Ezekiel 23:19

Ezekiel 23:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet she increased her whoring, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Yet she multiplied her harlotry In calling to remembrance the days of her youth, When she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

Context of Ezekiel 23:19

17Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and defiled her with their lust. But after she was defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust. 18When she flaunted her promiscuity and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust just as I turned away from her sister. Yet she multiplied her acts of promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth when she acted like a prostitute in the land of Egypt 20and lusted after their lovers, whose sexual members were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions. 21So you revisited the depravity of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your nipples to enjoy your youthful breasts.

Ezekiel 23:19 word by word

וַתַּרְבֶּ֖ה אֶת־תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ לִזְכֹּר֙ אֶת־יְמֵ֣י נְעוּרֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר זָנְתָ֖ה בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yet she multipliedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• her whoredomsתַּזְנוּתtaznûth taznûth · fornicationH8457
• in calling to remembranceזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of her youthנְעוּרִיםnâ‛ûr nâ‛ûr ne‛ûrâh · youthH5271
• wherein she had played the harlotזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:19

• Ezekiel 23:14But she increased her promiscuity when she saw male figures carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in bright red,
• Ezekiel 16:25You built your elevated place at the head of every street and turned your beauty into a detestable thing. You spread your legs to everyone who passed by and increased your prostitution.
• Ezekiel 23:3who acted like prostitutes in Egypt, behaving promiscuously in their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin nipples caressed.
• Ezekiel 16:22In all your detestable practices and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were stark naked and thrashing around in your blood.
• Ezekiel 20:7I also said to them, “Throw away, each of you, the abhorrent things that you prize, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Egypt - The kings of Judah played alternately Egypt against Babylon, and Babylon against Egypt. Jehoahaz was displaced by Necho for Jehoiakim, who then turned to the Chaldaeans, and afterward rebelling sought aid from Egypt. So Zedekiah was continually meditating help from Egypt, against which Jeremiah and Ezekiel were continually protesting.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. 1919. Israel first "called" her lusts, practised when in Egypt, "to her (fond) remembrance," and then actually returned to them. Mark the danger of suffering the memory to dwell on the pleasure felt in past sins.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:19

• Idolatry

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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