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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/23.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />have brought this on you, because you lusted after the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You brought all this on yourself by prostituting yourself to other nations, defiling yourself with all their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />have brought this upon you, because you played the whore with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I will do these <i>things</i> unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, <i>and</i> because thou art polluted with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I will do these <i>things</i> to you because you have gone as a harlot after the Gentiles, because you have become defiled by their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />These things will be done to you because you have adulterously pursued the nations, because you have defiled yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216These things will be done to you because you have played the harlot with the nations, because you have defiled yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘These things will be done to you because you have played the harlot with the nations, because you have defiled yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />These things will be done to you because you have played the harlot with the nations, because you have defiled yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />These things will be done to you because you have prostituted yourself with the [Gentile] nations, because you have defiled yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These things will be done to you because you acted like a prostitute with the nations, defiling yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These things will be done to you because you acted like a prostitute with the nations, defiling yourself with their idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast played the harlot after the nations, and because thou art polluted with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />have led to this. You were the one determined to have sex with men from other nations and to worship their idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Your sinning and your prostitution have done this to you, because you lusted after the nations and dishonored yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />have brought this on you. You were a prostitute for the nations and defiled yourself with their idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />These things will happen to you because of your sexual immorality that was patterned after what the nations do. You've been defiled by their idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will do these things to you because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />These things shall be done to you, because you have played the prostitute after the nations, and because you are polluted with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I will do these things to thee, because thou hast gone astray after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />These things will be done to you because you have played the prostitute after the nations, and because you are polluted with their idols. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />To do these things to you, "" In your going whoring after nations, "" Because you have been defiled with their idols,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> To do these things to thee, In thy going a-whoring after nations, Because thou hast been defiled with their idols,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Doing these to thee for thy fornications after the nations, because thou wert defiled with their blocks.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They have done these things to thee, because thou hast played the harlot with the nations among which thou wast defiled with their idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />They have done these things to you, because you have fornicated after the Gentiles, among whom you were defiled by their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />brought these things upon you because you served as a prostitute for the nations, defiling yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />have brought this upon you, because you played the whore with the nations, and polluted yourself with their idols.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />These things were done to you because of your whoredom, for you have played the harlot with the Gentiles and polluted yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And in your prostitution these things have been done to you, for you went whoring after the Gentiles, and you are defiled with their idols<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast gone astray after the nations, and because thou art polluted with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />brought this upon thee, in that thou wentest a-whoring after the nations, and didst defile thyself with their devices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=6662" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Oholibah to Be Plagued</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">29</span>They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity <span class="reftext">30</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śōh (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">have brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these things</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">upon you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: biz·nō·w·ṯêḵ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 2fs) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">because you have prostituted yourself</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: ḡō·w·yim (N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: niṭ·mêṯ (V-Nifal-Perf-2fs) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">and defiled yourself</a> <a href="/hebrew/1544.htm" title="1544: bə·ḡil·lū·lê·hem (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- An idol. Or gillul; from galal; properly, a log; by implication, an idol.">with their idols.</a> </span><span class="reftext">31</span>Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6-10</a></span><br />Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. / I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. / She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-2.htm">Hosea 2:2-5</a></span><br />Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts. / Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. / I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-5</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20-25</a></span><br />“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute. / I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine? / Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-14</a></span><br />My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. / I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3</a></span><br />All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-3.htm">Isaiah 57:3-8</a></span><br />“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! / Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit, / who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27</a></span><br />Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Hosea 9:1</a></span><br />Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-18</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Jeremiah 5:7-9</a></span><br />“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes. / They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife. / Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/1-2.htm">Hosea 1:2</a></span><br />When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Revelation 19:2</a></span><br />For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a></span><br />See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I will do these things to you, because you have gone a whoring after the heathen, and because you are polluted with their idols.</p><p class="hdg">thou hast</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/23-12.htm">Ezekiel 23:12-21</a></b></br> She doted upon the Assyrians <i>her</i> neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Ezekiel 6:9</a></b></br> And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-35.htm">Psalm 106:35-38</a></b></br> But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works… </p><p class="hdg">because thou art</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/23-7.htm">Ezekiel 23:7,17</a></b></br> Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them <i>that were</i> the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/20-30.