Ezekiel 23:5

Bible in Basic English

And Oholah was untrue to me when she was mine; she was full of desire for her lovers, even for the Assyrians, her neighbours,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Oholah acted like a prostitute even though she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians: warriors

Hebrew Names Version
Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Ashshur [her] neighbors,

King James Version
And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,

English Standard Version
"Oholah played the whore while she was mine, and she lusted after her lovers the Assyrians, warriors

New American Standard Bible
"Oholah prostituted herself while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors,

New Century Version
"While still my wife, Samaria had sexual relations with other men. She had great sexual desire for her lovers, men from Assyria. The Assyrians were warriors and

Amplified Bible
"Oholah played the prostitute while she was Mine; and she adored and lusted after her lovers (allies), the Assyrians, her neighbors,

World English Bible
Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians [her] neighbors,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine, and she was set on fire with her louers, to wit, with the Assyrians her neighbours,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Oholah played the harlot while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors,

Legacy Standard Bible
"Oholah played the harlot while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors,

Berean Standard Bible
Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians-warriors

Contemporary English Version
Even though Oholah was my wife, she continued to be a prostitute and chased after Assyrian lovers.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Even when she belonged to me, Oholah prostituted herself; she lusted after her lovers from Ashur — warriors

Darby Translation
And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians [her] neighbours,

Easy-to-Read Version
"Then Oholah became unfaithful to me—she began to live like a prostitute. She began to want her lovers. She saw the Assyrian soldiers

George Lamsa Translation
And Ahlah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

Good News Translation
Although she was mine, Oholah continued to be a prostitute and was full of lust for her lovers from Assyria.

Lexham English Bible
And Oholah prostituted herself while she was still mine, and she lusted for her lovers, for Assyria who was nearby,

Literal Translation
And Oholah whored under Me. And she lusted on her lovers, to Assyrian neighbors,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for Oola, she beganne to go a whorynge, when I had take her to me. She was set on fyre vpon hir louers the Assirians,

American Standard Version
And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Oholah played the harlot when she was Mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians, warriors,

King James Version (1611)
And Aholah played the harlot, when she was mine, & she doted on her louers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Aholah played ye harlot when she was mine, and she was set on fire with her louers the Assyrians her neighbours:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Oola went a-whoring from me, and doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians that were her neighbors,

English Revised Version
And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Oolla dide fornicacioun on me, and was wood on hir louyeris, on Assiriens neiyinge,

Update Bible Version
And Oholah prostituted when she was mine; and she lusted after her lovers, on the Assyrians [her] neighbors,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians [her] neighbors.

New English Translation
"Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors

New King James Version
"Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine; And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians,

New Living Translation
"Then Oholah lusted after other lovers instead of me, and she gave her love to the Assyrian officers.

New Life Bible
"Oholah sold the use of her body while she was Mine. She was full of desire for her lovers, the Assyrians who lived near her

New Revised Standard
Oholah played the whore while she was mine; she lusted after her lovers the Assyrians, warriors

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then became Oholah unchaste after she had become mine- And lusted after her lovers, For Assyrians, so warlike,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Oolla committed fornication against me, and doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians that came to her,

Revised Standard Version
"Oho'lah played the harlot while she was mine; and she doted on her lovers the Assyrians,

Young's Literal Translation
And go a-whoring doth Aholah under Me, And she doteth on her lovers, On the neighbouring Assyrians,

THE MESSAGE
"Oholah started whoring while she was still mine. She lusted after Assyrians as lovers: military men smartly uniformed in blue, ambassadors and governors, good-looking young men mounted on fine horses. Her lust was unrestrained. She was a whore to the Assyrian elite. She compounded her filth with the idols of those to whom she gave herself in lust. She never slowed down. The whoring she began while young in Egypt she continued, sleeping with men who played with her breasts and spent their lust on her.

