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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, after 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.

Context of Ezekiel 23:9

7She bestowed her harlotries on them, all of whom were the choicest men of Assyria; and with all whom she lusted after, with all their idols she defiled herself. 8She did not forsake her harlotries from the time in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her, and they handled her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her. Therefore, I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted. 10They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, but they slew her with the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgments on her. 11“Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her harlotries were more than the harlotries of her sister.

Ezekiel 23:9 word by word

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

• Thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• I gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• her into the handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• loversאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• Assyriansבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• Assyriansאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• afterעַל‛al · uponH5921
• whomאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• she lustedעָגַב‛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 and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
• 2 Kings 17:3Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute.
• 2 Kings 18:9Now in 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, even the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away into exile, namely the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
• Hosea 11:5They will not return to the land of Egypt; But Assyria--he will be their king Because they refused to return to Me.
• Revelation 17:12The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.

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