Ezekiel 23:3

23:3 They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers ¹  fondled their virgin nipples there.

Ezekiel 23:9-13

23:9 Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians ²  for whom she lusted. 23:10 They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious ³  among women, and they executed judgments against her.

23:11 “Her sister Oholibah watched this, ⁴  but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister. 23:12 She lusted after the Assyrians – governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men. 23:13 I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path.

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¹ tn In the Hebrew text the subject is left unstated and must be supplied from the context.

² tn Heb “I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the sons of Assyria.”

³ tn Heb “name.”

⁴ tn The word “this” is not in the original text.