Contextual Overview

¹ The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, ² Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother: ³ They were acting like loose women in Egypt; when they were young their behaviour was loose: there their breasts were crushed, even the points of their young breasts were crushed. ⁴ Their names were Oholah, the older, and Oholibah, her sister: and they became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem, Oholibah. ⁵ And Oholah was untrue to me when she was mine; she was full of desire for her lovers, even for the Assyrians, her neighbours, ⁶ Who were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses. ⁷ And she gave her unclean love to them, all of them the noblest men of Assyria: and she made herself unclean with the images of all who were desired by her. ⁸ And she has not given up her loose ways from the time when she was in Egypt; for when she was young they were her lovers, and by them her young breasts were crushed, and they let loose on her their unclean desire. ⁹ For this cause I gave her up into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians on whom her desire was fixed. ¹⁰ By these her shame was uncovered: they took her sons and daughters and put her to death with the sword: and she became a cause of wonder to women; for they gave her the punishment which was right.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Aholah: The Israelites, in addition to their former gross idolatries, received the impure idolatrous worship of the Assyrians, who became their neighbours by the conquest of Syria. 1 Kings 14:9, 1 Kings 14:16, 1 Kings 15:26, 1 Kings 15:30, 1 Kings 16:31, 1 Kings 16:32, 1 Kings 21:26, 2 Kings 17:7-18

doted: Ezekiel 23:7, Ezekiel 23:9, Ezekiel 23:12, Ezekiel 23:16, Ezekiel 23:20, Ezekiel 16:37, Jeremiah 50:38

on the: Ezekiel 16:28, 2 Kings 15:19, 2 Kings 16:7, 2 Kings 17:3, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 8:9, Hosea 8:10, Hosea 10:6, Hosea 12:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:24 - played the harlot Genesis 39:7 - cast Deuteronomy 31:16 - and go a Judges 18:24 - what have Jeremiah 2:20 - playing Ezekiel 21:24 - your transgressions Ezekiel 23:37 - they have Hosea 2:5 - their mother Hosea 5:3 - thou Hosea 6:10 - there Amos 2:6 - For three

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine,.... His married wife, and so ought to have cleaved to him alone: or, under me o; under his cover, power, and protection, and therefore it was their interest to serve him only: or, "instead of me" p; or, as the Syriac version, "besides me": they worshipped other gods in the room of the true God, or other gods besides him. The Targum is,

"and Aholah erred from my worship;''

the ten tribes fell into idolatry, when they were God's professing people:

and she doted on her lovers; whom she loved even to madness; she was mad with love, to the idols, temples, altars, and idolatrous worship of the Heathens; particularly doted "on the Assyrians her neighbours"; who were become so by the conquest of Syria; and these they treated as their neighbours, and sought to have them to be their allies and confederates; courted their help and assistance, and gave them much money for that purpose; as Menahem gave to Pul king of Assyria a thousand talents of silver, to confirm the kingdom in his hand,

2 Kings 15:19.

o תחתי "sub me", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Tigurine version. Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius. p "Exteros excipiens loco meo", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 23:5. And Aholah played the harlot — Without entering into detail here, or following the figures, they both became idolatrous, and received the impure rites of the Egyptians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans, of which connexion the prophet speaks here as he did in Ezekiel 16:15 c., which see.

In this chapter there are many of what we would call indelicate expressions, because a parallel is run between idolatry and prostitution, and the circumstances of the latter illustrate the peculiarities of the former. In such cases, perhaps, the matter alone was given to the prophet, and he was left to use his own language, and amplify as he saw good. Ezekiel was among the Jews what Juvenal was among the Romans,-a rough reprover of the most abominable vices. They both spoke of things as they found them stripped vice naked, and scourged it publicly. The original is still more rough than the translation; and surely there is no need of a comment to explain imagery that is but too generally understood. I have said enough on Ezekiel 16:15 c,, and to that I must refer the reader. It is true that there are a few things here in the shade that might be illustrated by anatomy and it would not be difficult to do it: but they are not necessary to salvation, and I shall not take off the covering. They were sufficiently understood by those for whose use they were originally designed.