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Ezekiel 23:15-17
New English Translation
Ezekiel 23:15-17
New English Translation
15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians[a] whose native land is Chaldea. 16 When she saw them,[b] she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.[c] 17 The Babylonians crawled into bed with her.[d] They defiled her with their lust; after she was defiled by them, she[e] became disgusted with them.
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- Ezekiel 23:15 tn Heb “the sons of Babel.”
- Ezekiel 23:16 tn Heb “at the appearance of her eyes.”
- Ezekiel 23:16 sn The Chaldeans were prominent tribal groups of Babylonia. The imagery is reminiscent of events in the reigns of Hezekiah (2 Kgs 20:12-15) and Jehoiakim (2 Kgs 23:34-24:1).
- Ezekiel 23:17 tn Heb “The sons of Babel came to her on a bed of love.”
- Ezekiel 23:17 tn Heb “her soul.”
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