Discovery BoxEzekiel 23:5 
Context23:5 “Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. 1 She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians 2 – warriors 3
Ezekiel 23:7
Context23:7 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
Context23:14 But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red, 5
Ezekiel 25:9
Context25:9 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.
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.”
