Ezekiel 23 · Verse 18

Ezekiel 23:18

So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.
Ezekiel 23:18, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:18 in other translations

BSBWhen Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.
WEBSo she uncovered her prostitution and uncovered her nakedness. Then my soul was alienated from her, just like my soul was alienated from her sister.
ASVSo she uncovered her whoredoms, and uncovered her nakedness: then my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.
YLTAnd she revealeth her whoredoms, And she revealeth her nakedness, And alienated is My soul from off her, As alienated was My soul from off her sister.
DARBYAnd she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness; and my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.
BBESo her loose behaviour was clearly seen and her shame uncovered: then my soul was turned from her as it had been turned from her sister.
WebsterSo she disclosed her lewd deeds, and exposed her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, as my mind was alienated from her sister.

What does Ezekiel 23:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. my mind was alienated from her--literally, "was broken off from her." Just retribution for "her mind being alienated (broken off) from the Chaldeans" (Eze 23:17), to whom she had sworn fealty (Eze 17:12-19). "Discovered" implies the open shamelessness of her apostasy.

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Ezekiel 23:18 in the original Hebrew

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וַתְּגַל֙va.te.Galand she uncoveredH1540
תַּזְנוּתֶ֔יהָtaz.nu.Tei.haprostitution<s> herH8457
וַתְּגַ֖לva.te.Galand she uncoveredH1540
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֶרְוָתָ֑הּ'er.va.Tahnakedness herH6172
וַתֵּ֤קַעva.Te.ka'and it was alienatedH3363
נַפְשִׁי֙naf.Shiself myH5315
מֵֽעָלֶ֔יהָme.'a.Lei.hafrom <the> with herH5921
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
נָקְעָ֥הna.ke.'Ahit had been alienatedH5361
נַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.Shiself myH5315
מֵעַ֥לme.'Alfrom withH5921
אֲחוֹתָֽהּ\׃'a.cho.Tahsister herH269

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 23:18

  • Psalms 106:40

    Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

  • Jeremiah 12:8

    Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

  • Psalms 78:59

    When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

  • Jeremiah 6:8

    Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

  • Jeremiah 8:12

    Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 21:24

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

  • Amos 5:21

    I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

  • Jeremiah 15:1

    Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

  • Zechariah 11:8

    Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

  • Deuteronomy 32:19

    And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

  • Ezekiel 16:36

    Thus saith the Lord God; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;

  • Isaiah 3:9

    The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
discovered.
16:36; 21:24; Isa 3:9; Jer 8:12; Ho 7:1
then.
De 32:19; Ps 78:59; 106:40; Jer 6:8; 12:8; 15:1; La 2:7; Ho 2:2
Am 6:8; Zec 11:8

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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 23:18

    So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.

  • Ezekiel 23:19

    Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

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Ezekiel 23:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así hizo patentes sus fornicaciones, y descubrió sus vergüenzas: por lo cual mi alma se hartó de ella, como se había ya hartado mi alma de su hermana.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et elle découvrit ses prostitutions, et elle découvrit sa nudité; et mon âme se détacha d’elle, comme mon âme s’était détachée de sa sœur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als sie ihre Hurereien aufdeckte und ihre Blöße aufdeckte, da riß meine Seele sich von ihr los, so wie meine Seele sich von ihrer Schwester losgerissen hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Denudavit quoque fornicationes suas, et discooperuit ignominiam suam: et recessit anima mea ab ea, sicut recesserat anima mea a sorore ejus: