Ezekiel 23:22–35

Judgment on Jerusalem

²²“Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord God:

^u‘Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you,

From whom you have alienated yourself,

And I will bring them against you from every side:

²³The Babylonians,

All the Chaldeans,

^vPekod, Shoa, Koa,

^wAll the Assyrians with them,

All of them desirable young men,

Governors and rulers,

Captains and men of renown,

All of them riding on horses.

²⁴And they shall come against you

With chariots, wagons, and war-horses,

With a horde of people.

They shall array against you

Buckler, shield, and helmet all around.

‘I will delegate judgment to them,

And they shall judge you according to their judgments.

²⁵I will set My ^xjealousy against you,

And they shall deal furiously with you;

They shall remove your nose and your ears,

And your remnant shall fall by the sword;

They shall take your sons and your daughters,

And your remnant shall be devoured by fire.

^26yThey shall also strip you of your clothes

And take away your beautiful jewelry.

²⁷‘Thus ^zI will make you cease your lewdness and your ^aharlotry

Brought from the land of Egypt,

So that you will not lift your eyes to them,

Nor remember Egypt anymore.’

²⁸“For thus says the Lord God: ‘Surely I will deliver you into the hand of ^bthose you hate, into the hand of those ^cfrom whom you alienated yourself. ^29dThey will deal hatefully with you, take away all you have worked for, and ^eleave you naked and bare. The nakedness of your harlotry shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotry. ³⁰I will do these things to you because you have ^fgone as a harlot after the Gentiles, because you have become defiled by their idols. ³¹You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her ^gcup in your hand.’

³²“Thus says the Lord God:

‘You shall drink of your sister’s cup,

The deep and wide one;

^hYou shall be laughed to scorn

And held in derision;

It contains much.

³³You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,

The cup of horror and desolation,

The cup of your sister Samaria.

³⁴You shall ⁱdrink and drain it,

You shall break its ⁵shards,

And tear at your own breasts;

For I have spoken,’

Says the Lord God.

³⁵“Therefore thus says the Lord God:

‘Because you ^jhave forgotten Me and ^kcast Me behind your back,

Therefore you shall bear the penalty

Of your lewdness and your harlotry.’ ”