New English Translation
Ezekiel 23:20
20She lusted after their genitals – as large as those of donkeys, and their seminal emission was as strong as that of stallions.
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
18When she lustfully exposed her nakedness, I was disgusted with her, just as I had been disgusted with her sister. 19Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt. She lusted after their genitals – as large as those of donkeys, and their seminal emission was as strong as that of stallions. 21This is how you assessed the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled your nipples and squeezed your young breasts. 22“Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, I am about to stir up against you the lovers with whom you were disgusted; 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
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:20
- Ezekiel 16:20“‘You took your sons and your daughters whom you bore to me and you sacrificed them as food for the idols to eat. As if your prostitution not enough,
- Ezekiel 17:15But this one from Israel’s royal family rebelled against the king of Babylon by sending his emissaries to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he prosper? Will the one doing these things escape? Can he break the covenant and escape?
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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