21 Thus you longed for the (A)lewdness of your youth, when [a]the Egyptians handled your bosom because of the breasts of your youth.

22 “Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord [b]God, ‘Behold I will arouse your lovers against you, from whom [c]you were alienated, 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; desirable 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 So two mss; M.T. from Egypt
  2. Ezekiel 23:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  3. Ezekiel 23:22 Lit your soul was alienated
  4. Ezekiel 23:23 Lit sons of Babylon
  5. Ezekiel 23:23 Lit sons of Assyria
  6. Ezekiel 23:23 Lit the called ones