Ezekiel 23:7

Ezekiel 23:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
• New International Version (NIV)She gave herself as a prostitute to all the elite of the Assyrians and defiled herself with all the idols of everyone she lusted after.
• English Standard Version (ESV)She bestowed her whoring upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them, and she defiled herself with all the idols of everyone after whom she lusted.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus she committed her harlotry with them, All of them choice men of Assyria; And with all for whom she lusted, With all their idols, she defiled herself.

Context of Ezekiel 23:7

5Oholah was my wife but she continued to live as a prostitute. She wanted men from Assyria to be her lovers. 6Her lovers were soldiers who wore blue clothes. Some of them were army officers and leaders. They were all strong young men. Some of them rode on horses. Oholah gave herself to them as a prostitute. She had sex with all the important young men of Assyria. She did these disgusting things with anyone that she wanted. She worshipped their idols and she made herself unclean. 8She had lived as a prostitute in Egypt when she was young. Men had sex with her. They touched her breasts and they enjoyed her body for themselves. She continued to do that with the Assyrian men. 9She wanted the Assyrian men to be her lovers. Because of that I put her under their power.

Ezekiel 23:7 word by word

וַתִּתֵּ֤ן תַּזְנוּתֶ֙יהָ֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם מִבְחַ֥ר בְּנֵֽי־אַשּׁ֖וּר כֻּלָּ֑ם וּבְכֹ֧ל אֲשֶׁר־עָֽגְבָ֛ה בְּכָל־גִּלּוּלֵיהֶ֖ם נִטְמָֽאָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus she committedנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• her whoredomsתַּזְנוּתtaznûth taznûth · fornicationH8457
• the chosenמִבְחָרmibchâr · bestH4005
• menבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• and with all on whom she dotedעָגַב‛âgab · to lustH5689
• with all their idolsגִּלּוּלgillûl gillûl · idolH1544
• she defiledטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:7

• Ezekiel 16:15But you trusted your beauty to give you what you wanted. Because you were famous, you lived like a prostitute. You had sex with any man that you liked. They all enjoyed your beautiful body.
• Genesis 10:22These are the sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
• Ezekiel 23:30I am punishing you in this way because you were not faithful to me. You wanted other nations to be your lovers. You became unclean because you worshipped their idols.
• Ezekiel 20:7I said to them, ‘You must each destroy the disgusting idols that you worship. Those are the idols of Egypt and they cause you to be unclean. Remember that I am the Lord your God.’
• Ezekiel 22:3Say to them, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Because you murder people, you have caused your punishment to come. You make idols for yourselves, and that has made you unclean.
• Psalms 106:39The things that the Lord's people did made them unclean. They were not faithful to the Lord, like a wife who is not faithful to her husband.
• Hosea 5:3I know what the people of Ephraim are like. The Israelites cannot hide their sins from me. You are no better than prostitutes! You can no longer serve me as my people.
• Hosea 6:10I have seen people do disgusting things in Israel. Like a prostitute, Ephraim's people serve false gods. Yes, the Israelites have made themselves unclean.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8Oholah: The northern kingdom did not embrace God's covenant of grace. Instead, it was drawn to Assyria's power and prestige. Israel formed alliances with Assyria as part of its political strategy starting in the 800s BC. However, these alliances did not protect Israel in the end.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. all their idols--There was nothing that she refused to her lovers.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:7

• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Adulterer
• Adultery
• Desirable
• Dispatch
• Dote
• Hatefully
• Lewd
• 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