Ezekiel 23 · Verse 22

Ezekiel 23:22

Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;
Ezekiel 23:22, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:22 in other translations

BSBTherefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side—
WEB“Therefore, Oholibah, the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom your soul is alienated, and I will bring them against you on every side:
ASVTherefore, O Oholibah, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy soul is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side:
YLTTherefore, O Aholibah, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am stirring up thy lovers against thee, From whom thy soul hath been alienated, And have brought them in against thee from round about.
DARBYTherefore, Oholibah, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy soul is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side.
BBEFor this cause, O Oholibah, this is what the Lord has said: See, I will make your lovers come up against you, even those from whom your soul is turned away in disgust; and I will make them come up against you on every side;
WebsterTherefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;

What does Ezekiel 23:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. lovers ... alienated--(Eze 23:17). Illicit love, soon or late, ends in open hatred (2Sa 13:15). The Babylonians, the objects formerly of their God-forgetting love, but now, with characteristic fickleness, objects of their hatred, shall be made by God the instruments of their punishment.

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

Ezekiel 23:22 in the original Hebrew

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לָכֵ֣ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
אָהֳלִיבָ֗ה'o.ho.li.VahO OholibahH172
כֹּֽה\־koh-thusH3541
אָמַר֮'a.Marhe saysH559
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִה֒Yah.wehYahwehH3069
הִנְנִ֨יhi.Nihere IH2005
מֵעִ֤ירme.'Ir[am] about to rouseH5782
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מְאַהֲבַ֙יִךְ֙me.'a.ha.Va.yikhlovers yourH157
עָלַ֔יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921
אֵ֛ת'et<obj.>H853
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-[those] whomH834
נָקְעָ֥הna.ke.'Ahit was alienatedH5361
נַפְשֵׁ֖ךְnaf.Shekhself yourH5315
מֵהֶ֑םme.Hemfrom them
וַהֲבֵאתִ֥יםva.ha.ve.Timand I will bring themH935
עָלַ֖יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921
מִסָּבִֽיב\׃mi.sa.Vivfrom round aboutH5439

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Cross references for Ezekiel 23:22

  • Ezekiel 16:37

    Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

  • Revelation 17:16

    And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

  • Isaiah 10:5-6

    O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

  • Jeremiah 6:22-23

    Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth. They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

  • Habakkuk 1:6-10

    For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs. They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. …

  • Isaiah 39:3-4

    Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon. Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

  • Ezekiel 23:28

    For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:

  • Jeremiah 12:9-12

    Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

  • Ezekiel 23:9

    Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

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I will raise.
9,28; 16:37; Isa 10:5,6; 39:3,4; Hab 1:6-10; Re 17:16
from.
17
and I.
Jer 6:22,23; 12:9-12

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Context

  • Ezekiel 23:21

    Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.

  • Ezekiel 23:22

    Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;

  • Ezekiel 23:23

    The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

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Ezekiel 23:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto, Aholibah, así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: He aquí que yo despierto tus amantes contra ti, de los cuales se hartó tu deseo, y yo les haré venir contra ti en derredor;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi, Oholiba! ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel: Voici, je réveille contre toi tes amants, desquels ton âme s’est détachée, et je les ferai venir contre toi de tous côtés:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Darum Oholiba, so spricht der Herr, Jehova: Siehe, ich erwecke wider dich deine Buhlen, von welchen deine Seele sich losgerissen hat, und lasse sie von ringsumher über dich kommen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Propterea, Ooliba, hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego suscitabo omnes amatores tuos contra te, de quibus satiata est anima tua, et congregabo eos adversum te in circuitu: