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Ezequiel 23
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Parábola de las dos hermanas

23 Y vino a mí la palabra del Señor: 2 «Hijo de hombre, había dos mujeres, hijas de una misma madre(A), 3 que se prostituyeron en Egipto(B); se prostituyeron en su juventud. Allí fueron tocados sus pechos y allí fueron acariciados sus senos virginales. 4 Sus nombres eran Aholá, la mayor, y Aholibá, su hermana. Vinieron a ser Mías y dieron a luz hijos e hijas. Y en cuanto a sus nombres, Aholá es Samaria y Aholibá es Jerusalén.

5 »Aholá se prostituyó cuando era Mía; y se apasionó de sus amantes, los asirios(C), vecinos suyos, 6 vestidos de púrpura, gobernadores y oficiales, todos ellos jóvenes apuestos, jinetes montados a caballo(D). 7 Ella cometió sus prostituciones con ellos, con lo más selecto de los asirios; y con todos los que se había apasionado, con todos sus ídolos se contaminó(E). 8 Y no abandonó sus prostituciones de cuando estaba en Egipto; pues en su juventud muchos se habían acostado, y acariciaron sus senos virginales(F) y derramaron sobre ella su pasión. 9 Por tanto, la entregué en manos de sus amantes, en mano de los asirios, de los que se había apasionado(G). 10 Ellos descubrieron su desnudez, se llevaron a sus hijos y a sus hijas, y a ella la mataron a espada. Y vino a ser ejemplo para las mujeres, pues se ejecutaron juicios contra ella(H).

11 »Aunque su hermana Aholibá vio esto, se corrompió en su pasión más que ella, y sus prostituciones fueron mayores que las prostituciones de su hermana(I). 12 Se apasionó de los asirios, gobernadores y oficiales(J), vecinos suyos, lujosamente vestidos, jinetes montados a caballo, todos ellos jóvenes apuestos. 13 Y vi que ella se había contaminado; un mismo camino habían seguido las dos. 14 Pero Aholibá aumentó sus prostituciones(K). Vio hombres pintados en la pared(L), figuras de caldeos pintadas de rojo, 15 ceñidos sus lomos con cinturones y amplios turbantes en sus cabezas, con aspecto de oficiales todos ellos, semejantes a los babilonios de Caldea, tierra de su nacimiento. 16 Cuando los vio se apasionó de ellos(M) y les envió mensajeros a Caldea. 17 Y vinieron a ella los babilonios(N), al lecho de amores, y la contaminaron con sus prostituciones. Y después de haber sido contaminada con ellos, su alma se hastió de ellos. 18 Reveló sus prostituciones y exhibió su desnudez(O); entonces me hastié de ella(P) como me había hastiado de su hermana(Q). 19 Sin embargo, ella multiplicó sus prostituciones, recordando los días de su juventud, cuando se prostituía en la tierra de Egipto. 20 Y se apasionó de sus amantes, cuya carne es como la carne de los asnos y cuyo flujo es como el flujo de los caballos(R). 21 Anhelaste así la lujuria de tu juventud, cuando los egipcios tocaban tu seno, acariciando los pechos de tu juventud(S).

22 »Por tanto, Aholibá, así dice el Señor Dios: “Voy a provocar contra ti a tus amantes, de los que te alejaste, y los traeré contra ti de todos lados: 23 los babilonios(T) y todos los caldeos(U), los de Pecod(V), Soa y Coa, y con ellos todos los asirios(W), jóvenes apuestos, todos ellos gobernadores y oficiales, capitanes y hombres de renombre, todos montados a caballo. 24 Vendrán contra ti con armas, carros y carretas, y con multitud de pueblos(X). Se apostarán contra ti de todos lados con broquel, escudo y casco. A ellos les encargaré el juicio y ellos te juzgarán conforme a sus costumbres(Y). 25 Pondré Mi celo contra ti, y te tratarán con furor. Te arrancarán la nariz y las orejas, y tus sobrevivientes caerán a espada; te quitarán tus hijos y tus hijas, y los que queden serán consumidos por el fuego(Z). 26 También te despojarán de tus vestidos y te quitarán tus bellas joyas(AA). 27 Así pondré fin a tu lujuria y a tu prostitución(AB) traídas de la tierra de Egipto, y no levantarás más tus ojos hacia ellos ni recordarás más a Egipto”.

