Ezekiel 23:17

Ezekiel 23:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. After she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoring lust. And after she was defiled by them, she turned from them in disgust.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Then the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, And they defiled her with their immorality; So she was defiled by them, and alienated herself from them.

Context of Ezekiel 23:17

15Handsome belts encircled their waists, and flowing turbans crowned their heads. They were dressed like chariot officers from the land of Babylonia. 16When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so she sent messengers to Babylonia to invite them to come to her. So they came and committed adultery with her, defiling her in the bed of love. After being defiled, however, she rejected them in disgust. 18“In the same way, I became disgusted with Oholibah and rejected her, just as I had rejected her sister, because she flaunted herself before them and gave herself to satisfy their lusts. 19Yet she turned to even greater prostitution, remembering her youth when she was a prostitute in Egypt.

Ezekiel 23:17 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ אֵלֶ֤יהָ בְנֵֽי־בָבֶל֙ לְמִשְׁכַּ֣ב דֹּדִ֔ים וַיְטַמְּא֥וּ אוֹתָ֖הּ בְּתַזְנוּתָ֑ם וַתִּ֨טְמָא־בָ֔ם וַתֵּ֥קַע נַפְשָׁ֖הּ מֵהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Babyloniansבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• And the Babyloniansבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to her into the bedמִשְׁכָּבmishkâb · bedH4904
• of loveדּוֹדdôd dôd · beloved: loveH1730
• and they defiledטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• her with their whoredomתַּזְנוּתtaznûth taznûth · fornicationH8457
• with them, and her mindנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• was alienatedיָקַעyâqa‛ · to dislocate/hangH3363

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:17

• Genesis 10:10He built his kingdom in the land of Babylonia, with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.
• Genesis 11:9That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.
• Ezekiel 23:22“Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will send your lovers against you from every direction—those very nations from which you turned away in disgust.
• Ezekiel 16:37this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies—the lovers with whom you have sinned, both those you loved and those you hated—and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can stare at you.
• 2 Samuel 13:15Then suddenly Amnon’s love turned to hate, and he hated her even more than he had loved her. “Get out of here!” he snarled at her.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17After Josiah‘s death and the usurpation of dominion by the Egyptians, the Babylonians were no doubt welcomed as friends 2 Kings 24:1. But the Jews were soon tired of their alliance and disgusted with their friends, and this led to the rebellion of Jehoiakim and the first captivity.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. 1717. alienated from them--namely, from the Chaldeans: turning again to the Egyptians (Eze 23:19), trying by their help to throw off her solemn engagements to Babylon (compare Jr 37:5, 7; 2Ki 24:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:17

• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Adulterer
• Desirable
• Dispatch
• Dote
• Hatefully
• Lewd
• Alienate
• Babylonians
• Bed; Bedchamber; Bedstead
• Crime; Crimes

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