Ezekiel 23 · Verse 43

Ezekiel 23:43

Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?
Ezekiel 23:43, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:43 in other translations

BSBThen I said of her who had grown old in adulteries: ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is!’
WEBThen I said of her who was old in adulteries, ‘Now they will play the prostitute with her, and she with them.’
ASVThen said I of her that was old in adulteries, Now will they play the harlot with her, and she with them.
YLTAnd I say of the worn-out one in adulteries, Now they commit her whoredoms--she also!
DARBYAnd I said of her that was old in adulteries, Will she now commit her fornications, even she.
BBEThen I said... now she will go on with her loose ways.
WebsterThen said I to her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit lewd deeds with her, and she with them?

What does Ezekiel 23:43 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 23:36-44

36-44. A summing up of the sins of the two sisters, especially those of Judah. wilt thou judge--Wilt thou (not) judge (see on Eze 20:4)?

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Ezekiel 23:43 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וָאֹמַ֕רva.'o.Marand I saidH559
לַבָּלָ֖הla.ba.Lahof the [woman] worn outH1087
נִֽאוּפִ֑יםni.'u.FimadulteriesH5004
עַתָּ֛הa.tanowH6258
יִזְנ֥וּyiz.nuhthey will act as a prostitutesH2181
תַזְנוּתֶ֖הָtaz.nu.Te.haprostitution<s> herH8457
וָהִֽיא\׃va.Hi'and sheH1931

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 23:43

  • Psalms 106:6

    We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

  • Ezra 9:7

    Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

  • Jeremiah 13:23

    Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

  • Ezekiel 23:3

    And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

  • Daniel 9:16

    O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
old.
Ezr 9:7; Ps 106:6; Jer 13:23; Da 9:16
whoredoms with her. Heb. her whoredoms.

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Context

  • Ezekiel 23:42

    And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

  • Ezekiel 23:43

    Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?

  • Ezekiel 23:44

    Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.

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Ezekiel 23:43 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y dije á la envejecida en adulterios: Sus prostituciones cumplirán ellos ahora, y ella con ellos:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et j’ai dit de celle qui était usée par l’adultère: Maintenant commettra -t-elle ses prostitutions, elle aussi?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da sprach ich von der durch Ehebruch Entkräfteten: Wird sie, ja sie, jetzt noch ihre Hurereien treiben?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dixi ei, quæ attrita est in adulteriis: Nunc fornicabitur in fornicatione sua etiam hæc.