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21 Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians[a] fondled your bosom and caressed[b] your young breasts.

22 Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord God: I will arouse against you your lovers from whom you turned in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side: 23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, governors and commanders all of them, officers and warriors,[c] all of them riding on horses.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:21 Two Mss: MT from Egypt
  2. Ezekiel 23:21 Cn: Heb for the sake of
  3. Ezekiel 23:23 Compare verses 6 and 12: Heb officers and called ones

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