God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 23:20
20She lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose semen was like that of horses.
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
18“She carried out her prostitution openly, and she lay around naked. I turned away from her in disgust as I had turned away from her sister. 19She remembered how she had been a prostitute in Egypt when she was young. So she took part in even more prostitution. She lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose semen was like that of horses. 21So she longed to do the sinful things she did when she was young in Egypt, when young men caressed and fondled her breasts. 22“Oholibah, this is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m going to stir up your lovers against you. They are the lovers you turned away from in disgust. I will bring them against you from every side.
Read all of Ezekiel 23Ezekiel 23:20 word by word
וַֽתַּעְגְּבָ֔ה עַ֖ל פִּֽלַגְשֵׁיהֶ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר בְּשַׂר־חֲמוֹרִים֙ בְּשָׂרָ֔ם וְזִרְמַ֥ת סוּסִ֖ים זִרְמָתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:20
- Ezekiel 16:20“ ‘You took your sons and daughters, who belonged to me, and you sacrificed them as food to idols. Wasn’t your prostitution enough?
- Ezekiel 17:15But the king of Judah rebelled against the king of Babylon by sending his messengers to Egypt to get horses and many soldiers. Will the king of Judah succeed? Will anyone who does such things escape? He can’t break a treaty and go unpunished.
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
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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
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