Ezekiel 16 · Verse 29

Ezekiel 16:29

Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
Ezekiel 16:29, King James Version

Ezekiel 16:29 in other translations

BSBSo you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!
WEBYou have moreover multiplied your prostitution to the land of merchants, to Chaldea; and yet you weren’t satisfied with this.
ASVThou hast moreover multiplied thy whoredom unto the land of traffic, unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
YLTAnd thou dost multiply thy whoredoms On the land of Canaan--toward Chaldea, And even with this thou hast not been satisfied.
DARBYAnd thou didst multiply thy whoredom with the land of merchants, Chaldea, and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
BBEAnd you went on in your loose ways, even as far as the land of Chaldaea, and still you had not enough.
WebsterThou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan to Chaldea; and yet with this thou wast not satisfied.

What does Ezekiel 16:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
29. multiplied ... fornication in ... Canaan unto Chaldea--Thou hast multiplied thy idolatries "in Canaan" by sending "unto Chaldea" to borrow from thence the Chaldean rites, to add to the abominations already practised "in Canaan," before the carrying away of Jehoiachin to Chaldea. The name "Canaan" is used to imply that they had made Judea as much the scene of abominations as it was in the days of the corrupt Canaanites. The land had become utterly Canaanitish (Eze 23:14, &c.).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 16:1-58

A parable showing the first low estate of the Jewish nation, its prosperity, idolatries, and punishment. Verses 1-58 In this chapter God's dealings with the Jewish nation, and their conduct towards him, are described, and their punishment through the surrounding nations, even those they most trusted in. This is done under the parable of an exposed infant rescued from death, educated, espoused, and richly provided…

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Ezekiel 16:29 in the original Hebrew

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וַתַּרְבִּ֧יva.tar.Biand you increasedH7235
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
תַּזְנוּתֵ֛ךְtaz.nu.Tekhprostitution yourH8457
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אֶ֥רֶץ'E.retza land ofH776
כְּנַ֖עַןke.Na.'anmerchant[s]H3667
כַּשְׂדִּ֑ימָהkas.Di.mahChaldea towardsH3778
וְגַם\־ve.gam-and alsoH1571
בְּזֹ֖אתbe.Zotby thisH2063
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
שָׂבָֽעַתְּ\׃sa.Va.'atyou were satisfiedH7646

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 16:29

  • Ezekiel 13:14-23

    So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the Lord. Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord God. Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them, …

  • 2 Kings 21:9

    But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

  • Ezekiel 23:14-21

    And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. …

  • Judges 2:12-19

    And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed. …

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in the land.
13:14-23; Jud 2:12-19; 2Ki 21:9
unto.
23:14-21

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Context

  • Ezekiel 16:28

    Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.

  • Ezekiel 16:29

    Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

  • Ezekiel 16:30

    How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

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Ezekiel 16:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Multiplicaste asimismo tu fornicación en la tierra de Canaán y de los Caldeos: ni tampoco con esto te hartaste.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu as multiplié tes prostitutions avec un pays de marchands, la Chaldée, et même avec cela tu n’as pas été rassasiée.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du mehrtest deine Hurerei nach dem Krämerlande Chaldäa hin; und auch davon wurdest du nicht satt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et multiplicasti fornicationem tuam in terra Chanaan cum Chaldæis, et nec sic satiata es.