Ezekiel 23:14

But she did even worse things. She saw drawings of men from Babylonia on the walls, painted in red.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,

In Context

13I saw what she did that caused her to became unacceptable to me, just like her older sister.

15The men in the drawings had belts around their waists and long turbans on their heads. They all resembled officers from Babylonia [DOU] who rode in chariots.

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Cross References

Isaiah 46:1It is as though Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods of Babylonia, are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!

Jeremiah 50:2This is what Yahweh says: “Proclaim [DOU] a message among the nations; do not withhold any of it; raise up a signal flag to announce that Babylon will be captured. Its chief god Marduk, whose other name is Bel, will be completely disgraced, and all the other statues and idols will be shattered.

Ezekiel 16:29So you also had sex with soldiers from Babylonia, a country full of merchants/businessmen, but even that did not satisfy you.

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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