Ezekiel 23:24-24:17

English Standard Version

²⁴ And they shall come against you from the north^[a] with chariots and wagons and a host of peoples. ^(A)They shall set themselves against you on every side with buckler, shield, and helmet; and ^(B)I will commit the judgment to them, and ^(C)they shall judge you according to their judgments. ²⁵ And I will direct my jealousy against you, ^(D)that they may deal with you in fury. They shall cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors shall fall by the sword. ^(E)They shall seize your sons and your daughters, and your survivors shall be devoured by fire. ^26 (F)They shall also strip you of your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels. ^27 (G)Thus I will put an end to your lewdness and ^(H)your whoring begun in the land of Egypt, so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.

²⁸ “For thus says the Lord God: ^(I)Behold, I will deliver you into the hands of those whom you hate, ^(J)into the hands of those from whom you turned in disgust, ²⁹ and ^(K)they shall deal with you in hatred and take away all the fruit of your labor ^(L)and leave you naked and bare, and ^(M)the nakedness of your whoring shall be uncovered. Your lewdness and your whoring ³⁰ have brought this upon you, because ^(N)you played the whore with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols. ³¹ You have gone the way of your sister; ^(O)therefore I will give ^(P)her cup into your hand. ³² Thus says the Lord God:

for I have spoken, declares the Lord God. ³⁵ Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because ^(U)you have forgotten me and ^(V)cast me behind your back, you yourself ^(W)must bear the consequences of your lewdness and whoring.”

³⁶ The Lord said to me: ^(X)“Son of man, ^(Y)will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Declare to them their abominations. ³⁷ For ^(Z)they have committed adultery, ^(AA)and blood is on their hands. With their idols they have committed adultery, and they have even ^(AB)offered up^[b] to them for food the children whom they had borne to me. ³⁸ Moreover, this they have done to me: ^(AC)they have defiled my sanctuary on the same day and ^(AD)profaned my Sabbaths. ³⁹ For when ^(AE)they had slaughtered their children in sacrifice to their idols, on the same day ^(AF)they came into my sanctuary to profane it. And behold, ^(AG)this is what they did in my house. ⁴⁰ They even sent for men to come from afar, ^(AH)to whom a messenger was sent; and behold, they came. For them you bathed yourself, ^(AI)painted your eyes, ^(AJ)and adorned yourself with ornaments. ⁴¹ You sat on ^(AK)a stately couch, with a table spread before it ^(AL)on which you had placed my incense and ^(AM)my oil. ⁴² The ^(AN)sound of a carefree multitude was with her; and with men of the common sort, drunkards^[c] were brought from the wilderness; and they put ^(AO)bracelets on the hands of the women, and ^(AP)beautiful crowns on their heads.

⁴³ “Then I said of her who was worn out by adultery, ‘Now they will continue to use her for a whore, even her!’^{[d] 44} For they have gone in to her, as men go in to a prostitute. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, lewd women! ⁴⁵ But righteous men ^(AQ)shall pass judgment on them with the sentence of adulteresses, and with the sentence of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.”

⁴⁶ For thus says the Lord God: ^(AR)“Bring up a vast host against them, and make them ^(AS)an object of terror and ^(AT)a plunder. ^47 (AU)And the host shall stone them and cut them down with their swords. ^(AV)They shall kill their sons and their daughters, and ^(AW)burn up their houses. ^48 (AX)Thus will I put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not commit lewdness as you have done. ⁴⁹ And they shall return your lewdness upon you, and ^(AY)you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry, and ^(AZ)you shall know that I am the Lord God.”

The Siege of Jerusalem

24 ^(BA)In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ^2 (BB)“Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. ³ And ^(BC)utter a parable to ^(BD)the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God:

⁶ “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^(BG)Woe to the bloody city, to ^(BH)the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.^{[f] 7} For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on ^(BI)the bare rock; ^(BJ)she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust. ⁸ To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered. ⁹ Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! ^(BK)I also will make the pile great. ¹⁰ Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices,^[g] and let the bones be burned up. ¹¹ Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, ^(BL)that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed. ^12 (BM)She has wearied herself with toil;^[h] its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion! ¹³ On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, ^(BN)you shall not be cleansed anymore till ^(BO)I have satisfied my fury upon you. ^14 (BP)I am the Lord. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; ^(BQ)I will not spare; ^(BR)I will not relent; ^(BS)according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord God.”

Ezekiel's Wife Dies

¹⁵ The word of the Lord came to me: ^16 (BT)“Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. ¹⁷ Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. ^(BU)Bind on your turban, and ^(BV)put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, ^(BW)nor eat the bread of men.”