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44 They have[a] gone in to her as one goes in to a prostitute. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, wanton women.

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  1. 23.44 Q ms: MT he has

Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.(A) 10 These uncovered her nakedness; they seized her sons and her daughters, and they killed her with the sword. Judgment was executed upon her, and she became a byword among women.(B)

11 Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt than she in her lusting and in her prostitutions, which were worse than those of her sister.(C) 12 She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and commanders, warriors[a] clothed in full armor, mounted horsemen, all of them handsome young men.(D) 13 And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way.

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  1. 23.12 Meaning of Heb uncertain

they prostituted themselves in Egypt; they prostituted themselves in their youth; their breasts were caressed there, and their virgin bosoms were fondled.(A)

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