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Ezekiel 23:20

Sin

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

and lusted after their lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.

21 So you revisited the indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your bosom and pressed your young breasts.

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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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
and lusted after their lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.
KJV
For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
WEB
She lusted after their lovers, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
ASV
And she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
DARBY
and she lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is [as] the flesh of asses, and whose issue is [as] the issue of horses.
BLB
and lusted after their lovers, [for] whom the flesh of donkeys [is] the flesh, and the emission of stallions [was] their emission.
ÅB
og hun ble opptent av elskov til horkarlene der, hvis kjøtt var som eselkjøtt, og hvis utflod var som hesters utflod.
OTB
Hun begjærte sine elskere, hvis kjøtt var som eslers og hvis utflod var som hesters.
B1930
og hun optendtes av elskov til horkarlene der, hvis kjøtt var som aseners kjøtt, og hvis utflod var som hesters utflod.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 17:15

    But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’

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  • Ezekiel 16:26

    You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.

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  • Jeremiah 5:8

    They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

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  • Ezekiel 16:20

    You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?

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