Ezekiel 23:43
41 You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,
42 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.
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.
45 But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.
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
- 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!’
- KJV
- Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?
- WEB
- Then I said of her who was old in adulteries, ‘Now they will play the prostitute with her, and she with them.’
- ASV
- Then said I of her that was old in adulteries, Now will they play the harlot with her, and she [with them].
- DARBY
- And I said of her that was old in adulteries, Will she now commit her fornications, even she.
- BLB
- And I said of her who was worn out in adulteries, ‘Now will they commit prostitutions with her—and she also!’
- ÅB
- Da sa jeg om den utslitte skjøge: Nå driver de rett hor med henne, ja med henne.
- OTB
- Da sa jeg om den som var utslitt av utroskap, 'La dem nå bruke henne som en prostituert, for det er alt hun er.'
- B1930
- Da sa jeg om den utslitte skjøge: Nu driver de rett hor med henne, ja med henne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 106:6
We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
Read in contextEzra 9:7
From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
Read in contextJeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.
Read in contextEzekiel 23:3
and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.
Read in contextDaniel 9:16
O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
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