Ezekiel 16:29

Ezekiel 16:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
• New International Version (NIV)Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia, a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You multiplied your whoring also with the trading land of Chaldea, and even with this you were not satisfied.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea; and even then you were not satisfied.

Context of Ezekiel 16:29

27So I decided to punish you. I took from you things that belonged to you. I gave your enemies, the Philistines, power over you. Even they were ashamed because of the disgusting things that you were doing. 28You has sex with the Assyrians, too. You wanted more and more sex! You sold yourself to them, but you still wanted more You also had sex with the traders from Babylon. Like a prostitute, you sold yourself to more and more people. But they could still not make you happy. 30The Almighty Lord says this: Your mind no longer knows what is right. You do disgusting things, like a prostitute who is not ashamed. 31You built places to worship your idols on every street. You offered yourself to people, like a prostitute. But you did not want them to pay you anything, as a prostitute would do.

Ezekiel 16:29 word by word

וַתַּרְבִּ֧י אֶת־תַּזְנוּתֵ֛ךְ אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ כְּנַ֖עַן כַּשְׂדִּ֑ימָה וְגַם־בְּזֹ֖את לֹ֥א שָׂבָֽעַתְּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast moreover multipliedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• thy fornicationתַּזְנוּתtaznûth taznûth · fornicationH8457
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · merchantH3667
• unto Chaldeaכַּשְׂדִּיםkaώdîy kaώdîymâh · ChaldeaH3778
• and yet thou wast not satisfiedשָׂבֵעַώâba‛ ώâbêa‛ · to satisfyH7646
• herewithזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:29

• Ezekiel 13:14I will break down your wall with its white paint. I will knock it down to the ground and leave only its foundation. It will fall on you and it will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Judges 2:12They turned away from the Lord God that their ancestors had worshipped. He was the one who had brought them safely out of Egypt. Instead, they served the false gods of the people who lived near them. They worshipped those gods and the Lord became very angry.
• Judges 4:22Barak had been chasing Sisera. Jael went out of her tent to say ‘hello’ to him. She said to Barak, ‘Come here! I will show you the man that you are looking for.’ Barak went with her into the tent. He saw Sisera there. He was lying on the ground and he was dead. Barak saw the peg that had gone through Sisera's head.
• Judges 16:15Then Delilah said to him, ‘I realize that you do not really love me, because you will not tell me your secret. You have deceived me three times, as if I was a fool. You have refused to tell me what makes you so strong.’
• Proverbs 7:11This was a woman who did not respect anyone. She was not ashamed of the bad things that she did. She never stayed at her home.
• Isaiah 3:9Their proud faces show that they are guilty. Their sins are as bad as the sins of Sodom's people. And they do not try to hide it! It will be very bad for them! They have caused great trouble for themselves.
• Jeremiah 3:3That is why I have not sent any rain on your land. Even the spring rains have not come. But you still live like a proud prostitute. You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.
• Revelation 17:1One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls came to me. ‘Come with me,’ he said. ‘I will show you how God will punish the great prostitute. She sits at a place where there are many rivers.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:29

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29In the land … - Probably used in the restricted sense of the low lands on the coast of the western sea; occupied by Phoenician colonies. The children of Israel were brought into contact at first with pagans residing within their own borders. Then they extended their contact to foreign nations, trading and forming alliances with Chaldaea, and in so doing were attracted by the idolatries of those with whom they carried on commerce. Some render it: “with the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-29Jerusalem eagerly sought close relationships with Egypt, Assyria, and Babylonia. These political alliances cost a great deal of money. They also failed to bring the help and protection that the leaders expected. Even if these agreements had brought clear political benefits, they would still have been wrong. They showed that Jerusalem did not trust the Lord. Instead of depending on him, the city looked to other nations for safety. These alliances also led…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. multiplied ... fornication in ... Canaan unto Chaldea--Thou hast multiplied thy idolatries "in Canaan" by sending "unto Chaldea" to borrow from thence the Chaldean rites, to add to the abominations already practised "in Canaan," before the carrying away of Jehoiachin to Chaldea. The name "Canaan" is used to imply that they had made Judea as much the scene of abominations as it was in the days of the corrupt Canaanites. The land had become utterly…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:29

• High Places
• Lasciviousness

In the dictionaries

• Canaan
• Chaldea
• Canaan; Canaanites
• Chaldea; Chaldeans
• Canaan, Canaanite
• Chaldea, Chaldean
• Confound
• Eminent
• Equal
• Fornication

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings