42 The (A)sound of a carefree multitude was with her; and with men of the common sort, drunkards[a] were brought from the wilderness; and they put (B)bracelets on the hands of the women, and (C)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!’[b] 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!

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:42 Or Sabeans
  2. Ezekiel 23:43 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain

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