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Ezekiel 23:37
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35 “Therefore thus says the Lord God:
‘Because you ahave forgotten Me and bcast Me behind your back,
Therefore you shall bear the penalty
Of your lewdness and your harlotry.’ ”  

Both Sisters Judged

36 The Lord also said to me: “Son of man, will you ajudge Oholah and Oholibah? Then bdeclare to them their abominations.  
37 For they have committed adultery, and ablood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons bwhom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them.  
38 Moreover they have done this to Me: They have adefiled My sanctuary on the same day and bprofaned My Sabbaths.  
39 For after they had slain their children for their idols, on the same day they came into My sanctuary to profane it; and indeed athus they have done in the midst of My house.  
40 “Furthermore you sent for men to come from afar, ato whom a messenger was sent; and there they came. And you bwashed yourself for them, cpainted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments.  
41 You sat on a stately acouch, with a table prepared before it, bon which you had set My incense and My oil.  
Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 23:37

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American Standard Version
For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and they have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass through `the fire' unto them to be devoured.

Amplified® Bible
For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands, even with their idols have they committed adultery [against Me]. And they have also caused their sons, whom they bore to Me, to pass through the fire to their images [as an offering of food] to be devoured [by them].

Contemporary English Version
They have been unfaithful by worshiping idols, and they have committed murder by sacrificing my own children as offerings to idols.

Darby English Version
For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also passed over unto them their children, whom they bore unto me, to be devoured.

Good News Bible
They have committed adultery and murder---adultery with idols and murder of the children they bore me. They sacrificed my children to their idols.

King James Version
That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.

New American Standard Bible
"For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. Thus they have committed adultery with their idols and even caused their sons, whom they bore to Me, to pass through {the fire} to them as food.

New International Version
for they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, as food for them.

New King James Version
For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons whom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For they have committed adultery, and blood appears on their hands. Thus they have committed adultery with their idols and even caused their sons, whom they bore to Me, to pass through the fire to them as food.

Revised Standard Version
For they have committed adultery, and blood is upon their hands; with their idols they have committed adultery; and they have even offered up to them for food the sons whom they had borne to me.

Young's Literal Translation
For they have committed adultery, And blood `is' in their hands, With their idols they committed adultery, And also their sons whom they bore to Me, They caused to pass over to them for food.

New English Translation
For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me,1 they have passed through the fire as food to their idols.2


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