Ezekiel 23
1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
3 and they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
4 And the names of them were Aho'lah the elder, and Ahol'ibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aho'lah, and Jerusalem Ahol'ibah.
5 And Aho'lah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,
6 which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and
2007-07-30 20:13:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.
11 And when her sister Ahol'ibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.
12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbors, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,
14 and that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chalde'ans portrayed with vermilion,
2007-07-30 20:14:05 · update #1
That was very informative.
2007-07-30 20:18:48 · answer #1 · answered by Luv2no is in the house 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a metaphor, silly. This is a prophecy regarding the conquest of Judea by the Babylonians. Read the prophet Hosea, especially chapters 1-3--it uses the same analogy but is a lot easier to understand. And yes, I know that you are just being a smart-****, but I'll answer anyway.
The prostitute sisters are supposed to be the kingdoms of Samaria and Judea, and their mother is God. The Samaritans were trying to buy the favor of the Assyrians (whoring themselves to the Assyrians) and the Assyrians in turn came and conquered them. Judea was doing the same thing that the Samaritans had, and Ezekiel was warning them of the consequences if they continued.
2007-07-31 03:31:21 · answer #2 · answered by SDW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Whore depicted here, symbolizes false Religion, that has had power over governments for the last 3000 years or more.
2007-07-31 03:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Matthew 19 read. online dating is a sin. Proverbs 14 read it.
2007-07-31 03:24:48 · answer #4 · answered by God is love. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here is the problem - the bible is so flawed that to believe anything in there for anything more than literature and mythology shows pure ignorance
2007-07-31 03:21:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like a personal problem to me.
2007-07-31 03:18:25 · answer #6 · answered by Prof Fruitcake 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
And this has to do what with online dating...?
2007-07-31 03:20:25 · answer #7 · answered by LadyCatherine 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