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21 And thus you celebrated those former days when as a young girl you gave your virginity to those from Egypt.

22 “And now the Lord God says that he will raise against you, O Oholibah (Jerusalem), those very nations from which you turned away, disgusted. 23 For the Babylonians will come, and all the Chaldeans from Pekod and Shoa and Koa; and all the Assyrians with them—handsome young men of high rank, riding their steeds.

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21 So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled.[a](A)

22 “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will stir up your lovers(B) against you, those you turned away from in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side(C) 23 the Babylonians(D) and all the Chaldeans,(E) the men of Pekod(F) and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, all of them governors and commanders, chariot officers and men of high rank, all mounted on horses.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:21 Syriac (see also verse 3); Hebrew caressed because of your young breasts