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Ezekiel 23:17

Sin

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.

16 At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

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.

19 Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of Egypt

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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.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.
WEB
The Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution. She was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.
ASV
And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.
DARBY
And the children of Babylon came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their fornication; she too defiled herself with them, and her soul was alienated from them.
BLB
And the sons of Babylon came to her, into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their lust; and she was defiled by them, and she dislocated her soul from them.
ÅB
Og Babels sønner kom til henne, til elskovs samleie, og gjorde henne uren med sitt hor; men da hun var blitt uren ved dem, vendte hennes sjel seg bort fra dem.
OTB
Så kom babylonerne til henne, og i sin lyst vanhelliget de henne. Etter at hun var blitt vanhelliget av dem, vendte hun seg bort fra dem i avsky.
B1930
Og Babels sønner kom til henne, til elskovs samleie, og gjorde henne uren med sitt hor; men da hun var blitt uren ved dem, vendte hennes sjel sig bort fra dem.

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  • Ezekiel 23:22

    Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side—

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  • Ezekiel 23:28

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Surely I will deliver you into the hands of those you hate, from whom you turned away in disgust.

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  • 2 Samuel 13:15

    Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”

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  • Genesis 10:10

    His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

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  • Ezekiel 16:37

    therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.

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  • Genesis 11:9

    That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.

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