1. The word of the Lord came to me:
2. “Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother.
3. They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers fondled their virgin nipples there.
4. Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
5. “Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians – warriors
6. clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
7. She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired – with all their idols.
8. She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt; for in her youth men had sex with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her.
9. Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.