28 »Porque así dice el Señor Dios: “Voy a entregarte en manos de los que odias, en manos de aquellos de los que te alejaste(AC). 29 Ellos te tratarán con odio, te quitarán todas tus posesiones y te dejarán desnuda y descubierta(AD). Y será descubierta la vergüenza de tus prostituciones; tanto tu lujuria como tus prostituciones. 30 Estas cosas se harán contigo porque te has prostituido con las naciones, porque te has contaminado con sus ídolos(AE). 31 Has andado en el camino de tu hermana(AF); por tanto, pondré su copa en tu mano”. 32 Así dice el Señor Dios:

“Beberás la copa(AG) de tu hermana,
Que es honda y ancha;
Servirá de risa y de escarnio(AH)
Porque es de gran capacidad.
33 -”De embriaguez y de dolor te llenarás.
La copa de horror y desolación(AI)
Es la copa de tu hermana Samaria.
34 -”La beberás y la agotarás(AJ);
Roerás sus fragmentos,
Y te desgarrarás los pechos.

Porque Yo he hablado”, declara el Señor Dios. 35 Por tanto, así dice el Señor Dios: “Porque me has olvidado(AK) y me has arrojado a tus espaldas(AL), carga ahora con el castigo de tu lujuria y de tus prostituciones”».

36 También me dijo el Señor: «Hijo de hombre, ¿juzgarás a Aholá y a Aholibá? Entonces hazles saber sus abominaciones(AM). 37 Porque ambas han cometido adulterio y hay sangre en sus manos. Han cometido adulterio con sus ídolos, y aun a sus hijos, que dieron a luz para Mí, han hecho pasar por el fuego(AN) como alimento para los ídolos. 38 Además me han hecho esto: han contaminado Mi santuario(AO) en ese día y han profanado Mis días de reposo(AP). 39 Después de sacrificar sus hijos a sus ídolos, entraron en Mi santuario el mismo día para profanarlo. Eso fue lo que hicieron en medio de Mi casa(AQ).

40 »Aún más, mandaron a buscar hombres que vinieran de lejos, a quienes se les envió un mensajero, y vinieron. Para ellos te bañaste, te pintaste los ojos y te ataviaste con adornos(AR). 41 Luego te sentaste en un suntuoso diván(AS) ante el cual estaba preparada una mesa(AT) en la que habías puesto Mi incienso y Mi aceite(AU).

42 »El ruido de una multitud despreocupada(AV) se oía allí, multitud de hombres, bebedores(AW) traídos del desierto. Y pusieron brazaletes en las manos de las mujeres y hermosas coronas sobre sus cabezas(AX). 43 Entonces dije acerca de aquella que estaba consumida por sus adulterios(AY): “¿Cometerán ahora fornicaciones con ella, estando ella así?”. 44 Y se llegaron a ella como quien se llega a una ramera. Así se llegaron a Aholá y a Aholibá, mujeres depravadas. 45 Pero los hombres justos los juzgarán en el juicio de las adúlteras y en el juicio de las mujeres que derraman sangre(AZ), por ser ellas adúlteras y haber sangre en sus manos.

46 »Porque así dice el Señor Dios: “Tráigase una multitud contra ellas, y sean entregadas al terror y al pillaje(BA). 47 La multitud las apedreará(BB) y las cortará con sus espadas. Matarán a sus hijos y a sus hijas y prenderán fuego a sus casas(BC). 48 Así haré cesar la lascivia[a] de la tierra, y todas las mujeres serán advertidas y no cometerán lascivia como ustedes. 49 Y recaerá su lascivia sobre ambas, y cargarán el castigo de haber adorado a sus ídolos. Así ustedes sabrán que Yo soy el Señor Dios(BD)”».

