Ezekiel 23:7

Ezekiel 23:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
• New International Version (NIV)She gave herself as a prostitute to all the elite of the Assyrians and defiled herself with all the idols of everyone she lusted after.
• English Standard Version (ESV)She bestowed her whoring upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them, and she defiled herself with all the idols of everyone after whom she lusted.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus she committed her harlotry with them, All of them choice men of Assyria; And with all for whom she lusted, With all their idols, she defiled herself.

Context of Ezekiel 23:7

5And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, 6Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses. Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself. 8Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. 9Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

Ezekiel 23:7 word by word

וַתִּתֵּ֤ן תַּזְנוּתֶ֙יהָ֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם מִבְחַ֥ר בְּנֵֽי־אַשּׁ֖וּר כֻּלָּ֑ם וּבְכֹ֧ל אֲשֶׁר־עָֽגְבָ֛ה בְּכָל־גִּלּוּלֵיהֶ֖ם נִטְמָֽאָה׃Read the interlinear

• Thus she committedנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• her whoredomsתַּזְנוּתtaznûth taznûth · fornicationH8457
• the chosenמִבְחָרmibchâr · bestH4005
• menבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• and with all on whom she dotedעָגַב‛âgab · to lustH5689
• with all their idolsגִּלּוּלgillûl gillûl · idolH1544
• she defiledטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:7

• Ezekiel 16:15But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
• Genesis 10:22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
• Ezekiel 23:30I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
• Ezekiel 20:7Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am Yhwh your God.
• Ezekiel 22:3Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord Yhwh, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
• Psalms 106:39Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
• Hosea 5:3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
• Hosea 6:10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8Oholah: The northern kingdom did not embrace God's covenant of grace. Instead, it was drawn to Assyria's power and prestige. Israel formed alliances with Assyria as part of its political strategy starting in the 800s BC. However, these alliances did not protect Israel in the end.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. all their idols--There was nothing that she refused to her lovers.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:7

• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Adulterer
• Desirable
• Dispatch
• Dote
• Hatefully
• Lewd
• Crime; Crimes
• Ezekiel
• Grace

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