43 “Then I said of her who was worn out by adultery, ‘Now they will continue to use her for a whore, even her!’[a] 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 (A)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.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:43 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain

43 Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute,(A) for that is all she is.’ 44 And they slept with her. As men sleep with a prostitute, so they slept with those lewd women, Oholah and Oholibah. 45 But righteous judges will sentence them to the punishment of women who commit adultery and shed blood,(B) because they are adulterous and blood is on their hands.(C)

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