Ezekiel 23:14

Ezekiel 23:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
• New International Version (NIV)“But she carried her prostitution still further. She saw men portrayed on a wall, figures of Chaldeans portrayed in red,
• English Standard Version (ESV)But she carried her whoring further. She saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,
• New King James Version (NKJV)But she increased her harlotry; She looked at men portrayed on the wall, Images of Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,

Context of Ezekiel 23:14

12She lusted after the Assyrians—governors and officials, her neighbors, magnificently clothed, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men. 13I saw that she had defiled herself; they both behaved the same way. But Oholibah carried her depravity further, for she saw men pictured on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans (Babylonians) sketched and portrayed in vermilion (bright red pigment), 15girded with belts on their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, like the Babylonian men whose native land was Chaldea. 16When she saw [the sketches of] them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

Ezekiel 23:14 word by word

וַתּ֖וֹסֶף אֶל־תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ וַתֵּ֗רֶא אַנְשֵׁי֙ מְחֻקֶּ֣ה עַל־הַקִּ֔יר צַלְמֵ֣י כַשְׂדִּ֔ים חֲקֻקִ֖ים בַּשָּׁשַֽׁר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• she increasedיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• her whoredomsתַּזְנוּתtaznûth taznûth · fornicationH8457
• for when she sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• pourtrayedחָקָהchâqâh · to engraveH2707
• upon the wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
• the imagesצֶ֫לֶםtselem · imageH6754
• of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkaώdîy kaώdîymâh · ChaldeaH3778
• pourtrayedחָקַקchâqaq · to decreeH2710
• with vermilionשָׁשֵׁרshâshar · vermilionH8350

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:14

• Ezekiel 8:10So I entered and looked, and saw every kind of creeping things and beasts and loathsome things, and all the idols of the house of Israel, carved all around on the wall.
• Isaiah 46:1Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over; Their idols are on the beasts [of burden] and on the cattle. Your burdens [of idols] are loaded [on them], Burdens on the weary animals.
• Jeremiah 50:2“Declare among the nations. Lift up a signal [to spread the news]—publish and proclaim it, Do not conceal it; say, ‘Babylon has been taken, Bel [the patron god] has been shamed, Marduk (Bel) has been shattered. Babylon’s images have been shamed, her [worthless] idols have been thrown down.’
• Jeremiah 22:14Who says, ‘I will build myself a spacious house With large upper rooms, And cut out its [wide] windows, And panel it with cedar and paint it vermilion.’

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Men pourtrayed upon the wall - See on Ezekiel 8:10; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14After Israel‘s captivity Judah intrigued first with Assyria, then with Babylon, courting their monarchs, imitating their customs, and learning their idolatries. Pourtrayed upon the wall - The monuments of Nineveh show how the walls of its palaces were adorned with figures precisely answering to this description. There is evidence that these sculptures were highly colored with vermilion, or rather, red ochre.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-18Samaria’s reputation and punishment were known to everyone in Ezekiel’s time. Her sister, Oholibah (Jerusalem), followed the same pattern of life and was even worse than her sister. The kings of Judah thought it was wise to form alliances with Babylon and Assyria. However, the prophet saw this as a pattern of ongoing spiritual unfaithfulness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. vermilion--the peculiar color of the Chaldeans, as purple was of the Assyrians. In striking agreement with this verse is the fact that the Assyrian sculptures lately discovered have painted and colored bas-reliefs in red, blue, and black. The Jews (for instance Jehoiakim, Jr 22:14) copied these (compare Eze 8:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:14

• Idolatry
• Painting
• Vermilion

In the dictionaries

• Adulterer
• Colour
• Desirable
• Dispatch
• Dote
• Hatefully
• Lewd
• Attire; Dyed Attire
• Color; Colors
• Crime; Crimes

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings