(A)“Son of man, there were (B)two women, the daughters of one mother.

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“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother.(A)

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(A)They played the whore in Egypt; (B)they played the whore (C)in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms[a] handled.

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  1. Ezekiel 23:3 Hebrew nipples; also verses 8, 21

They became prostitutes in Egypt,(A) engaging in prostitution(B) from their youth.(C) In that land their breasts were fondled and their virgin bosoms caressed.(D)

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“Oholah played the whore (A)while she was mine, and (B)she lusted after her lovers (C)the Assyrians, warriors

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“Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians(A)—warriors(B)

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clothed in purple, (A)governors and commanders, (B)all of them desirable young men, (C)horsemen riding on horses.

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clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all of them handsome young men, and mounted horsemen.

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She bestowed her whoring upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them, and she defiled herself with all the idols of everyone after whom she lusted.

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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.(A)

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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.

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  1. Ezekiel 23:11 Hebrew than she

11 “Her sister Oholibah saw this,(A) yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.(B)

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14 But she carried her whoring further. She saw men (A)portrayed on the wall, the (B)images of (C)the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,

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14 “But she carried her prostitution still further. She saw men portrayed on a wall,(A) figures of Chaldeans[a] portrayed in red,(B)

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  1. Ezekiel 23:14 Or Babylonians

16 When she saw them, she lusted after them and (A)sent messengers to them (B)in Chaldea.

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16 As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers(A) to them in Chaldea.(B)

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17 And the Babylonians came to her (A)into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoring lust. And after she was defiled by them, (B)she turned from them in disgust.

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17 Then the Babylonians(A) 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.(B)

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