Ezekiel 23 · Verse 16

Ezekiel 23:16

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
Ezekiel 23:16, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:16 in other translations

BSBAt the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
WEBAs soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
ASVAnd as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
YLTAnd she doteth on them at the sight of her eyes, And sendeth messengers to them, to Chaldea.
DARBYAnd as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she lusted after them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
BBEAnd when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.
WebsterAnd as soon as she saw them with her eyes she doted upon them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.

What does Ezekiel 23:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. sent messengers ... into Chaldea--(Eze 16:29). It was she that solicited the Chaldeans, not they her. Probably the occasion was when Judah sought to strengthen herself by a Chaldean alliance against a menaced attack by Egypt (compare 2Ki 23:29-35; 24:1-7). God made the object of their sinful desire the instrument of their punishment. Jehoiakim, probably by a stipulation of tribute, enlisted Nebuchadnezzar against Pharaoh, whose tributary he previously had been; failing to keep his stipulation, he brought on himself Nebuchadnezzar's vengeance.

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Ezekiel 23:16 in the original Hebrew

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וַתַּעְגְּבָ֥הva.ta'.gavhand she lusted !H5689
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921
לְמַרְאֵ֣הle.mar.'Ehto [the] sight ofH4758
עֵינֶ֑יהָ'ei.Nei.haeyes herH5869
וַתִּשְׁלַ֧חva.tish.Lachand she sentH7971
מַלְאָכִ֛יםmal.'a.KhimmessengersH4397
אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413
כַּשְׂדִּֽימָה\׃kas.Di.mahChaldea towardsH3778

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Cross references for Ezekiel 23:16

  • Ezekiel 16:29

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

  • Matthew 5:28

    But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

  • 2 Kings 24:1

    In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

  • Genesis 3:6

    And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

  • Job 31:1

    I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

  • Genesis 6:2

    That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

  • Ezekiel 16:17

    Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,

  • 2 Peter 2:14

    Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

  • Psalms 119:37

    Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

  • Genesis 39:7

    And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

  • 2 Samuel 11:2

    And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

  • Ezekiel 23:40-41

    And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments, And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as soon as she saw them with her eyes. Heb. at the sight ofher eyes.
16:29; Ge 3:6; 6:2; 39:7; 2Sa 11:2; 2Ki 24:1; Job 31:1; Ps 119:37
Pr 6:25; 23:33; Mt 5:28
and sent.
40,41; 16:17,29; 2Pe 2:14

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Context

  • Ezekiel 23:15

    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:

  • Ezekiel 23:16

    And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

  • Ezekiel 23:17

    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.

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Ezekiel 23:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Enamoróse de ellos en viéndolos, y envióles mensajeros á la tierra de los Caldeos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et elle se passionna pour eux en les voyant de ses yeux, et envoya des messagers vers eux en Chaldée.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und sie entbrannte gegen sie, als ihre Augen sie sahen, und sie sandte Boten zu ihnen nach Chaldäa.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
insanivit super eos concupiscentia oculorum suorum, et misit nuntios ad eos in Chaldæam.