The Lord's Indictment of Israel and Judah

The Lord Accuses Israel

^11 (A)“Her sister Oholibah saw this, and she became ^(B)more corrupt than her sister^[a] in her lust and in her whoring, which was worse than that of her sister. ¹² She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and commanders, warriors clothed in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, ^(C)all of them desirable young men. ¹³ And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way. ¹⁴ But she carried her whoring further. She saw men ^(D)portrayed on the wall, the ^(E)images of ^(F)the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion, ¹⁵ wearing belts on their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them having the appearance of officers, a likeness of Babylonians whose native land was Chaldea. ¹⁶ When she saw them, she lusted after them and ^(G)sent messengers to them ^(H)in Chaldea. ¹⁷ And the Babylonians came to her ^(I)into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoring lust. And after she was defiled by them, ^(J)she turned from them in disgust. ¹⁸ When she carried on her whoring so openly and flaunted her nakedness, I turned in disgust from her, as I had turned in disgust from her sister. ¹⁹ Yet she increased her whoring, ^(K)remembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt ²⁰ and lusted after her lovers there, whose members were like those of donkeys, and whose issue was like that of horses. ²¹ Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom and pressed^[b] your young breasts.”

^7 (A)Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for ^(B)whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

^6 (A)He will render to each one according to his works:

^27 (A)For the Son of Man is going to come with ^(B)his angels in the glory of his Father, and ^(C)then he will repay each person according to what he has done.