They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute. So they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.
Parallel translations
- KJV Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
- BSB And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.
- NKJV Yet they went in to her, as men go in to a woman who plays the harlot; thus they went in to Oholah and Oholibah, the lewd women.
- NASB But they went in to her as they would go in to a prostitute. This is how they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.
- NLT And that is what they did. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, these shameless prostitutes.
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Quick answer
The nations came to both sisters as men go to a prostitute, confirming their settled identity as 'lewd women.' It seals the charge of habitual, shameless infidelity.
Overview
The blunt statement that they 'went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute' summarizes the whole indictment against Oholah and Oholibah. Their idolatry was not an occasional lapse but a defining pattern. By naming them 'the lewd women,' God underscores how thoroughly sin had shaped the nation's character, making judgment just and inevitable.
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Cross-references · 2
- Ezek 23:9–13“Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.
- Ezek 23:3They played the prostitute in Egypt. They played the prostitute in their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their youthful nipples were caressed there.
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