New American Standard Bible 2020
Ezekiel 23:16
Ezekiel 23:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
- New International Version (NIV)As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As soon as her eyes saw them, She lusted for them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
Context of Ezekiel 23:16
14So she increased her obscene practices. And she saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans drawn in bright red, 15wearing belts around their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, like the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth. And when she saw them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. 17And the Babylonians came to her to the bed of love and defiled her with their obscene practice. And when she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust. 18She exposed her obscene practices and exposed her nakedness; then I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister in disgust.
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וַתַּעְגְּבָ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַרְאֵ֣ה עֵינֶ֑יהָ וַתִּשְׁלַ֧ח מַלְאָכִ֛ים אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם כַּשְׂדִּֽימָה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:16
- Ezekiel 16:29You also multiplied your obscene practice with the land of merchants, Chaldea; yet even with this you were not satisfied.”’”
- Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
- Genesis 6:2that the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
- Genesis 39:7And it came about after these events that his master’s wife had her eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Sleep with me.”
- 2 Samuel 11:2Now at evening time David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.
- 2 Kings 24:1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and revolted against him.
- Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I look at a virgin?
- Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from looking at what is worthless, And revive me in Your ways.
- Proverbs 6:25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
- Proverbs 23:33Your eyes will see strange things And your mind will say perverse things.
- Matthew 5:28but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- Ezekiel 23:40“Furthermore, they have even sent for men who come from a great distance, to whom a messenger was sent; and behold, they came--for whom you bathed, put makeup on your eyes, and adorned yourselves with jewelry;
- Ezekiel 16:17You also took your beautiful jewels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images so that you might commit prostitution with them.
- 2 Peter 2:14having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having hearts trained in greed, accursed children;
Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:16
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16The sending of “messengers” refers to the act of Ahaz 2 Kings 16:7.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-18Samaria’s reputation and punishment were known to everyone in Ezekiel’s time. Her sister, Oholibah (Jerusalem), followed the same pattern of life and was even worse than her sister. The kings of Judah thought it was wise to form alliances with Babylon and Assyria. However, the prophet saw this as a pattern of ongoing spiritual unfaithfulness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. sent messengers ... into Chaldea--(Eze 16:29). It was she that solicited the Chaldeans, not they her. Probably the occasion was when Judah sought to strengthen herself by a Chaldean alliance against a menaced attack by Egypt (compare 2Ki 23:29-35; 24:1-7). God made the object of their sinful desire the instrument of their punishment. Jehoiakim, probably by a stipulation of tribute, enlisted Nebuchadnezzar against Pharaoh, whose tributary he previously…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Ezekiel 23:16 Lit at the sight of her eyes ↩
- 2. Ezekiel 23:16 Ezek 23:20; Matt 5:28 ↩
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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