Ezekiel 23:43
41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
42 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.
Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?
44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in 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 with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Read in contextEzra 9:7
Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
Read in contextJeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Read in contextEzekiel 23:3
And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
Read in contextDaniel 9:16
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
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