“ Her sister Oholibah saw it. But her evil desire for sexual sin was worse than her sister’s.

“她妹妹阿荷利巴虽然看见了，却还贪恋，比她姐姐更丑；行淫乱比她姐姐更多。

“她妹妹阿荷利巴虽然看见了，却还是纵欲，比姊姊更加腐败，行淫乱比姊姊更甚。

“她妹妹阿荷利巴虽然看见了，却还是纵欲，比姊姊更加腐败，行淫乱比姊姊更甚。

“她妹妹阿荷利巴看见这一切，不但没有引以为戒，反而更加放荡淫乱。

“她妹妹阿荷利巴虽然看见了，却在自己情欲的事情上比姊姊更腐败，她的淫乱比姊姊的淫乱更甚。

「她妹妹阿荷利巴雖然看見了，卻還貪戀，比她姊姊更醜；行淫亂比她姊姊更多。

「她妹妹阿荷利巴雖然看見了，卻還是縱慾，比姊姊更加腐敗，行淫亂比姊姊更甚。

「她妹妹阿荷利巴雖然看見了，卻還是縱慾，比姊姊更加腐敗，行淫亂比姊姊更甚。

「她妹妹阿荷利巴看見這一切，不但沒有引以為戒，反而更加放蕩淫亂。

“她妹妹阿荷利巴雖然看見了，卻在自己情慾的事情上比姊姊更腐敗，她的淫亂比姊姊的淫亂更甚。

『她妹妹阿荷利巴雖看見了，妹妹之鬧戀愛卻比她姐姐更腐敗，她的邪淫卻比她姐姐的邪淫更厲害。

厥妹阿荷利巴見此、狥欲過於其姊、行淫較之尤甚、

厥妹亞何利巴見此、則狥欲行淫、較姊尤甚。

其妹阿荷利巴見此、乃縱淫慾、過於其姊、行淫亂較姊尤甚、

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

“ Her sister Oholibah saw this, and she became more corrupt than her sister in her lust and in her whoring, which was worse than that of her sister.

“ Yet even though Oholibah saw what had happened to Oholah, her sister, she followed right in her footsteps. And she was even more depraved, abandoning herself to her lust and prostitution.

“ Now her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was even more depraved in her lust than Oholah, and made her promiscuous acts worse than those of her sister.

“ Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her obscene practices were more than the prostitution of her sister.

“ Now although her sister Oholibah saw this, she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister’s harlotry.

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.

“ Now her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was even more depraved in her lust than Oholah, and made her promiscuous acts worse than those of her sister.

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.

“ Her sister Oholibah watched this, but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister.

“ Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lusting than she, and in her prostitution which was more depraved than the prostitution of her sister.

I gave Israel their letter of divorce. I sent them away because they were unfaithful to me so many times. But I saw that their sister nation Judah did not have any respect for me. They were not faithful to me either. They also went out and committed adultery with other gods.Israel was not faithful to me, but that did not bother them at all. They made the land‘ unclean.’ They worshiped gods that were made out of stone and wood.In spite of all this, their sister nation Judah did not come back to me. They were not faithful to me either. They did not return with all their heart. They only pretended to,” announces the Lord.The Lord said to me,“ Israel and Judah have not been faithful to me. But Israel was not as bad as Judah was.

You lived exactly the way they did. You copied their evil practices. I hate those practices. Everything you did was so sinful that you soon became even worse than they were.Your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done. And that is just as sure as I am alive,” announces the Lord and King.“ Here is the sin your sister Sodom committed. She and her daughters were proud. They ate too much. They were not concerned about others. They did not help those who were poor and in need.They were very proud. They did many things that were evil in my eyes. I hated those things. So I got rid of Sodom and her daughters, just as you have seen.Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You sinned even more than they did. I hate those sins. Compared to what you did, you made your sisters seem godly.

The older sister was named Oholah. The younger one was Oholibah. They belonged to me. Sons and daughters were born to them. Oholah stands for Samaria. And Oholibah stands for Jerusalem.