Ezekiel 23:42
And the voice of a multitude being at ease was therein; and for the sake of men, they were so many, brought drunken from the wilderness, they put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
43Then said I of her that was worn out by adulteries: Still they commit harlotries with her, even her.
Cross References
Genesis 24:30And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying: 'Thus spoke the man unto me,' that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the fountain.
Exodus 32:18And he said: 'It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome, but the noise of them that sing do I hear.'
Ezekiel 16:11I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
Hosea 13:6When they were fed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten Me.
Amos 6:1Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 23:37-49
Israel and Judah Accused; Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 591.) 36 The Lord said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; 37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. 38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have… Read the whole commentary →