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Ezekiel 23:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Ezekiel 23:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 23[a]
The Sins of Two Sisters. 1 This word of the Lord came to me: 2 Son of man, there once were two women, the daughters of the same mother. 3 Even as young girls they became prostitutes in Egypt. There the Egyptians caressed their bosoms and fondled their virginal breasts.
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- Ezekiel 23:1 Ezekiel more than once speaks of the terrible weight of sin on the history of Israel (Ezek 16; 20; 22). He has already made use of the allegory of marriage in speaking of this history. Calling here again on the idea of marriage, the prophet tells the story of two cities, Samaria and Jerusalem, that is, of the two parts into which the Hebrew nation broke after the death of Solomon: the kingdom of Israel and the kingdom of Judah. The course taken by the two cities is once more illustrated by the history of the faithless wife.
