Ezekiel 23 · Verse 7

Ezekiel 23:7

Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
Ezekiel 23:7, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:7 in other translations

BSBShe offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.
WEBShe gave herself as a prostitute to them, all of them the choicest men of Assyria. She defiled herself with the idols of whomever she lusted after.
ASVAnd she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and on whomsoever she doted, with all their idols she defiled herself.
YLTAnd she giveth her whoredoms on them, The choice of the sons of Asshur, All of them--even all on whom she doted, By all their idols she hath been defiled.
DARBYAnd she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, all of them the choice of the children of Asshur; and with all after whom she lusted, with all their idols she defiled herself.
BBEAnd she gave her unclean love to them, all of them the noblest men of Assyria: and she made herself unclean with the images of all who were desired by her.
WebsterThus she committed her lewd deeds with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.

What does Ezekiel 23:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. all their idols--There was nothing that she refused to her lovers.

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

Ezekiel 23:7 in the original Hebrew

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וַתִּתֵּ֤ןva.ti.Tenand she gaveH5414
תַּזְנוּתֶ֙יהָ֙taz.nu.Tei.haprostitution<s> herH8457
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם'a.lei.Hemto themH5921
מִבְחַ֥רmiv.Char[were] [the] choicest ofH4005
בְּנֵֽי\־be.nei-[the] sons ofH1121
אַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804
כֻּלָּ֑םku.Lamall of themH3605
וּבְכֹ֧לu.ve.Kholand by allH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-[those] whomH834
עָֽגְבָ֛ה'a.ge.Vahshe lusted afterH5689
בְּכָל\־be.kholby allH3605
גִּלּוּלֵיהֶ֖םgi.lu.lei.Hemidols theirH1544
נִטְמָֽאָה\׃nit.Ma.'ahshe made herself uncleanH2930

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 23:7

  • Hosea 5:3

    I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

  • Hosea 6:10

    I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

  • Ezekiel 22:3-4

    Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself. Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.

  • Ezekiel 20:7

    Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • Genesis 10:22

    The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

  • Psalms 106:39

    Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

  • Ezekiel 16:15

    But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.

  • Ezekiel 23:30

    I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
committed her whoredoms with them. Heb. bestowed herwhoredoms upon them.
16:15
the chosen men of Assyria. Heb. the choice of the childrenof Asshur.
Ge 10:22
with all their.
30; 20:7; 22:3,4; Ps 106:39; Ho 5:3; 6:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 23:6

    Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

  • Ezekiel 23:7

    Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.

  • Ezekiel 23:8

    Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.

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Ezekiel 23:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y puso sus fornicaciones con ellos, con todos los más escogidos de los hijos de los Asirios, y con todos aquellos de quienes se enamoró: contaminóse con todos los ídolos de ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et elle se livra à ses prostitutions avec eux, tous l’élite des fils d’Assur; et, avec tous ceux pour lesquels elle se passionna, avec toutes leurs idoles, elle se rendit impure.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie richtete ihre Hurereien auf sie, die Auswahl der Söhne Assurs insgesamt; und mit allen, gegen welche sie entbrannte, mit allen deren Götzen verunreinigte sie sich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dedit fornicationes suas super eos electos, filios Assyriorum universos: et in omnibus in quos insanivit, in immunditiis eorum polluta est.