Ezekiel 23:42

Sin

⁴⁰ Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.

⁴¹ You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,

accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.

⁴³ Then I said of her who had grown old in adulteries: ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is!’

⁴⁴ And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.

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: accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.
KJV: And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
WEB: “The voice of a multitude being at ease was with her. With men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets on their hands, and beautiful crowns on their heads.
ASV: And the voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets upon the hands of them [twain], and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
DARBY: And the voice of a multitude living carelessly was with her; and with people of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, and they put bracelets upon their hands, and a beautiful crown upon their heads.
BLB: And the voice of a crowd at ease [was] with her, and to men from the multitude of mankind were brought drunkards from the wilderness, and they gave bracelets to their wrists and crowns of beauty upon their heads.

ÅB: Lyden av en sorgløs mengde hørtes der inne[^3], og til de menn av folkehopen som var der, hentedes drikkebrødre fra ørkenen, og de satte armbånd på deres[^4] hender og prektige kroner på deres hoder.
OTB: Lyden av en sorgløs mengde var rundt henne; drankere ble brakt fra ødemarken sammen med menn fra pøbelen, og de satte armbånd på kvinnens og hennes søsters håndledd og vakre kroner på hodene deres.
B1930: Lyden av en sorgløs mengde hørtes der inne, og til de menn av folkehopen som var der, hentedes drikkebrødre fra ørkenen, og de satte armbånd på deres hender og prektige kroner på deres hoder. / < i Jerusalem.> / < Oholas og Oholibas.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 16:11–12
I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
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Genesis 24:30
As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
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Hosea 13:6
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
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Exodus 32:6
So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.
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Job 1:15
the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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Revelation 12:3
Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
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Amos 6:1–6
Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
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Exodus 32:18–19
But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”
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