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Ezekiel 23:4

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Their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister. They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

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Ezekiel 23:4 in other translations

And the names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they became mine, and they bare sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

Ezekiel 23:4 · American Standard Version

Ezekiel 23:4 in context

  1. 2“Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
  2. 3They played the prostitute in Egypt. They played the prostitute in their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their youthful nipples were caressed there.
  3. 4Their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister. They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.
  4. 5“Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine. She doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,
  5. 6who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.