Footnotes

  1. 23:48 O lujuria.
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Ezekiel 23
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Two Harlot Sisters

23 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:

2 “Son of man, there were (A)two women,
The daughters of one mother.
3 (B)They committed harlotry in Egypt,
They committed harlotry in (C)their youth;
Their breasts were there embraced,
Their virgin bosom was there pressed.
4 Their names: [a]Oholah the elder and [b]Oholibah (D)her sister;
(E)They were Mine,
And they bore sons and daughters.
As for their names,
Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

The Older Sister, Samaria

5 “Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine;
And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring (F)Assyrians,
6 Who were clothed in purple,
Captains and rulers,
All of them desirable young men,
Horsemen riding on horses.
7 Thus she committed her harlotry with them,
All of them choice men of Assyria;
And with all for whom she lusted,
With all their idols, she defiled herself.
8 She has never given up her harlotry brought (G)from Egypt,
For in her youth they had lain with her,
Pressed her virgin bosom,
And poured out their immorality upon her.

9 “Therefore I have delivered her
Into the hand of her lovers,
Into the hand of the (H)Assyrians,
For whom she lusted.
10 They uncovered her nakedness,
Took away her sons and daughters,
And slew her with the sword;
She became a byword among women,
For they had executed judgment on her.

The Younger Sister, Jerusalem

11 “Now (I)although her sister Oholibah saw this, (J)she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister’s harlotry.

12 “She lusted for the neighboring (K)Assyrians,
(L)Captains and rulers,
Clothed most gorgeously,
Horsemen riding on horses,
All of them desirable young men.
13 Then I saw that she was defiled;
Both took the same way.
14 But she increased her harlotry;
She looked at men portrayed on the wall,
Images of (M)Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,
15 Girded with belts around their waists,
Flowing turbans on their heads,
All of them looking like captains,
In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea,
The land of their nativity.
16 (N)As soon as her eyes saw them,
She lusted for them
And sent (O)messengers to them in Chaldea.

17 “Then the [c]Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love,
And they defiled her with their immorality;
So she was defiled by them, (P)and alienated herself from them.
18 She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her nakedness.
Then (Q)I (R)alienated Myself from her,
As I had alienated Myself from her sister.

19 “Yet she multiplied her harlotry
In calling to remembrance the days of her youth,
(S)When she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
20 For she lusted for her [d]paramours,
Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys,
And whose issue is like the issue of horses.
21 Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth,
When the (T)Egyptians pressed your bosom
Because of your youthful breasts.

Judgment on Jerusalem

22 “Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord God:

(U)‘Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you,
From whom you have alienated yourself,
And I will bring them against you from every side:
23 The Babylonians,
All the Chaldeans,
(V)Pekod, Shoa, Koa,
(W)All the Assyrians with them,
All of them desirable young men,
Governors and rulers,
Captains and men of renown,
All of them riding on horses.
24 And they shall come against you
With chariots, wagons, and war-horses,
With a horde of people.
They shall array against you
Buckler, shield, and helmet all around.

‘I will delegate judgment to them,
And they shall judge you according to their judgments.
25 I will set My (X)jealousy against you,
And they shall deal furiously with you;
They shall remove your nose and your ears,
And your remnant shall fall by the sword;
They shall take your sons and your daughters,
And your remnant shall be devoured by fire.
26 (Y)They shall also strip you of your clothes
And take away your beautiful jewelry.

27 ‘Thus (Z)I will make you cease your lewdness and your (AA)harlotry
Brought from the land of Egypt,
So that you will not lift your eyes to them,
Nor remember Egypt anymore.’

