Ezekiel 23:36–49

Both Sisters Judged

³⁶The Lord also said to me: “Son of man, will you ^ljudge Oholah and Oholibah? Then ^mdeclare to them their abominations. ³⁷For they have committed adultery, and ⁿblood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons ^owhom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them. ³⁸Moreover they have done this to Me: They have ^pdefiled My sanctuary on the same day and ^qprofaned My Sabbaths. ³⁹For after they had slain their children for their idols, on the same day they came into My sanctuary to profane it; and indeed ^rthus they have done in the midst of My house.

⁴⁰“Furthermore you sent for men to come from afar, ^sto whom a messenger was sent; and there they came. And you ^twashed yourself for them, ^upainted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments. ⁴¹You sat on a stately ^vcouch, with a table prepared before it, ^won which you had set My incense and My oil. ⁴²The sound of a carefree multitude was with her, and ⁶Sabeans were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort, who put bracelets on their ⁷wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads. ⁴³Then I said concerning her who had grown old in adulteries, ‘Will they commit harlotry with her now, and she with them?’ ⁴⁴Yet they went in to her, as men go in to a woman who plays the harlot; thus they went in to Oholah and Oholibah, the lewd women. ⁴⁵But righteous men will ^xjudge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and ^yblood is on their hands.

⁴⁶“For thus says the Lord God: ^z‘Bring up an assembly against them, give them up to trouble and plunder. ^47aThe assembly shall stone them with stones and ⁸execute them with their swords; ^bthey shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire. ⁴⁸Thus ^cI will cause lewdness to cease from the land, ^dthat all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness. ⁴⁹They shall repay you for your lewdness, and you shall ^epay for your idolatrous sins. ^fThen you shall know that I am the Lord God.’ ”