Ezekiel 23:5

Easy To Read Version

“Then Oholah became unfaithful to me—she began to live like a prostitute {\cf2\super [182]} . She began to want her lovers. She saw the Assyrian soldiers

Cross References

1 Kings 14:16

Jeroboam sinned. And then Jeroboam made the people of Israel sin. So the Lord will let the people of Israel be defeated.”

1 Kings 14:9

But you have done many great sins. Your sins are much worse than the sins of any person that ruled before you. You have quit following me. You made idols and other gods. This has made me very angry.

1 Kings 15:26

Nadab did bad things against the Lord. He sinned the same way his father Jeroboam had sinned. And Jeroboam also caused the people of Israel to sin.

1 Kings 15:30

This happened because King Jeroboam had done many sins. And Jeroboam had caused the people of Israel to do many sins. Jeroboam made the Lord, the God of Israel, very angry.

1 Kings 21:26

Ahab did a very bad sin and worshiped those blocks of wood (idols). This was the same thing that the Amorite people did. And the Lord took the land from them and gave it to the people of Israel.

2 Kings 15:19

Pul king of Assyria came to fight against Israel. Menahem gave Pul 75,000 pounds [176] of silver. He did this so Pul would support Menahem and make Menahem’s kingdom stronger.

2 Kings 16:7

Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser, the king of Assyria. The message was: “I am your servant. I am like a son to you. Come and save me from the king of Aram and the king of Israel. They have come to fight me!”

2 Kings 17:3

Shalmaneser king of Assyria came to fight against Hoshea. {Shalmaneser defeated Hoshea} and Hoshea became his servant. So Hoshea paid tribute [198] to Shalmaneser.

Jeremiah 50:38

Sword, strike the waters of Babylon.\par Those waters will be dried up.\par Babylon has many, many idols.\par Those idols show\par that the people of Babylon are foolish.\par So bad things will happen to those people.\par

Ezekiel 16:28

Then you went to have sex with Assyria. {\cf2\super [124]} You could not get enough. You were never satisfied.

Ezekiel 16:37

So I am bringing all of your lovers together. I will bring all the men you loved and all the men you hated. I will bring them all together and let them see you naked. {\cf2\super [129]} They will see you completely naked.

Ezekiel 23:12

She wanted the Assyrian leaders and officers. She wanted those soldiers in blue uniforms riding their horses. They were all desirable young men.

Ezekiel 23:16

And Oholibah wanted them.

Ezekiel 23:20

She remembered her lover with the penis like a donkey and a flood of semen like a horse.

Ezekiel 23:4

The older daughter was named Oholah. {\cf2\super [180]} And her sister was named Oholibah. {\cf2\super [181]} Those sisters became my wives. And we had children. (Oholah is really Samaria. And Oholibah is really Jerusalem.)

Ezekiel 23:7

And Oholah gave herself to all those men. All of them were hand-picked soldiers in the Assyrian army. And she wanted them all! She became filthy with their filthy idols.

Ezekiel 23:9

So I let her lovers have her. She wanted Assyria, so I gave her to them!

Hosea 10:6

It was carried away as a gift to the great king of Assyria. He will keep Ephraim’s shameful \{idol\}. Israel will be ashamed of its idol. {\cf2\super [102]}

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim {\cf2\super [127]} is wasting its time—Israel “chases the wind” all day long. The people tell more and more lies. They steal more and more. They have made agreements with Assyria, and they are carrying their olive oil to Egypt.

Hosea 5:13

Ephraim saw his sickness,\par and Judah saw his wound.\par So they went to Assyria for help.\par They told their problems to the great king.\par But that king can’t heal you.\par He can’t cure your wound.\par