Ezekiel 23:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors”
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“Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And go a-whoring doth Aholah under Me, And she doteth on her lovers, On the neighbouring Assyrians,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 23:5 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 14:9You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
- 1 Kings 14:16So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
- 1 Kings 15:26And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
- 1 Kings 15:30because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
- 1 Kings 16:31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
- 1 Kings 21:26He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)
- 2 Kings 15:19Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
- 2 Kings 16:7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”
- 2 Kings 17:3Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
- 2 Kings 17:7All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
- Jeremiah 50:38A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
- Ezekiel 16:28Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.
- Ezekiel 16:37therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.
- Ezekiel 23:7She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.
- Ezekiel 23:9Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.
- Ezekiel 23:12She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.
- Ezekiel 23:16At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
- Ezekiel 23:20and lusted after their lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.
- Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
- Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
- Hosea 10:6Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.
- Hosea 12:1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
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