28 “For thus says the Lord God: ‘Surely I will deliver you into the hand of (AB)those you hate, into the hand of those (AC)from whom you alienated yourself. 29 (AD)They will deal hatefully with you, take away all you have worked for, and (AE)leave you naked and bare. The nakedness of your harlotry shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotry. 30 I will do these things to you because you have (AF)gone as a harlot after the Gentiles, because you have become defiled by their idols. 31 You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her (AG)cup in your hand.’

32 “Thus says the Lord God:

‘You shall drink of your sister’s cup,
The deep and wide one;
(AH)You shall be laughed to scorn
And held in derision;
It contains much.
33 You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,
The cup of horror and desolation,
The cup of your sister Samaria.
34 You shall (AI)drink and drain it,
You shall break its [e]shards,
And tear at your own breasts;
For I have spoken,’
Says the Lord God.

35 “Therefore thus says the Lord God:

‘Because you (AJ)have forgotten Me and (AK)cast Me behind your back,
Therefore you shall bear the penalty
Of your lewdness and your harlotry.’ ”

Both Sisters Judged

36 The Lord also said to me: “Son of man, will you (AL)judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then (AM)declare to them their abominations. 37 For they have committed adultery, and (AN)blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons (AO)whom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them. 38 Moreover they have done this to Me: They have (AP)defiled My sanctuary on the same day and (AQ)profaned My Sabbaths. 39 For after they had slain their children for their idols, on the same day they came into My sanctuary to profane it; and indeed (AR)thus they have done in the midst of My house.

40 “Furthermore you sent for men to come from afar, (AS)to whom a messenger was sent; and there they came. And you (AT)washed yourself for them, (AU)painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments. 41 You sat on a stately (AV)couch, with a table prepared before it, (AW)on which you had set My incense and My oil. 42 The sound of a carefree multitude was with her, and [f]Sabeans were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort, who put bracelets on their [g]wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads. 43 Then I said concerning her who had grown old in adulteries, ‘Will they commit harlotry with her now, and she with them?’ 44 Yet they went in to her, as men go in to a woman who plays the harlot; thus they went in to Oholah and Oholibah, the lewd women. 45 But righteous men will (AX)judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and (AY)blood is on their hands.

46 “For thus says the Lord God: (AZ)‘Bring up an assembly against them, give them up to trouble and plunder. 47 (BA)The assembly shall stone them with stones and [h]execute them with their swords; (BB)they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire. 48 Thus (BC)I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, (BD)that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness. 49 They shall repay you for your lewdness, and you shall (BE)pay for your idolatrous sins. (BF)Then you shall know that I am the Lord God.’ ”

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:4 Lit. Her Own Tabernacle
  2. Ezekiel 23:4 Lit. My Tabernacle Is in Her
  3. Ezekiel 23:17 Lit. sons of Babel
  4. Ezekiel 23:20 Illicit lovers
  5. Ezekiel 23:34 Earthenware fragments
  6. Ezekiel 23:42 Or drunkards
  7. Ezekiel 23:42 Lit. hands
  8. Ezekiel 23:47 Lit. cut down
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Ezekiel 23
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Two Adulterous Sisters

23 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother.(A) 3 They became prostitutes in Egypt,(B) engaging in prostitution(C) from their youth.(D) In that land their breasts were fondled and their virgin bosoms caressed.(E) 4 The older was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. They were mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.(F)

5 “Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians(G)—warriors(H) 6 clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all of them handsome young men, and mounted horsemen. 7 She gave herself as a prostitute to all the elite of the Assyrians and defiled herself with all the idols of everyone she lusted after.(I) 8 She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt,(J) when during her youth men slept with her, caressed her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her.(K)

9 “Therefore I delivered her into the hands(L) of her lovers,(M) the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.(N) 10 They stripped(O) her naked, took away her sons and daughters and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women,(P) and punishment was inflicted(Q) on her.(R)

