20 She (A)lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses. 21 Thus you longed for the (B)lewdness of your youth, when [a]the Egyptians handled your bosom because of the breasts of your youth.

22 “Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord [b]God, ‘Behold I will arouse your lovers against you, from whom [c]you were alienated, and I will bring them against you from every side:

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:21 So two mss; M.T. from Egypt
  2. Ezekiel 23:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  3. Ezekiel 23:22 Lit your soul was alienated