Ezekiel 23:16
14 But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,
15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.
At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
17 Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.
18 When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
- KJV
- And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
- WEB
- As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
- ASV
- And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
- DARBY
- And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she lusted after them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
- BLB
- And she lusted for them at the seeing of her eyes, and she sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
- ÅB
- da ble hun tent opp av elskov, så snart hun så dem med sine øyne, og hun sendte bud til dem i Kaldea.
- OTB
- Da hun så dem, begjærte hun dem og sendte budbringere til dem i Kaldea.
- B1930
- da optendtes hun av elskov, så snart hun så dem med sine øine, og hun sendte bud til dem i Kaldea.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 16:29
So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!
Read in contextMatthew 5:28
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Read in context2 Kings 24:1
During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
Read in contextGenesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Read in contextJob 31:1
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
Read in contextGenesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:17
You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.
Read in context2 Peter 2:14
Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
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