Ezekiel 23:19

Ezekiel 23:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet she increased her whoring, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Yet she multiplied her harlotry In calling to remembrance the days of her youth, When she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

Context of Ezekiel 23:19

17And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their immorality, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. 18So she revealed her harlotries, and uncovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, as my mind was alienated from her sister. Yet she multiplied her harlotries, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, when she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. 20For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. 21Thus thou didst call to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the breasts of thy youth.

Ezekiel 23:19 word by word

וַתַּרְבֶּ֖ה אֶת־תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ לִזְכֹּר֙ אֶת־יְמֵ֣י נְעוּרֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר זָנְתָ֖ה בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

• multipliedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• harlotriesתַּזְנוּתtaznûth taznûth · fornicationH8457
• remembranceזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• youthנְעוּרִיםnâ‛ûr nâ‛ûr ne‛ûrâh · youthH5271
• harlotזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:19

• Ezekiel 23:14And that she increased her harlotries: for when she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,
• Ezekiel 16:25Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast offered thyself to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy harlotries.
• Ezekiel 23:3And they committed harlotries in Egypt; they committed harlotries in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
• Ezekiel 16:22And in all thy abominations and thy harlotries thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
• Ezekiel 20:7Then said I to them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Egypt - The kings of Judah played alternately Egypt against Babylon, and Babylon against Egypt. Jehoahaz was displaced by Necho for Jehoiakim, who then turned to the Chaldaeans, and afterward rebelling sought aid from Egypt. So Zedekiah was continually meditating help from Egypt, against which Jeremiah and Ezekiel were continually protesting.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. 1919. Israel first "called" her lusts, practised when in Egypt, "to her (fond) remembrance," and then actually returned to them. Mark the danger of suffering the memory to dwell on the pleasure felt in past sins.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:19

• Idolatry

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• Egypt
• 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