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And the word of Jehovah was unto▵ me, saying,
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Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
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and they committed··harlotry in Egypt; in their youth they committed··harlotry; there were their breasts pressed··in, and there they handled the teats of their virginity.
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And their names were Aholah* the elder◦, and Aholibah* her sister; and they were Mine, and they gave··birth to sons and daughters. And their names were Samaria which is Aholah, and Jerusalem which is Aholibah.
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And Aholah committed··harlotry under Me; and she doted on her lovers, unto▵ Assyria, her neighbors,
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who were clothed··with blue, governors and dukes, all of them desirable young··men, horsemen riding horses.
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And she gave her harlotries upon them, all of them who were the chosen sons of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted; with all their idols she was defiled.
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And she forsook not her harlotries from Egypt; for in her youth they lay with◦ her, and they◦ handled the teats of her virginity, and spilled their harlotry upon her.
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Therefore I have given her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the sons of Assyria, on whom she doted.
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These◦ revealed her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, and killed her with the sword; and she became a name among women, for they had made judgment upon◦ her.
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And her sister Aholibah saw, she was· more ·corrupt in her doting than she, and her harlotries were more than the harlotries of her sister.
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She doted upon the sons of Assyria, governors and dukes, neighbors perfectly clothed, horsemen riding horses, all of them desirable young··men.
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Then I saw that she was defiled, that the two of them took one way,
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and that she added to▵ her harlotries; and she saw men◦ portrayed on the wall◦, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,
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girded with girdles◦ on◦ their loins, draped in dyed··attire on◦ their heads, all of them third leaders in appearance, the likeness of the sons of Babylon of the Chaldeans, the land of their birth;
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and as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto▵ them into Chaldea.
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And the sons of Babylon came to▵ her into◦ the bed of loves◦, and they defiled her with their harlotry, and she was defiled with them, and her soul was··suspended from them◦.
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And she revealed her harlotries, and revealed her nakedness. And My soul was··suspended from over her, as◦ My soul was suspended from over her sister.
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And she multiplied harlotries, when she remembered the days of her youth, in which◦ she had committed··harlotry in the land of Egypt.
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And she doted upon their concubines, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
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And thou didst visit the crimes of thy youth, in handling thy teats from Egypt for the sake◦ of the breasts of thy youth.
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Therefore, O Aholibah, thus says the Lord Jehovih*, Behold, I will stir··up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy soul is suspended, and I will bring them against thee from all around;
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the sons of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, all the sons of Assyria with◦ them; all of them desirable young··men, governors and dukes, third leaders and those who are called, all of them riding horses.
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And they shall come against thee with wagon, chariot, and rolling, and with an assembly of people, and shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet◦ all around; and I will put◦ judgment before them, and they shall judge thee with their judgments.
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And I will give My zeal on◦ thee, and they shall deal with◦ thee with fury; they shall remove thy nose and thine ears; and the last of thee shall fall by the sword; they◦ shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and the last of thee shall be devoured by the fire.
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And they shall strip thee of thy garments, and take the vessels of thine adornment.
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And I shall make thy crimes to cease from thee, and thy harlotry brought from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt not lift··up thine eyes unto▵ them, nor remember Egypt any··more.
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For thus says the Lord Jehovih, Behold, I will give thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them◦ from whom thy soul is suspended.
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And they shall do with◦ thee with hatred, and shall take all thy toil, and shall leave◦ thee naked and with nakedness; and the nakedness of thy harlotries shall be revealed, both thy crimes and thy harlotries.
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I will do these things to thee, because thou hast committed··harlotry after the nations, and because thou art defiled with their idols.
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Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thy hand.
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Thus says the Lord Jehovih; Thou shalt drink of the cup of thy sister, deep and wide; thou shalt be laughed··at and in derision; it contains much.
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Thou shalt··be··filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
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And thou shalt drink it and suck· it ·out, and thou shalt fracture◦ the pottery◦, and pull··off thine own breasts; for I◦ have spoken, says◦ the Lord Jehovih.
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Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovih; Because thou hast forgotten Me, and cast Me behind thy body, then bear thou◦ also thy crimes and thy harlotries.
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And Jehovah said to▵ me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah, and tell them their abominations?
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For they have committed··adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with◦ their idols have they committed··adultery, and have also caused their sons, to whom they gave··birth for Me, to pass··through the fire for them for food.
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Yet this they have done unto Me; they have defiled My sanctuary in that◦ day, and have profaned My Sabbaths.
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And when they had slaughtered their sons to their idols, then they came that◦ day into▵ My sanctuary to profane it; and, behold, thus have they done in the midst of My house.
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And, yea, for you have sent for men◦ to come from afar, unto▵ whom a messenger was sent; and, behold, they came; for whom thou didst bathe thyself, didst paint thine eyes, and decorated thyself with decoration.
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And thou didst sit on a glorious bed◦, and a table was arranged before it, and My incense and My oil thou hast set on it.
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And a voice of a tranquil crowd was with her; and to▵ the men◦ from the multitude of man were brought those inebriated from the wilderness, and they put◦ bracelets onto▵ their hands, and crowns of adornment on their heads.
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And I said to her that was worn··out by adulteries, Will they now commit··harlotry, and she◦ her harlotries?
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And they came··in unto▵ her, as they go··in unto▵ a woman that commits··harlotry; so came· they ·in unto▵ Aholah and unto▵ Aholibah, the scheming women.
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And the just men◦, they◦ shall judge them after the judgment of adulteresses, and after the judgment of women that shed blood; for they◦ are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
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For thus says the Lord Jehovih; I will bring··up an assembly upon them, and will put◦ them into◦ turmoil and for plunder.
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And the assembly shall stone▵ against them with stones, and cut· them ·down with their swords; they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn··up their houses with fire.
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And I will cause crime to cease from the land, and all the women may be chastened and not do as your crimes.
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And they shall put◦ your crime on you, and you shall bear the sins of your idols; and you shall know that I◦ am the Lord Jehovih.
