bring up <05927> an army <06951> against <05921> them and subject <05414> them to terror <02189> and plunder <0957>.
47That army <06951> will pelt <07275> them with stones <068> and slash <01254> them with their swords <02719>; they will kill <02026> their sons <01121> and daughters <01323> and burn <08313> their houses <0784> <01004>.
48I will put an end <07673> to the obscene conduct <02154> in <04480> the land <0776>; all <03605> the women <0802> will learn <03256> a lesson from this and not <03808> engage <06213> in obscene conduct <02154>.
49They will repay <05414> you for your obscene conduct <02154>, and you will be punished <05375> for idol <01544> worship. Then you will know <03045> that <03588> I <0589> am the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069>.”