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Ezekiel 23:11

Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.

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ASV

And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her whoredoms which were more than the whoredoms of her sister.

KJV

And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙va.Te.re'and she sawH7200 →
אֲחוֹתָ֣הּ'a.cho.Tahsister herH269 →
אָהֳלִיבָ֔ה'o.ho.li.VahOholibahH172 →
וַתַּשְׁחֵ֥תva.tash.Chetand she acted corruptlyH7843 →
עַגְבָתָ֖הּ'ag.va.Tahlust herH5691 →
מִמֶּ֑נָּהmi.Me.nahmore than herH4480 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָtaz.nu.Tei.haprostitution<s> herH8457 →
מִזְּנוּנֵ֖יmi.ze.nu.Neimore than [the] prostitutions ofH2183 →
אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃'a.cho.Tahsister herH269 →

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Jeremiah 3:11And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.Jeremiah 3:8–11She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.Ezekiel 16:47–51And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.Ezekiel 23:4The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.Ezekiel 16:46Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.Jeremiah 3:6Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.Micah 1:13Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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