Ezekiel 23:11Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her prostitution which were more than the prostitution of her sister.
The setting
Babylon, ~593 BC. Ezekiel continues his allegory to exiled Jews who witnessed Samaria's destruction but learned nothing...
The emotion here: exasperated prophet watching willful blindness repeat itself
The original word
tashḥêth (תַּשְׁחֵת) — to corrupt utterly, become more ruined than before
Why it matters
Judah had 136 years to learn from Israel's destruction but instead made worse alliances
Read with care
What most readers miss in Ezekiel 23:11
Oholibah (Jerusalem) literally means 'my tent is in her' — God's presence was there, making betrayal worse
Common misconceptionPeople assume this is about individual sin, but it's about Judah's political prostitution — making military treaties with Egypt and Babylon instead of trusting God for protection.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Ezekiel 23:11
Bible Genome reading
Ezekiel 23:11 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Ezekiel 23:11 comes from the book of Ezekiel, written during the Exile period. These words are attributed to Ezekiel. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the poetry genre of biblical literature. Key themes include escalating sin, comparison, spiritual adultery. Notable phrases: more corrupt; more than the prostitution. This verse contains prophecy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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