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15 Girded with ezor (belts) upon their waists, with flowing tevulim (turbans) upon their heads, all of them shalishim (ranking officers) to look to, after the demut (appearance) of those of Bnei Bavel Kasdim, their eretz moledet;

16 And as soon as she saw them with her eynayim, she lusted upon them, and sent malachim unto them into Chaldea.

17 And the Bnei Bavel came to her into the mishkav dodim (bed of love), and they made her tameh with their zenut (whoredom), and she was defiled by them, and her nefesh turned away from them in disgust.

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15 with belts(A) around their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like Babylonian chariot officers, natives of Chaldea.[a] 16 As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers(B) to them in Chaldea.(C) 17 Then the Babylonians(D) came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. After she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:15 Or Babylonia; also in verse 16