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35 “Therefore this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because you abandoned me and threw me behind your back, you will bear the consequences of your obscene conduct and sexual immorality.’”

What Israel and Samaria Did

36 Then the Lord spoke to me. “Son of Man, speak out in judgment of both Oholah and Oholibah. Make their detestable practices widely known, 37 because they’ve committed adultery, and blood covers their hands. They’ve also committed adultery with their idols, making their sons born to me to pass through the fire[a] as an offering to[b] them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:37 The Heb. lacks fire
  2. Ezekiel 23:37 Lit. as food for

35 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you have forgotten(A) me and turned your back on me,(B) you must bear(C) the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution.”

36 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront(D) them with their detestable practices,(E) 37 for they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, as food for them.(F)

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