Ezekiel 23:5

New American Standard Bible (1995)

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

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,

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,

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,

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, the daughters of one mother; ³ and they played the harlot in Egypt. They played the harlot in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and there their virgin bosom was handled. ⁴ "Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah. ⁵ "Oholah played the harlot while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors,⁶ who were clothed in purple, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses. ⁷ "She bestowed her harlotries on them, all of whom were the choicest men of Assyria; and with all whom she lusted after, with all their idols she defiled herself. ⁸ "She did not forsake her harlotries from the time in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her, and they handled her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her. ⁹ "Therefore, I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted. ¹⁰ "They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, but they slew her with the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgments on her.

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.