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Ezekiel 23:5

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23:5“Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine.4 She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians5—warriors6

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  1. 4 Heb “while she was under me.” The expression indicates that Oholah is viewed as the Lord’s wife. See Num 5:19–20, 29. Played the harlot refers to alliances with pagan nations in this context. In Ezek 16 harlotry described the sin of idolatry.
  2. 5 Heb “Assyria.”
  3. 6 The term apparently refers to Assyrian military officers; it is better construed with the description that follows. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (), 1:.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Oholah played the whore while she was mine, and she lusted after her lovers the Assyrians, warriors

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Oholah acted like a prostitute even though she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians: warriors

NLTNew Living Translation

“Then Oholah lusted after other lovers instead of me, and she gave her love to the Assyrian officers.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Oholah prostituted herself while she was still mine, and she lusted for her lovers, for Assyria who was nearby,

KJV 1900King James Version

And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,