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Ezekiel 23:16

And when she saw them, she had a desire for sex with them, and sent word to them in Chaldea.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idolatry;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assyria;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Marriage;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Colors;   Ezekiel;   Oholibah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Oholah and Oholibah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Aholah ;   Aholibah ;   Chaldea ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Nebuchadnez'zar,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Attire;   Color;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
At the sight of them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
Hebrew Names Version
As soon as she saw them she doted on them, and sent messengers to them into Kasdim.
King James Version
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
English Standard Version
When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
New American Standard Bible
"And when she saw them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
New Century Version
When she saw them, she wanted to have sexual relations with them and sent messengers to them in Babylonia.
Amplified Bible
"When she saw [the sketches of] them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
World English Bible
As soon as she saw them she doted on them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Assoone, I say, as she sawe them, she doted vpon them, and sent messengers vnto them into Caldea.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"When she saw them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
Legacy Standard Bible
And she saw them and lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
Berean Standard Bible
At the sight of them she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
Contemporary English Version
As soon as she looked at them, she wanted to have sex with them. And so, she sent messengers to bring them to her.
Complete Jewish Bible
The moment she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in the land of the Kasdim;
Darby Translation
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she lusted after them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
Easy-to-Read Version
and Oholibah wanted them.
George Lamsa Translation
As soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers to them to the land of the Chaldeans,
Good News Translation
As soon as she saw them, she was filled with lust and sent messengers to them in Babylonia.
Lexham English Bible
And she lusted for them when her eyes saw them, and she sent messengers to them at Chaldea.
Literal Translation
And she lusted after them, to the sight of her eyes, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Inmediatly, as soone as she sawe them, she brent in loue vpon them, and sent messaugers for them in to the londe of the Caldees.
American Standard Version
And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
Bible in Basic English
And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
King James Version (1611)
And assoone as shee saw them with her eyes, she doted vpon them, and sent messengers vnto them into Caldea.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Assoone as she sawe them, she burnt in loue vpon them, & sent messengers vnto them into the lande of the Chaldees.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And she doted upon them as soon as she saw them, and sent forth messengers to them into the land of the Chaldeans.
English Revised Version
And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
sche was wood on hem bi coueitise of hir iyen, and sche sente messangeris to hem in to Caldee.
Update Bible Version
And as soon as she saw them she lusted after them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
Webster's Bible Translation
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes she doted upon them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
New English Translation
When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
New King James Version
As soon as her eyes saw them, She lusted for them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
New Living Translation
When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so she sent messengers to Babylonia to invite them to come to her.
New Revised Standard
When she saw them she lusted after them, and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then lusted she after them, as soon as her eyes beheld them, - And she sent messengers unto them to Chaldea.
Douay-Rheims Bible
She doted upon them with the lust of her eyes, and she sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
Revised Standard Version
When she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers to them in Chalde'a.
Young's Literal Translation
And she doteth on them at the sight of her eyes, And sendeth messengers to them, to Chaldea.

Contextual Overview

11 "Her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was more sinful in her desire for sex than Oholah. Her sex sins were worse than those of her sister. 12 She wanted to have the Assyrians, rulers and leaders, men who were well dressed, those who rode on horses, all those good looking young men. 13 And I saw that she was sinful. Both sisters went the same way. 14 But she did even more sex sins. She saw pictures of men on the wall, pictures of Babylonians drawn in bright red. 15 They had belts around them, and flowing head-coverings. All of them looked like Babylonian captains who were born in Chaldea. 16 And when she saw them, she had a desire for sex with them, and sent word to them in Chaldea. 17 The Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love. They made her sinful with their desire. And after she had had sex with them, she became sick of them. 18 When she let her sins and her body be seen, I turned away from her in anger, as I had turned from her sister. 19 Yet she did even more sex sins. She remembered when she was young, when she sold the use of her body in the land of Egypt. 20 She was full of desire for lovers whose flesh was like those of donkeys, and whose flow was like that of horses.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

as soon as she saw them with her eyes: Heb. at the sight of her eyes, Ezekiel 16:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 6:2, Genesis 39:7, 2 Samuel 11:2, 2 Kings 24:1, Job 31:1, Psalms 119:37, Proverbs 6:25, Proverbs 23:33, Matthew 5:28

and sent: Ezekiel 23:40, Ezekiel 23:41, Ezekiel 16:17, Ezekiel 16:29, 2 Peter 2:14

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 16:10 - saw an altar Isaiah 3:9 - and they declare Isaiah 57:9 - thou wentest to the king Ezekiel 23:5 - doted Hosea 2:5 - I will

Cross-References

Genesis 23:15
"My lord, listen to me. The land is worth four hundred pieces of silver. What is that between me and you? So bury your wife."
Genesis 43:21
When we came to the place where we stayed the night, we opened our bags. And we found that the full weight of each man's money was at the top of the bag. So we have brought it again with us.
Exodus 30:13
Every one who is numbered will give one piece of silver, by the weight decided upon for the holy place. One piece of silver will be a gift to the Lord.
Job 28:15
Pure gold cannot be traded for it and it cannot be bought with silver.
Jeremiah 32:9
So I bought the field at Anathoth from Hanamel, the son of my father's brother. And I weighed out seventeen pieces of silver for him.
Ezekiel 45:12
The silver piece of money must be worth the same as twenty small silver pieces. And sixty silver pieces of money must be worth the same as the heavy silver weight.
Zechariah 11:12
I said to them, "If you think it is right, give me my pay. But if not, keep it." So they weighed out thirty pieces of silver as my pay.
Matthew 7:12
"Do for other people whatever you would like to have them do for you. This is what the Jewish Law and the early preachers said.
Romans 13:8
Do not owe anyone anything, but love each other. Whoever loves his neighbor has done what the Law says to do.
Philippians 4:8
Christian brothers, keep your minds thinking about whatever is true, whatever is respected, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever can be loved, and whatever is well thought of. If there is anything good and worth giving thanks for, think about these things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them,.... As lustful women, on the sight of the pictures of men, fall in love with them, and are mad after them; such a vehement desire after the idols of the Chaldeans prevailed, upon seeing their images:

and sent messengers unto them in Chaldea; to make alliances with the Chaldeans, and to have their idols, and worship them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sending of “messengers” refers to the act of Ahaz 2 Kings 16:7.


 
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