Ezekiel 23:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.”
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“The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And their names <FI>are<Fi> Aholah the elder, And Aholibah her sister, And they are Mine, and bear sons and daughters. As to their names--Samaria <FI>is<Fi> Aholah, And Jerusalem <FI>is<Fi> Aholibah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 23:4 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- 1 Kings 8:29May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
- 1 Kings 12:20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
- 1 Kings 12:26Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.
- Psalms 45:11and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
- Psalms 76:2His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
- Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
- Jeremiah 2:2“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
- Jeremiah 3:7I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
- Ezekiel 16:8Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 16:20You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
- Ezekiel 16:40They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
- John 4:22You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
- Romans 7:4Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
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