¶ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

Son of man, there were two¹ women, the daughters of one mother:

And they committed whoredoms in Egypt²; they committed whoredoms in their³ youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

And the names⁴ of them were Aholah the elder⁵, and Aholibah her sister: and they were⁶ mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah⁷, and Jerusalem Aholibah⁸.

And Aholah⁹ played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted¹⁰ on her lovers, on the¹¹ Assyrians her neighbours,

Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of¹² them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

Thus she committed her whoredoms with them,¹³ with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria¹⁴, and with all on whom she doted: with all their¹⁵ idols she defiled herself.

Neither left she her whoredoms¹⁶ brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.

¹⁷Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

¶ These discovered¹⁸ her nakedness: they took¹⁹ her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous²⁰ among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

¶ And when her sister²¹ Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she,²² and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.

She doted upon²³ the Assyrians her neighbours, captains²⁴ and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.

Then I saw that she was defiled, that they²⁵ took both one way,

And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed²⁶ upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion²⁷,

Girded with girdles²⁸ upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of²⁹ them princes to look to³⁰, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes³¹, she doted upon them, and sent³² messengers unto them into Chaldea.

And the Babylonians³³ came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her³⁴ mind was alienated³⁵ from them.

So she discovered³⁶ her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then³⁷ my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.

Yet she multiplied³⁸ her whoredoms, in calling³⁹ to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

¶ For she doted⁴⁰ upon their paramours⁴¹, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses⁴².

Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.

¶ Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise⁴³ up thy lovers against thee, from⁴⁴ whom thy mind is alienated, and I⁴⁵ will bring them against thee on every side;

The Babylonians⁴⁶, and all the Chaldeans⁴⁷, Pekod⁴⁸, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians⁴⁹ with them: all of them desirable⁵⁰ young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

And they shall come against thee with chariots⁵¹, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set⁵² judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.

And I will set⁵³ my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away⁵⁴ thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy⁵⁵ sons and thy daughters; and thy residue⁵⁶ shall be devoured by the fire.

They shall also strip⁵⁷ thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels⁵⁸.

Thus will I⁵⁹ make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy⁶⁰ whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that⁶¹ thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou⁶² hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:

And they shall deal⁶³ with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness⁶⁴ of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

¶ I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast⁶⁵ gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art⁶⁶ polluted with their idols.

Thou hast walked⁶⁷ in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her⁶⁸ cup into thine hand.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink⁶⁹ of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be⁷⁰ laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

Thou shalt be filled⁷¹ with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment⁷² and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

Thou shalt even drink⁷³ it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck⁷⁴ off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because⁷⁵ thou hast forgotten me, and cast⁷⁶ me behind thy back, therefore⁷⁷ bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

¶ The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt⁷⁸ thou judge⁷⁹ Aholah⁸⁰ and Aholibah? yea, declare⁸¹ unto them their abominations;

That they have⁸² committed adultery, and blood⁸³ is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also⁸⁴ caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.

Moreover this they have⁸⁵ done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have⁸⁶ profaned my sabbaths.

For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came⁸⁷ the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus⁸⁸ have they done in the midst of mine house.

¶ And furthermore, that ye have⁸⁹ sent for men to come⁹⁰ from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst⁹¹ wash thyself, paintedst⁹² thy eyes, and deckedst⁹³ thyself with ornaments,

And satest upon a stately⁹⁴ bed, and a table⁹⁵ prepared before it, whereupon⁹⁶ thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

And a voice⁹⁷ of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort⁹⁸ were brought Sabeans⁹⁹ from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

Then said I unto her that was old¹⁰⁰ in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her,¹⁰¹ and she with them?

Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went¹⁰² they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.

And the righteous¹⁰³ men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses¹⁰⁴, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because¹⁰⁵ they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will¹⁰⁶ bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled¹⁰⁷.

And the company¹⁰⁸ shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them¹⁰⁹ with their swords; they shall slay¹¹⁰ their sons and their daughters, and burn¹¹¹ up their houses with fire.

Thus will I cause¹¹² lewdness to cease out of the land, that¹¹³ all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

And they shall¹¹⁴ recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear¹¹⁵ the sins of your idols: and ye shall know¹¹⁶ that I am the Lord GOD.