Tree of Life Version
Ezekiel 23:43
43Then I said about her, worn out from harlotry: “Still they commit immorality with her—even her?
Ezekiel 23:43 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?
- New International Version (NIV)Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Then I said of her who was worn out by adultery, 'Now they will continue to use her for a whore, even her!'
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then I said concerning her who had grown old in adulteries, ‘Will they commit harlotry with her now, and she with them?’
Context of Ezekiel 23:43
41You sat on a glorious bed, with a table arranged before it, on which you set out My incense and My oil. 42The sound of a carefree crowd was with her. Many of the men who came from the desert were drunkards. They put bracelets on their hands and beautiful crowns on their heads.” Then I said about her, worn out from harlotry: “Still they commit immorality with her—even her? 44They keep going to her, as they go to a prostitute. So they went to Oholah and to Oholibah—the obscene women. 45Righteous men would judge them as adulteresses are judged and as those who shed blood are judged. For they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.”
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וָאֹמַ֕ר לַבָּלָ֖ה נִֽאוּפִ֑ים עַתָּ֛ה יִזְנ֥וּ תַזְנוּתֶ֖הָ וָהִֽיא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:43
- Ezra 9:7From the days of our fathers to this day our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities we, our kings and our kohanim have been subjected to the sword, to captivity, to plunder and to humiliation at the hand of the kings of the lands, as it is today.
- Psalms 106:6We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly.
- Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin? Or the leopard his spots? So, could you do good, that are accustomed to doing evil?
- Daniel 9:16Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, let Your anger and Your fury turn away, please, from Jerusalem, Your city, Your holy mountain. Because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become an object of scorn to all those around us.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:43
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 43Will they now commit - Rather, Now shall there be committed her whoredom, even this; i. e., when Israel and Judah had courted these alliances God said in wrath, “This sin too shall be committed, and so (not “yet) they went in;” the alliances were made according to their desires, and then followed the consequent punishment.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-43The prophet again took the role of a prosecuting attorney. A prosecuting attorney is a person who brings charges against someone in court. His task was to confront Jerusalem with her sins (detailed in Ezekiel 22). Jerusalem and Samaria were supposed to be holy cities, set apart for God. Instead, they had become like worn-out prostitutes. This picture shows that they had been unfaithful to God. Their only attraction was their availability, meaning they…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 36-4436-44. A summing up of the sins of the two sisters, especially those of Judah. wilt thou judge--Wilt thou (not) judge (see on Eze 20:4)?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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