Ezekiel 23:36–49

³⁶Moreover, the Lord said to me, “Son of man, will you ^ajudge Oholah and Oholibah? Then ^bdeclare to them their abominations.

³⁷“For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. Thus they have committed adultery with their idols and even caused their sons, ^awhom they bore to Me, to pass through the fire to ¹them as food.

³⁸“Again, they have done this to Me: they have ^adefiled My sanctuary on the same day and have ^bprofaned My sabbaths.

³⁹“For when they had slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My ^asanctuary on the same day to profane it; and lo, thus they did within My house.

⁴⁰“Furthermore, ¹they have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and lo, they came—for whom you bathed, ^apainted your eyes and ^bdecorated yourselves with ornaments;

⁴¹and you sat on a splendid ^acouch with a ^btable arranged before it on which you had set My ^cincense and My oil.

⁴²“The sound of a ^1acarefree multitude was with her; and ^bdrunkards were brought from the wilderness with men of the ²common sort. And they put ^cbracelets on ³the hands of the women and beautiful crowns on their heads.

⁴³“Then I said concerning her who was ^aworn out by adulteries, ‘¹Will they now commit adultery with her when she is thus?’

⁴⁴“¹But they went in to her as they would go in to a harlot. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.

⁴⁵“But they, righteous men, will ^ajudge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

⁴⁶“For thus says the Lord God, ‘Bring up a company against them and give them over to ^aterror and plunder.

⁴⁷‘The company will ^astone them with stones and cut them down with their swords; they will slay their sons and their daughters and ^bburn their houses with fire.

⁴⁸‘Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished and not commit ¹lewdness as you have done.

⁴⁹‘Your lewdness ¹will be ^arequited upon you, and you will bear the penalty of worshiping your idols; thus you will know that I am the Lord God.’ ”