11 “Her sister Oholibah saw this,(S) yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.(T) 12 She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors in full dress, mounted horsemen, all handsome young men.(U) 13 I saw that she too defiled herself; both of them went the same way.(V)

14 “But she carried her prostitution still further. She saw men portrayed on a wall,(W) figures of Chaldeans[a] portrayed in red,(X) 15 with belts(Y) around their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like Babylonian chariot officers, natives of Chaldea.[b] 16 As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers(Z) to them in Chaldea.(AA) 17 Then the Babylonians(AB) came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. After she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.(AC) 18 When she carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her naked body,(AD) I turned away(AE) from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.(AF) 19 Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. 20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. 21 So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled.[c](AG)

22 “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will stir up your lovers(AH) against you, those you turned away from in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side(AI)— 23 the Babylonians(AJ) and all the Chaldeans,(AK) the men of Pekod(AL) 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.(AM) 24 They will come against you with weapons,[d] chariots and wagons(AN) and with a throng of people; they will take up positions against you on every side with large and small shields and with helmets. I will turn you over to them for punishment,(AO) and they will punish you according to their standards. 25 I will direct my jealous anger(AP) against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and your ears, and those of you who are left will fall by the sword. They will take away your sons and daughters,(AQ) and those of you who are left will be consumed by fire.(AR) 26 They will also strip(AS) you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry.(AT) 27 So I will put a stop(AU) to the lewdness and prostitution you began in Egypt. You will not look on these things with longing or remember Egypt anymore.

28 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to deliver you into the hands(AV) of those you hate, to those you turned away from in disgust. 29 They will deal with you in hatred and take away everything you have worked for. They will leave you stark naked,(AW) and the shame of your prostitution will be exposed.(AX) Your lewdness(AY) and promiscuity(AZ) 30 have brought this on you, because you lusted after the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.(BA) 31 You have gone the way of your sister; so I will put her cup(BB) into your hand.(BC)

32 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“You will drink your sister’s cup,
    a cup large and deep;
it will bring scorn and derision,(BD)
    for it holds so much.(BE)
33 You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,
    the cup of ruin and desolation,
    the cup of your sister Samaria.(BF)
34 You will drink it(BG) and drain it dry
    and chew on its pieces—
    and you will tear your breasts.

I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.(BH)

35 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you have forgotten(BI) me and turned your back on me,(BJ) you must bear(BK) the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution.”

36 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront(BL) them with their detestable practices,(BM) 37 for they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, as food for them.(BN) 38 They have also done this to me: At that same time they defiled my sanctuary(BO) and desecrated my Sabbaths.(BP) 39 On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated(BQ) it. That is what they did in my house.(BR)

40 “They even sent messengers for men who came from far away,(BS) and when they arrived you bathed yourself for them, applied eye makeup(BT) and put on your jewelry.(BU) 41 You sat on an elegant couch,(BV) with a table(BW) spread before it on which you had placed the incense(BX) and olive oil that belonged to me.(BY)

42 “The noise of a carefree(BZ) crowd was around her; drunkards(CA) were brought from the desert along with men from the rabble, and they put bracelets(CB) on the wrists of the woman and her sister and beautiful crowns on their heads.(CC) 43 Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute,(CD) 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,(CE) because they are adulterous and blood is on their hands.(CF)

46 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Bring a mob(CG) against them and give them over to terror and plunder.(CH) 47 The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters(CI) and burn(CJ) down their houses.(CK)

48 “So I will put an end(CL) to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not imitate you.(CM) 49 You will suffer the penalty for your lewdness and bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry.(CN) Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.(CO)”

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:14 Or Babylonians
  2. Ezekiel 23:15 Or Babylonia; also in verse 16
  3. Ezekiel 23:21 Syriac (see also verse 3); Hebrew caressed because of your young breasts
  4. Ezekiel 23:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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