Ezekiel 23:16

And she doted upon them as soon as she saw them, and sent forth messengers to them into the land of the Chaldeans.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

In Context

15having variegated girdles on their loins, having also richly dyed attire upon their heads; all had a princely appearance, the likeness of the children of the Chaldeans, of their native land.

17And the sons of Babylon came to her, into the bed of rest, and they defiled her in her fornication, and she was defiled by them, and her soul was alienated from them.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2that the + 6:2 Alex. angels of God.sons of God having seen the daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose.

2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass toward evening, that David arose off his couch, and walked on the roof of the king's house, and saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

Job 31:1I made a covenant with mine eyes, and I will not think upon a virgin.

Proverbs 6:25Let not the desire of beauty overcome thee, neither be thou caught by thine eyes, neither be captivated with her eyelids.

Isaiah 57:9and thou hast multiplied thy whoredom with them, and thou hast increased the number of them that are far from thee, and hast sent ambassadors beyond thy borders, and hast been debased even to hell.

Ezekiel 16:29And thou didst multiply thy covenants with the land of the Chaldeans; and not even with these wast thou satisfied.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 23:12-22

The Sins of Samaria and Jerusalem. ( b. c. 591.) 11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. 12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men. 13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, 14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the… Read the whole commentary →

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