Ezekiel 23:42
And the voice of a multitude at ease [is] with her, And unto men of the common people are brought in Sabeans from the wilderness, And they put bracelets on their hands, And a beauteous crown on their heads.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
43And I say of the worn-out one in adulteries, Now they commit her whoredoms — she also!
Cross References
Genesis 24:30yea, it cometh to pass, when he seeth the ring, and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heareth the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, 'Thus hath the man spoken unto me,' that he cometh in unto the man, and lo, he is standing by the camels by the fountain.
Exodus 32:18and he saith, 'It is not the voice of the crying of might, nor is it the voice of the crying of weakness — a voice of singing I am hearing.'
Ezekiel 16:11And I adorn thee with adornments, And I give bracelets for thy hands, And a chain for thy neck.
Hosea 13:6According to their feedings they are satiated, They have been satiated, And their heart is lifted up, Therefore they have forgotten Me,
Amos 6:1Woe [to] those secure in Zion, And those confident in the mount of Samaria, The marked of the chief of the nations, And come to them have the house of Israel.
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 →