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The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:
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"Son of man, there were two women, The daughters of one mother.
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They committed harlotry in Egypt, They committed harlotry in their youth; Their breasts were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there pressed.
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Their names: Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister; They were Mine, And they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah
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"Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine; And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians,
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Who were clothed in purple, Captains and rulers, All of them desirable young men, Horsemen riding on horses.
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Thus she committed her harlotry with them, All of them choice men of Assyria; And with all for whom she lusted, With all their idols, she defiled herself.
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She has never given up her harlotry brought from Egypt, For in her youth they had lain with her, Pressed her virgin bosom, And poured out their immorality upon her.
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"Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians, For whom she lusted.
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They uncovered her nakedness, Took away her sons and daughters, And slew her with the sword; She became a byword among women, For they had executed judgment on her.
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"Now although her sister Oholibah saw this, she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister's harlotry.
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"She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians, Captains and rulers, Clothed most gorgeously, Horsemen riding on horses, All of them desirable young men.
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Then I saw that she was defiled; Both took the same way.
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But she increased her harlotry; She looked at men portrayed on the wall, Images of Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion
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Girded with belts around their waists, Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them looking like captains, In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their nativity.
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As soon as her eyes saw them, She lusted for them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
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"Then the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, And they defiled her with their immorality; So she was defiled by them, and alienated herself from them.
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She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her nakedness. Then I alienated Myself from her, As I had alienated Myself from her sister.