Ezekiel 23:7 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 23:7

She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.

BSB

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ASV

And she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and on whomsoever she doted, with all their idols she defiled herself.

KJV

Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Thus she committed her whoredoms with them,.... Entered into alliance with them, and joined them in their idolatrous worship: with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria; before described by their habit, office, and age: and with all on whom she doted; had an insatiable desire and lust after: with all their idols she defiled herself; worshipped all the idols the Assyrians did; and which were defiling, as they must needs be, since, as the word used signifies, they were dunghill gods.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Chapter 23, verses 1 onwards) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother. And they played the harlot in Egypt, in their youth they played the harlot. There their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms were broken (or, as it is in the Septuagint, There their breasts fell and there they were deflowered). Their names were Oholah the elder (or, the elder sister), and Oholibah her sister. And I took them (whether they were given to me) and they bore sons and daughters.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתִּתֵּ֤ן	va.ti.Ten	and she gave	H5414 →
תַּזְנוּתֶ֙יהָ֙	taz.nu.Tei.ha	prostitution<s> her	H8457 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H5921 →
מִבְחַ֥ר	miv.Char	[were] [the] choicest of	H4005 →
בְּנֵֽי־	be.nei-	[the] sons of	H1121 →
אַשּׁ֖וּר	'a.Shur	Assyria	H804 →
כֻּלָּ֑ם	ku.Lam	all of them	H3605 →
וּבְכֹ֧ל	u.ve.Khol	and by all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	[those] whom	H834 →
עָֽגְבָ֛ה	'a.ge.Vah	she lusted after	H5689 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	by all	H3605 →
גִּלּוּלֵיהֶ֖ם	gi.lu.lei.Hem	idols their	H1544 →
נִטְמָֽאָה׃	nit.Ma.'ah	she made herself unclean	H2930 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 20:7
And 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.’
leads to
- Leviticus 18:3
  You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you.…
- Ezekiel 20:8
  But 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…
- Leviticus 11:44
  For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
- Ezekiel 18:31
  Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
Through
Psalms 106:39
They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
leads to
- Ezekiel 20:18
  In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.
- Leviticus 17:7
  They 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.’
Through
Hosea 6:10
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
leads to
- Hosea 5:3
  I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
Through
Hosea 5:3
I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
leads to
- Amos 3:2
  “Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

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