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Ezekiel 16:29

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So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Thou hast moreover multiplied thy whoredom unto the land of traffic, unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

KJV

Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

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This verse in Ezekiel 16

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan,.... Or, "with the land of Canaan" (l); with the inhabitants of it, doing the same evils, committing the same idolatries, as the old inhabitants of Canaan did; and so the Targum, "and thou hast multiplied thine idols, that thou mightest be joined to the people of Canaan:'' or, "to the land of Canaan" (m); like to the land of Canaan; according to the abominations of the Canaanites, doing as they did.

This site's exposition

in addition to all your other wickedness

on Ezekiel 16:23-29

The chapter lists Jerusalem’s foreign alliances as adultery, with “the Egyptians,” “the Assyrians,” and “Chaldea, the land of merchants.” Each is a paid affair that leaves her reaching for the next, and the refrain is “you were not satisfied.” The political history of the late kings runs through the figure.

This site's exposition

Chaldea, the land of merchants

The Hebrew here reads Canaan, a name that also means traders, so the Berean calls Chaldea a land of merchants. Hezekiah showed his gold and silver to envoys from Babylon at Isaiah 39:2. Her promiscuity only increased.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

(Verse 28, 29.) And you have committed fornication with the sons of Assyria: because you were not yet satisfied, and after you committed fornication, you were still not satisfied. And you multiplied your fornication in the land of Canaan with the Chaldeans, and even then you were not satisfied.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

When they had multiplied their idols and superstitious usages beyond measure, yet still they were enquiring after new gods and new fashions in worship. Those that in sincerity join themselves to the true God find enough in him for their satisfaction; and, though they still desire more of God, yet they never desire more than God.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

In the land ... - Probably used in the restricted sense of the low lands on the coast of the western sea; occupied by Phoenician colonies. The children of Israel were brought into contact at first with pagans residing within their own borders. Then they extended their contact to foreign nations, trading and forming alliances with Chaldaea, and in so doing were attracted by the idolatries of those with whom they carried on commerce. Some render it: “with the merchants’ land, even with Chaldaea.” Compare Eze 17:4.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

The name "Canaan" is used to imply that they had made Judea as much the scene of abominations as it was in the days of the corrupt Canaanites. The land had become utterly Canaanitish (Eze 23:14, &c.).

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַתַּרְבִּ֧יand you increased

    vatarbiH7235 →227 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • תַּזְנוּתֵ֛ךְprostitution your

    taznutekhH8457 →20 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אֶ֥רֶץa land of

    ʾeretzH776 →2504 times

  • כְּנַ֖עַןmerchant[s]

    kenaanH3667 →

  • כַּשְׂדִּ֑ימָהChaldea towards

    kasdimahH3778 →80 times

  • וְגַם־and also

    vegam-H1571 →769 times

  • בְּזֹ֖אתby this

    bezotH2063 →603 times

  • לֹ֥אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • שָׂבָֽעַתְּ׃you were satisfied

    savaatH7646 →97 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 23:16At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.4 worksMatthew 19:9Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”3 worksEzekiel 13:14–23I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.2 works2 Kings 21:9But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.2 worksJudges 2:12–19Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,2 worksEzekiel 23:14–21But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 23:19Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of Egypt2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Kings 21:9

    But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 29:12

      If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

    • John 15:22

      If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

    • Daniel 9:10–11

      and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.

    • 2 Chronicles 36:16

      But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

    • 2 Chronicles 33:9

      So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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