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Ezekiel 23:3

and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.

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ASV

and they played the harlot in Egypt; they played the harlot in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.

KJV

And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתִּזְנֶ֣ינָהva.tiz.Nei.nahand they acted as prostitutesH2181 →
בְמִצְרַ֔יִםve.mitz.Ra.yimin EgyptH4714 →
בִּנְעוּרֵיהֶ֖ןbin.'u.rei.Henin youth<s> theirH5271 →
זָנ֑וּza.Nuthey acted as prostitutesH2181 →
שָׁ֚מָּהSha.mahthere <towards>H8033 →
מֹעֲכ֣וּmo.'a.Khuthey were handledH4600 →
שְׁדֵיהֶ֔ןshe.dei.Henbreasts theirH7699 →
וְשָׁ֣םve.Shamand thereH8033 →
עִשּׂ֔וּ'i.Suthey squeezedH6213 →
דַּדֵּ֖יda.Dei[the] nipples ofH1717 →
בְּתוּלֵיהֶֽן׃be.tu.lei.Henvirginiti<es> theirH1331 →

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Leviticus 17:7They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’Ezekiel 16:15But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.Ezekiel 16:22And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.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 23:27So I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’Joshua 5:9Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.Psalms 129:1Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—Ezekiel 20:7And 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.’Revelation 11:8Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.Ezekiel 20:8But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.Hosea 2:15There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.Ezekiel 23:21So you revisited the indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your bosom and pressed your young breasts.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.Ezekiel 23:19Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of EgyptDeuteronomy 29:16For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we passed through the nations on the way here.Ezekiel 23:44And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.Deuteronomy 21:8Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.Ezekiel 16:26You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.

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