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21 And you longed after the obscene conduct of your youth when your bosom was caressed by Egypt, fondling your young breasts.

22 “Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Look! I am stirring up your lovers against you concerning whom you turned away, and I will bring them against you from all around: 23 the Babylonians[a] and all of the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, all of the Assyrians[b] along with them, handsome young men,[c] governors and prefects, all of them adjutants[d] and excellent horsemen.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:23 Literally “sons of Babylon”
  2. Ezekiel 23:23 Literally “sons of Assyria”
  3. Ezekiel 23:23 Literally “young men of beauty/handsomeness”
  4. Ezekiel 23:23 Or “officers”
  5. Ezekiel 23:23 Literally “ones called riders of horses”