Holy Scripture

Ezekiel 23:4

A church father on this verse
“(Ver. 23, 24 onwards) Again, I raised my hand against them in the wilderness, to scatter them among the nations and disperse them in the lands, because they had not performed my judgments, and had rejected my commandments, and had violated my Sabbaths, and their eyes had been after the idols (or thoughts) of their fat…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Ezekiel

Source: Septuagint

Original

4And their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they were mine, and bore sons and daughters: and as for their names, Samaria was Oholah, and Jerusalem was Oholibah.

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2Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother:

3and they went a-whoring in Egypt in their youth: there their breasts fell, there they lost their virginity.

— Ezekiel 23:4 —

5And Oholah went a-whoring from me, and doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians that were her neighbors,

6clothed with purple, princes and captains; they were young men and choice, all horsemen riding on horses.

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