Ezekiel 23:36–49

³⁶Then the Lord said to me, “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah?^c Then declare their detestable practices to them.^{d 37}For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; they have committed adultery with their idols. And the children they bore to me they have sacrificed in the fire^B as food for the idols.^{e 38}They also did this to me: they defiled my sanctuary^f on that same day and profaned my Sabbaths.^{g 39}On the same day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered my sanctuary to profane it.^h Yes, that is what they did inside my house.

⁴⁰“In addition, they sent for men who came from far away when a messenger was dispatched to them. And look how they came! You bathed, painted your eyes,ⁱ and adorned yourself with jewelry for them.^{j 41}You sat on a luxurious couch with a table spread before it,^k on which you had set my incense and oil. ⁴²The sound of a carefree crowd was there. Drunkards^C from the desert were brought in, along with common men. They put bracelets on the women’s hands and beautiful tiaras on their heads. ⁴³Then I said concerning this woman worn out by adultery: Will they^D now have illicit sex with her, even her? ⁴⁴Yet they had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. This is how they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those depraved women. ⁴⁵But righteous men will judge them the way adulteresses^l and those who shed blood are judged, for they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

⁴⁶“This is what the Lord God says: Summon^E an assembly against them and consign them to terror and plunder.^{m 47}The assembly will stone them and cut them down with their swords.ⁿ They will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses. ⁴⁸So I will put an end to depravity in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your depraved behavior. ⁴⁹They will punish you for your depravity,^o and you will bear the consequences for your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord God.”