Ezekiel 23 · Verse 9

Ezekiel 23:9

Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
Ezekiel 23:9, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:9 in other translations

BSBTherefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.
WEB“Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians on whom she doted.
ASVWherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
YLTTherefore I have given her into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of sons of Asshur on whom she doted.
DARBYTherefore I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the children of Asshur, after whom she lusted.
BBEFor this cause I gave her up into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians on whom her desire was fixed.
WebsterWherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

What does Ezekiel 23:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. God, in righteous retribution, turned their objects of trust into the instruments of their punishment: Pul, Tiglath-pileser, Esar-haddon, and Shalmaneser (2Ki 15:19, 29; 17:3, 6, 24; Ezr 4:2, 10). "It was their sin to have sought after such lovers, and it was to be their punishment that these lovers should become their destroyers" [Fairbairn].

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Ezekiel 23:9 in the original Hebrew

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לָכֵ֥ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
נְתַתִּ֖יהָne.ta.Ti.haI gave herH5414
בְּיַד\־be.yad-in [the] hand ofH3027
מְאַֽהֲבֶ֑יהָme.'a.ha.Vei.halovers herH157
בְּיַד֙be.Yadin [the] hand ofH3027
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
אַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhomH834
עָגְבָ֖ה'a.ge.Vahshe had lustedH5689
עֲלֵיהֶֽם\׃'a.lei.Hemon themH5921

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Cross references for Ezekiel 23:9

  • Hosea 11:5

    He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

  • 2 Kings 17:23

    Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

  • 2 Kings 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

  • 2 Kings 18:9-12

    And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.

  • 1 Chronicles 5:26

    And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

  • 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.

  • Revelation 17:12-13

    And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

  • 2 Kings 17:3-6

    Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 15:29; 17:3-6,23; 18:9-12; 1Ch 5:26; Ho 11:5; Re 17:12,13,16

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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 23:9

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

  • Ezekiel 23:10

    These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

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Ezekiel 23:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por lo cual la entregué en mano de sus amantes, en mano de los hijos de los Asirios, de quienes se había enamorado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi je la livrai en la main de ses amants, en la main des fils d’Assur pour lesquels elle s’était passionnée.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Darum habe ich sie in die Hand ihrer Buhlen gegeben, in die Hand der Söhne Assurs, gegen welche sie entbrannt war.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Propterea tradidi eam in manus amatorum suorum, in manus filiorum Assur, super quorum insanivit libidine.