Ezekiel 23:22–35

God’s Judgement on the Younger Sister

²²“Now then, Oholibah, this is what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying to you. You are tired of those lovers, but I will make them angry with you and bring them to surround you. ²³I will bring all the Babylonians and Chaldeans, men from Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians. I will gather all those handsome young noblemen and officers, all those important officials and high-ranking cavalry officers. ²⁴They will attack you from the north,^z bringing a large army with chariots and supply wagons. Protected by shields and helmets, they will surround you. I will hand you over to them, and they will judge you by their own laws. ²⁵Because I am angry with you, I will let them deal with you in their anger. They will cut off your nose and your ears and kill your children. Yes, they will take your sons and daughters from you and burn them alive. ²⁶They will tear off your clothes and take your jewels. ²⁷I will put a stop to your lust and to the obscenities you have committed ever since you were in Egypt. You won’t look at any more idols or think about Egypt any more.” ²⁸This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I will hand you over to people you hate and are disgusted with. ²⁹And because they hate you, they will take away everything you have worked for and leave you stripped naked, exposed like a prostitute. Your lust and your prostitution ³⁰have brought this on you. You were a prostitute for the nations and defiled yourself with their idols. ³¹You followed in your sister’s footsteps, and so I will give you the same cup of punishment to drink.”

³²The Sovereign Lord says,

“You will drink from your sister’s cup;

it is large and deep.

Everyone will scorn and mock you;

the cup is full.

³³It will make you miserable and drunk,

that cup of fear and ruin,

your sister Samaria’s cup.

³⁴You will drink and drain it dry,

and with its broken pieces tear your breast.

I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.”

³⁵Now this is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: “Because you forgot me and turned your back on me, you will suffer for your lust and your prostitution.”