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-19.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-19.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-16.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-7.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Images</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-20.htm">Lusted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-16.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-19.htm">Played</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-19.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-16.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-5.htm">Untrue</a> <a href="/psalms/106-39.htm">Whoring</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-43.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Images</a> <a href="/revelation/18-14.htm">Lusted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Played</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-43.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-40.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Untrue</a> <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Whoring</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-1.htm">The unfaithfulness of Aholah and Aholibah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-23.htm">Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both</a></span><br><span class="reftext">45. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">and shows their judgments</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Ezekiel, God is speaking through the prophet to the people of Israel, specifically addressing the consequences of their actions. The "things" refer to the calamities and punishments that have befallen them, which are a direct result of their disobedience. This reflects the covenantal relationship between God and Israel, where blessings and curses were contingent upon their faithfulness (Deuteronomy 28). The historical context is the Babylonian exile, a period of great suffering for the Israelites, seen as a direct consequence of their unfaithfulness.<p><b>because you have prostituted yourself with the nations</b><br>The imagery of prostitution is used metaphorically to describe Israel's unfaithfulness to God. In the ancient Near Eastern context, idolatry and alliances with pagan nations were often depicted as acts of spiritual adultery. Israel was called to be a holy nation, set apart for God (<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>), but instead, they sought alliances and adopted the practices of surrounding nations, which led them away from their covenant with God. This phrase underscores the seriousness of their spiritual infidelity, drawing parallels to the unfaithfulness of a spouse.<p><b>and defiled yourself with their idols</b><br>Idolatry is a central theme in the prophetic literature, and it is seen as a primary reason for Israel's downfall. The worship of idols was strictly forbidden (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a>), yet Israel repeatedly fell into this sin. The defilement mentioned here is both spiritual and moral, as idol worship often involved practices that were abhorrent to God, including child sacrifice and ritual prostitution. This phrase highlights the depth of Israel's apostasy and the resulting impurity that separated them from God. Theologically, it points to the need for repentance and purification, themes that are fulfilled in the New Testament through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, who cleanses believers from all unrighteousness (1 <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the exiles in Babylon. He is known for his vivid visions and symbolic actions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/o/oholah_and_oholibah.htm">Oholah and Oholibah</a></b><br>Symbolic names for Samaria and Jerusalem, representing the Northern and Southern Kingdoms of Israel, respectively. They are depicted as sisters who engage in idolatry and unfaithfulness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the surrounding pagan nations with whom Israel and Judah formed alliances and adopted idolatrous practices.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/idols.htm">Idols</a></b><br>Objects of worship that the Israelites adopted from other nations, leading them away from the worship of Yahweh.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The consequence of Israel's unfaithfulness, as prophesied by Ezekiel, resulting in their downfall and exile.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adultery.htm">Spiritual Adultery</a></b><br>Just as Israel was unfaithful to God by turning to idols, believers today must guard against anything that takes the place of God in their hearts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The passage highlights that sin, particularly idolatry, leads to judgment and separation from God. Believers are called to repentance and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god.htm">Faithfulness to God</a></b><br>The call to remain faithful to God is timeless. Believers are encouraged to examine their lives for any form of idolatry or unfaithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_influence.htm">Cultural Influence</a></b><br>The influence of surrounding cultures led Israel astray. Christians are reminded to be in the world but not of it, maintaining their distinctiveness as God's people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Despite the harsh judgment, God's desire is for His people to return to Him. Repentance leads to restoration and renewed relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_evidence_of_ezekiel_30's_events.htm">If Ezekiel 30 as a whole is taken literally, why do we not see conclusive archeological or historical confirmation of these catastrophic outcomes across Egypt and the surrounding nations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god_both_merciful_and_vengeful.htm">What explains the apparent inconsistency between God's merciful nature elsewhere and the violent retribution depicted in Ezekiel 23:22-27?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_egypt's_idol_destruction.htm">According to Ezekiel 30:13, idols in Egypt would be destroyed and images removed; where is the evidence for this large-scale religious purging in Egyptian history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_non-biblical_sources_support_ezekiel_23.htm">Do any ancient sources outside the Bible corroborate the nations' interventions described in Ezekiel 23, or is the account solely a theological narrative?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">have brought</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשֹׂ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these things</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֖לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon you,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(lāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">because you have prostituted yourself</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּזְנוֹתֵךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(biz·nō·w·ṯêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> </span><span class="str2">To commit adultery, to commit idolatry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">גוֹיִ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḡō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and defiled yourself</span><br /><span class="heb">נִטְמֵ֖את</span> <span class="translit">(niṭ·mêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with their idols.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּגִלּוּלֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḡil·lū·lê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1544.htm">Strong's 1544: </a> </span><span class="str2">A log, an idol</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Ezekiel 23:30 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Ezekiel 23:30 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Ezekiel 23:30 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Ezekiel 23:30 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Ezekiel 23:30 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Ezekiel 23:30 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Ezekiel 23:30 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Ezekiel 23:30 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Ezekiel 23:30 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Ezekiel 23:30 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/23-30.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 23:30 These things shall be done to you (Ezek. 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