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“Son of Man, here are two sisters who are daughters from the same mother. They committed sexual immorality in Egypt. They did this[a] in their youth. There, their breasts were caressed. Their virgin breasts were fondled. The older one was named Oholah[b] and her sister was named Oholibah.[c] They belonged to me and gave birth to sons and daughters. Now as to their real identities, Oholah refers to Samaria and Oholibah to Jerusalem.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:3 Lit. They committed sexual immorality
  2. Ezekiel 23:4 The Heb. name Oholah means she worships at a tent shrine
  3. Ezekiel 23:4 The Heb. name Oholibah means she is a tent shrine