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Ezekiel 16:26

You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.

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ASV

Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians, thy neighbors, great of flesh; and hast multiplied thy whoredom, to provoke me to anger.

KJV

Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתִּזְנִ֧יva.tiz.Niand you acted as a prostituteH2181 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
בְּנֵֽי־be.nei-[the] people ofH1121 →
מִצְרַ֛יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →
שְׁכֵנַ֖יִךְshe.khe.Na.yikhneighbors yourH7934 →
גִּדְלֵ֣יgid.Leibecoming great ofH1432 →
בָשָׂ֑רva.SarfleshH1320 →
וַתַּרְבִּ֥יva.tar.Biand you increasedH7235 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
תַּזְנֻתֵ֖ךְtaz.nu.Tekhprostitution yourH8457 →
לְהַכְעִיסֵֽנִי׃le.hakh.'i.Se.nito provoke to anger meH3707 →

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Jeremiah 3:1“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.Ezekiel 23:19–21Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of EgyptEzekiel 20:7–8And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’Ezekiel 23:20and lusted after their lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.Isaiah 30:21And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”Joshua 24:14Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.Ezekiel 8:14Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.Deuteronomy 29:16–17For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we passed through the nations on the way here.Ezekiel 8:10So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel.Ezekiel 8:17“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!Jeremiah 7:18–19The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.Ezekiel 23:8She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.Exodus 32:4He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”Ezekiel 23:3and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.Isaiah 23:17And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.Leviticus 15:3This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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