Ezekiel 23:43 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 23:43

Then I said of her who had grown old in adulteries: ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is!’

BSB

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ASV

Then said I of her that was old in adulteries, Now will they play the harlot with her, and she with them.

KJV

Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Will 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.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֹמַ֕ר	va.'o.Mar	and I said	H559 →
לַבָּלָ֖ה	la.ba.Lah	of the [woman] worn out	H1087 →
נִֽאוּפִ֑ים	ni.'u.Fim	adulteries	H5004 →
עַתָּ֛ה	a.ta	now	H6258 →
יִזְנ֥וּ	yiz.nuh	they will act as a prostitutes	H2181 →
תַזְנוּתֶ֖הָ	taz.nu.Te.ha	prostitution<s> her	H8457 →
וָהִֽיא׃	va.Hi'	and she	H1931 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

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Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.
leads to
- Jeremiah 2:22
  Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
- Jeremiah 9:5
  Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
- Matthew 19:24–28
  Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
- Jeremiah 17:9
  The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Jeremiah 5:3
  O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than…
Through
Psalms 106:6
We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
leads to
- Nehemiah 9:16
  But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
Through
Daniel 9:16
O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities…
leads to
- Zechariah 8:3
  This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be…
Through
Ezra 9:7
From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 29:6
  For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs…

About Ezekiel

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

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01Commentary

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Ezekiel

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Ezekiel