Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Ezekiel 23:30-43 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

30. have led to this. You were the one determined to have sex with men from other nations and to worship their idols.

31. You have turned out no better than your elder sister, and now you must drink from the cup filled with my anger.

32. I, the Lord God, gave your sister a large, deep cup filled with my anger. And when you drink from that cup, you will be mocked and insulted.

33. You will end up drunk and devastated, because that cup is filled with horror and ruin.

34. But you must drink every drop! Then smash the cup to pieces and use them to cut your breasts in sorrow. I, the Lord God, have spoken.

35. You have completely rejected me, and so I promise that you will be punished for the disgusting things you did as a prostitute.

36. The Lord said:Ezekiel, son of man, it's time for you to tell Oholah and Oholibah that they are guilty. Remind them of their evil ways!

37. They have been unfaithful by worshipping idols, and they have committed murder by sacrificing my own children as offerings to idols.

38-39. They came into my temple that same day, and that made it unfit as a place to worship me. They have even stopped respecting the Sabbath.

40. They sent messengers to attract men from far away. When those men arrived, the two sisters took baths and put on eye shadow and jewellery.

41. They sat on a fine couch, and in front of them was a table for the olive oil and incense that had belonged to me.

42. Their room was always filled with a noisy crowd of drunkards brought in from the desert. These men gave the women bracelets and beautiful crowns,

43. and I noticed that the men were eager to have sex with these women, though they were exhausted from being prostitutes.