Ezekiel 23:44They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute: so went they in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.
The setting
Tel Abib by the Chebar River, Babylon (Iraq), ~590 BC. Ezekiel uses shocking sexual imagery to make exiles understand their spiritual condition...
The emotion here: disgusted prophet delivering God's graphic judgment against covenant breaking
The original word
zimmah (זִמָּה) — lewdness, but specifically planned wickedness, not impulse sin
Why it matters
The two sisters represent the northern kingdom (Israel) and southern kingdom (Judah) - both destroyed for political unfaithfulness
Read with care
What most readers miss in Ezekiel 23:44
The 'men' going to them aren't random - they're specific nations Israel made treaties with
Common misconceptionThis seems like God is obsessed with sexual purity, but it's actually about breaking covenant - spiritual adultery through foreign alliances and idol worship.
Bible Genome reading
Ezekiel 23:44 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Ezekiel 23:44 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 commanding. It belongs to the poetry genre of biblical literature. Key themes include israel judah unfaithfulness, systematic prostitution. Notable phrases: Oholah and Oholibah; lewd women. 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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