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Ezekiel 23:8

Egypt
Sin

6 clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.

7 She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.

She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.

9 Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.

10 They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgment against her.

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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
She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.
KJV
Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
WEB
She hasn’t left her prostitution since leaving Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her. They caressed her youthful nipples and they poured out their prostitution on her.
ASV
Neither hath she left her whoredoms since [the days of] Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity; and they poured out their whoredom upon her.
DARBY
Neither left she her whoredoms [brought] from Egypt; for in her youth they had lain with her, and had handled the breasts of her virginity, and poured their fornication upon her.
BLB
And her prostitutions from Egypt she has not left behind; for they had lain with her in her youth, and they pressed the nipples of her virginity, and poured out their lust upon her.
ÅB
Men sitt horelevnet fra Egypt lot hun ikke fare; for de hadde ligget hos henne i hennes ungdom, og de hadde kjent på hennes jomfruelige barm, og de hadde utøst sitt hor over henne.
OTB
Hun oppgav ikke det hor hun begynte med i Egypt; i sin ungdom lå menn med henne, kjærtegnet hennes jomfruelige barm og utøste sin lyst over henne.
B1930
Men sitt horelevnet fra Egypten lot hun ikke fare; for de hadde ligget hos henne i hennes ungdom, og de hadde kjent på hennes jomfruelige barm, og de hadde utøst sitt hor over henne.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 23:3

    and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.

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  • Exodus 32:4

    He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

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  • Ezekiel 23:19

    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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  • 1 Kings 12:28

    After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

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  • 2 Kings 10:29

    but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.

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  • 2 Kings 17:16

    They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.

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  • Ezekiel 23:21

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

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