Ezekiel 23:5

23:5 “Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. ¹  She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians ²  – warriors ³ 

Ezekiel 23:7

23:7 She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired ⁴  – with all their idols.

Ezekiel 23:14

23:14 But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red, ⁵ 

Ezekiel 25:9

25:9 So look, I am about to open up Moab’s flank, ⁶  eliminating the cities, ⁷  including its frontier cities, ⁸  the beauty of the land – Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.

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¹ tn Heb “while she was under me.” The expression indicates that Oholah is viewed as the Lord’s wife. See Num 5:19-20, 29.

sn Played the harlot refers to alliances with pagan nations in this context. In Ezek 16 harlotry described the sin of idolatry.

² tn Heb “Assyria.”

³ tn The term apparently refers to Assyrian military officers; it is better construed with the description that follows. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:738.

⁴ tn Heb “lusted after.”

⁵ tn The only other occurrence of the Hebrew term is in Jer 22:14.

⁶ tn Heb “shoulder.”

⁷ tn Heb “from the cities.” The verb “eliminating” has been added in the translation to reflect the privative use of the preposition (see BDB 583 s.v. מִן 7.b).

⁸ tn Heb “from its cities, from its end.”