21 So you longed for the (A)outrageous sin of your youth, when [a]the Egyptians handled your breasts because of the breasts of your youth.

22 “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord [b]God says: ‘Behold I am going to incite your lovers against you, from whom [c]you turned away in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side: 23 the [d](B)Babylonians and all the (C)Chaldeans, (D)Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the [e](E)Assyrians with them; handsome young men, governors and officials all of them, officers and [f]men of renown, all of them riding on horses.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:21 As in two mss; MT from Egypt
  2. Ezekiel 23:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  3. Ezekiel 23:22 Lit your soul
  4. Ezekiel 23:23 Lit sons of Babylon
  5. Ezekiel 23:23 Lit sons of Assyria
  6. Ezekiel 23:23 Lit called ones

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