Ezekiel 23:30

Translations

Modern

…have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.

Traditional

I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.

Literal

I will do these things to you upon your prostituting yourself after the nations, upon that you have defiled yourself with their idols.

Latin

Fecerunt hæc tibi, quia fornicata es post gentes inter quas polluta es in idolis earum.

Original

Hebrew

English

…have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.

Notes

Ezekiel 23:1–49

This chapter, like chapter 16, tells the history of the northern and southern kingdoms of Israel and Judah. It does this through an extended metaphor (a comparison that continues through many verses).

In this comparison, Samaria and Jerusalem, the capital cities, are described as two immoral women. The language is strong and direct.

This metaphor shows that their judgment was certain and deserved.

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 6:9
Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.
Ezekiel 23:12–21
She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.
Jeremiah 22:8–9
And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
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.
Psalm 106:35–38
…but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
Jeremiah 2:18–20
Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
Jeremiah 16:11–12
Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.

Glossary

Aholah Aholibah Ezekiel, Book of Oholah and Oholibah

Topics

Idolatry: Wicked Practices of Licentiousness of Prophecies Concerning Israel: Captivity of Great Wickedness is the Cause of Their Adversity Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments

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