“The word of Yahweh
Came to me.
‘Son of man!
There were two women.
They were
The daughters
Of one mother.
They played the whore
In Egypt.
They played the whore
In their youth.
Their breasts
Were caressed there.
Their virgin bosoms
Were fondled.’”
Once again, the word of Yahweh came to Ezekiel, the son of man. This oracle was about two women, the daughters of the same mother. Both of them played the whore in Egypt when they were young. In particular, their young virgin breasts or bosoms were fondled and caressed. Ezekiel and Yahweh loved the theme of the whoring woman to get a point across. Here there was a particular emphasis on the breasts of these two young women.
younger sister
Jerusalem’s sisters (Ezek 16:46-16:47)
“Your elder sister
Is Samaria.
She lived
With her daughters
To the north of you.
Your younger sister
Is Sodom.
She lived
With her daughters
To the south of you.
You not only
Followed their ways,
But you acted according
To their abominations.
Within a very little time
You were more corrupt
Than they
In all your ways.”
Jerusalem had an elder sister to the north with her children in Samaria. She also had a younger sister to the south with her children in Sodom. Samaria was the ruined people and capital of the old northern kingdom of Israel. Sodom was the place of infamy in Genesis. Not only did Jerusalem follow their terrible ways, she was even worse. She became more corrupt than they were.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 