Ezekiel 23:43

Therefore I said, Do they not commit adultery with these? and has she also gone a-whoring after the manner of a harlot?

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?

In Context

42and they raised a sound of music, and that with men coming from the wilderness out of a multitude of men, and they put bracelets on their hands, and a crown of glory on their heads;

44And they went in to her, as men go in to a harlot; so they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah to work iniquity.

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Cross References

Ezra 9:7From the days of our fathers we have been in a great trespass until this day: and because of our iniquities we, and our kings, and our children, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the Gentiles by the sword, and by captivity, and by spoil, and with shame of our face, as at this day.

Jeremiah 13:23If the Ethiopian shall change his skin, or the leopardess her spots, then shall ye be able to do good, having learned evil.

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 →

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