Ezekiel 23:9

Ezekiel 23:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
• New International Version (NIV)“Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians, For whom she lusted.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.

Context of Ezekiel 23:9

7She 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. 8She did not give up her whoring that she had begun in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her and handled her virgin bosom and poured out their whoring lust upon her. Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted. 10These uncovered her nakedness; they seized her sons and her daughters; and as for her, they killed her with the sword; and she became a byword among women, when judgment had been executed on her. 11"Her sister Oholibah saw this, and she became more corrupt than her sister in her lust and in her whoring, which was worse than that of her sister.

Ezekiel 23:9 word by word

לָכֵ֥ן נְתַתִּ֖יהָ בְּיַד־מְאַֽהֲבֶ֑יהָ בְּיַד֙ בְּנֵ֣י אַשּׁ֔וּר אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָגְבָ֖ה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore I have deliveredנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• her into the handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of her loversאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• of the Assyriansאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• of the Assyriansבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• upon whom she dotedעָגַב‛âgab · to lustH5689

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:9

• 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.
• 2 Kings 17:3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
• 2 Kings 18:9In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it,
• 1 Chronicles 5:26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day.
• Hosea 11:5They shall not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.
• Revelation 17:12And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9For the cause which at last brought destruction on Israel, see marginal reference.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The Assyrian army conquered the northern kingdom in 722 BC, scattering its people across the Assyrian Empire.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. God, in righteous retribution, turned their objects of trust into the instruments of their punishment: Pul, Tiglath-pileser, Esar-haddon, and Shalmaneser (2Ki 15:19, 29; 17:3, 6, 24; Ezr 4:2, 10). "It was their sin to have sought after such lovers, and it was to be their punishment that these lovers should become their destroyers" [Fairbairn].Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:9

• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Adulterer
• Desirable
• Dispatch
• Dote
• Hatefully
• Lewd
• Crime; Crimes
• Ezekiel
• Grace
• Song of Songs

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