Ezekiel 23:16

Then lusted she after them, as soon as her eyes beheld them,— And she sent messengers unto them to Chaldea.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

15Girded with waistcloths upon their loins With overhanging high turbans upon their heads, In appearance, knights all of them,-The likeness of the sons of Babylon of Chaldea, the land of their birth.

17Then came in unto her the sons of Babylon into the bed of endearments, and defiled her with their unchaste doings,- And she defiled herself with them, And then was her soul torn from them.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men! that they were, fair,—so they took to themselves wives of whomsoever they chose,

2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass that, at eventide, David arose from his couch, and walked to and fro on the roof of the king’s house, when, from the roof, he saw a woman bathing herself,—the woman being exceeding beautiful to look upon.

Job 31:1A covenant, I solemnised for mine eyes,—How then could I gaze upon a virgin?

Proverbs 6:25Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;

Isaiah 57:9And hast gone to the king with oil, And hast multiplied thy perfumes,—And hast sent thy messengers afar, And…lowered thyself as far as hades!

Ezekiel 16:29Thou didst therefore cause thine unchaste ways to abound unto the land of Canaan as towards Chaldea. Yet even herewith, wast thou not 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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