Ezekiel 23:20

Ezekiel 23:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
• New International Version (NIV)There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and lusted after her lovers there, whose members were like those of donkeys, and whose issue was like that of horses.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For she lusted for her paramours, Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys, And whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Context of Ezekiel 23:20

18When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister. 19Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of Egypt and lusted after their lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions. 21So you revisited the indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your bosom and pressed your young breasts. 22Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side—

Ezekiel 23:20 word by word

וַֽתַּעְגְּבָ֔ה עַ֖ל פִּֽלַגְשֵׁיהֶ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר בְּשַׂר־חֲמוֹרִים֙ בְּשָׂרָ֔ם וְזִרְמַ֥ת סוּסִ֖ים זִרְמָתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• and lustedעָגַב‛âgab · to lustH5689
• afterעַל‛al · uponH5921
• their loversפִּלֶ֫גֶשׁpîylegesh pilegesh · concubineH6370
• whoseאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• genitalsבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• of donkeysחֲמוֹרchămôr chămôr · donkeyH2543
• and whose emissionזִרְמָהzirmâh · dischargeH2231
• of stallionsסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:20

• Ezekiel 16:20You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
• Ezekiel 17:15But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20She doted upon their paramours - פלגשיהם pillagsheyhem, their harlots or concubines. Anciently harlot meant in our language either the male or female prostitute. Whose flesh is as the flesh of asses - See on Ezekiel 16:25; (note).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20When the people of Jerusalem thought of Egypt, they did not remember how the Lord freed them during the exodus. Instead, they recalled the forbidden pleasures they had enjoyed there.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. their paramours--that is, her paramours among them (the Egyptians); she doted upon their persons as her paramours (Eze 23:5, 12, 16). flesh--the membrum virile (very large in the ass). Compare Le 15:2, Margin; Eze 16:26. issue of horses--the seminal issue. The horse was made by the Egyptians the hieroglyphic for a lustful person.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:20

• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Adulterer
• Desirable
• Dispatch
• Dote
• Hatefully
• Lewd
• Ass
• Crime; Crimes
• Ezekiel
• Flesh

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