The wordof the LORDcameagain untome, saying, Sonof man, there weretwowomen, the daughtersof onemother: And they committed whoredomsin Egypt; they committed whoredomsin their youth: therewere their breastspressed, and therethey bruisedthe teatsof their virginity. And the namesof them were Aholahthe elder, and Aholibahher sister: and they weremine, and they boresonsand daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and JerusalemAholibah. And Aholahplayed the harlotwhen she wasmine; and she dotedonher lovers, onthe Assyrians her neighbors, Which were clothedwith blue, captainsand rulers, allof them desirableyoung men, horsemenriding uponhorses. Thus she committedher whoredomswiththem, with allthem that were the chosenmenof Assyria, and with allon whomshe doted: with alltheir idolsshe defiled herself. Neitherleftshe her whoredoms brought from Egypt: forin her youththey laywithher, and theybruisedthe breastsof her virginity, and pouredtheir whoredomuponher. WhereforeI have deliveredher into the handof her lovers, into the handof the Assyrians, uponwhomshe doted. Thesediscoveredher nakedness: they tookher sonsand her daughters, and slewher with the sword: and she becamefamousamong women; for they had executedjudgmentupon her. And when her sisterAholibahsaw this , she was more corruptin her inordinate lovethanshe, and in her whoredomsmore than her sisterin her whoredoms. She doteduponthe Assyrians her neighbors, captainsand rulersclothedmost gorgeously, horsemenriding uponhorses, allof them desirableyoung men. Then I sawthatshe was defiled, that they took bothoneway, And that she increasedher whoredoms: for when she sawmenportrayeduponthe wall, the imagesof the Chaldeansportrayedwith vermilion, Girdedwith girdlesupon their loins, exceedingin dyed attireupon their heads, allof them princesto look to, after the mannerof the Babyloniansof Chaldea, the landof their nativity: And as soon as she sawthem with her eyes, she doteduponthem, and sentmessengersuntothem into Chaldea. And the Babylonianscametoher into the bedof love, and they defiledher with their whoredom, and she was pollutedwith them, and her mindwas alienatedfromthem. So she discoveredher whoredoms, and discoveredher nakedness: then my mindwas alienatedfromher, like asmy mindwas alienatedfromher sister. Yet she multipliedher whoredoms, in calling to remembrancethe daysof her youth, whereinshe had played the harlotin the landof Egypt. For she dotedupontheir paramours, whoseflesh is as the fleshof asses, and whose issue is like the issueof horses. Thus thou calledst to remembrancethe lewdnessof thy youth, in bruisingthy teatsby the Egyptiansforthe papsof thy youth. Therefore, O Aholibah, thussaiththe LordGOD; Behold, I will raise upthy loversagainstthee, from whomthy mindis alienated, and I will bringthem againstthee on every side; The Babylonians, and allthe Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and allthe Assyrianswiththem: allof them desirableyoung men, captainsand rulers, great lordsand renowned, allof them riding uponhorses. And they shall comeagainstthee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assemblyof people, which shall setagainstthee bucklerand shieldand helmetround about: and I will setjudgmentbeforethem, and they shall judgethee according to their judgments. And I will setmy jealousyagainst thee, and they shall dealfuriouslywiththee: they shall take awaythy noseand thine ears; and thy remnantshall fallby the sword: theyshall takethy sonsand thy daughters; and thy residueshall be devouredby the fire. They shall also stripthee out ofthy clothes, and take awaythy fairjewels. Thus will I make thy lewdnessto ceasefromthee, and thy whoredom brought from the landof Egypt: so that thou shalt notlift upthine eyesuntothem, norrememberEgyptany more. Forthussaiththe LordGOD; Behold, I will deliverthee into the hand of them whomthou hatest, into the hand of them from whomthy mindis alienated: And they shall dealwiththee hatefully, and shall take awayallthy labor, and shall leavethee nakedand bare: and the nakednessof thy whoredomsshall be discovered, both thy lewdnessand thy whoredoms. I will dothese things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoringafterthe heathen, and becausethou art pollutedwith their idols. Thou hast walkedin the wayof thy sister; therefore will I giveher cupinto thine hand. Thussaiththe LordGOD; Thou shalt drinkof thy sister's cupdeepand large: thou shalt belaughed to scornand had in derision; it containethmuch. Thou shalt be filledwith drunkennessand sorrow, with the cupof astonishmentand desolation, with the cupof thy sisterSamaria. Thou shalt even drinkit and suck it out, and thou shalt breakthe shardsthereof, and pluck offthine own breasts: forIhave spoken it , saiththe LordGOD. Thereforethussaiththe LordGOD; Becausethou hast forgottenme, and castme behindthy back, therefore bearthoualsothy lewdnessand thy whoredoms. The LORDsaidmoreover untome; Sonof man, wilt thou judgeAholahand Aholibah? yea, declareunto them their abominations; Thatthey have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and withtheir idolshave they committed adultery, and have alsocaused their sons, whomthey boreunto me, to pass for them through the fire , to devour them . Moreoverthisthey have doneunto me: they have defiledmy sanctuaryin the sameday, and have profanedmy sabbaths. For when they had slaintheir childrento their idols, then they camethe samedayintomy sanctuaryto profaneit; and, lo, thushave they donein the midstof mine house. And furthermore, thatye have sentfor mento comefrom far, untowhoma messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whomthou didst washthyself, paintedstthy eyes, and deckedstthyself with ornaments, And satestupona statelybed, and a tablepreparedbeforeit, whereuponthou hast setmine incenseand mine oil. And a voiceof a multitudebeing at ease was with her: and withthe menof the common sort were broughtSabeansfrom the wilderness, which putbraceletsupontheir hands, and beautifulcrownsupontheir heads. Then saidI unto her that was oldin adulteries, Will they nowcommitwhoredomswith her, and she with them ? Yet they went inuntoher, as they go inuntoa womanthat playeth the harlot: sowent they inuntoAholahand untoAholibah, the lewdwomen. And the righteousmen, theyshall judgethem after the mannerof adulteresses, and after the manner of womenthat shedblood; becausethey are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. Forthussaiththe LordGOD; I will bring upa companyuponthem, and will givethem to be removedand spoiled. And the companyshall stonethem with stones, and dispatchthem with their swords; they shall slaytheir sonsand their daughters, and burn uptheir houseswith fire. Thus will I cause lewdnessto ceaseout ofthe land, that allwomenmay be taughtnotto doafter your lewdness. And they shall recompenseyour lewdnessuponyou, and ye shall bearthe sinsof your idols: and ye shall knowthatI am the LordGOD.