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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 />&#8220Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians, For whom she lusted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, to the Assyrians, after whom she lusted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Therefore, I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Therefore, I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore, I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, I placed her in the hand of her lovers (allies), into the hand of the Assyrians whom she adored.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians she lusted for.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians she lusted for. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So I gave Oholah to the Assyrian lovers she wanted so badly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"That is why I handed her over to her lovers, to the Assyrians whom she lusted after.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers whom she wanted so much. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore, I turned her over to the control of her lovers, that is, into the control of the Assyrians for whom she lusted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians on whom she doted. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore I have given her into the hand of her lovers, "" Into the hand of sons of Asshur on whom she lusted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Therefore I have given her into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of sons of Asshur on whom she doted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this I delivered her into the hand of those loving her, into the hand of the sons of Assur whom she desired after them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore have I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the sons of the Assyrians, upon whose lust she doted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Because of this, I have delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the sons of the Assur, whom she has lustfully desired.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, to the Assyrians for whom she lusted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I have delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this, behold, I have handed her over into the hands of her lovers, into the hand of the sons of Assyria, for she was sexually joined to them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the children of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/23-9.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=6415" 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">The Adultery of Oholah and Oholibah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nə·ṯat·tî·hā (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 3fs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I delivered her</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">into the hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: mə·’a·hă·ḇe·hā (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3fs) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">of her lovers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Assyrians</a> <a href="/hebrew/804.htm" title="804: ’aš·šūr (N-proper-fs) -- Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them, its region and its empire."></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.">for whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/5689.htm" title="5689: ‘ā·ḡə·ḇāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To have inordinate affection, lust. A primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. To love.">she lusted.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgment against her.…<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="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5</a></span><br />For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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="/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18-20</a></span><br />So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained, / and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced. / So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.<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="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6-7</a></span><br />In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. / 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<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3-4</a></span><br />I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled. / Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.<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="/2_kings/18-11.htm">2 Kings 18:11-12</a></span><br />The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. / This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.<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/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-2</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.”<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="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a></span><br />You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-15.htm">1 Corinthians 6:15-16</a></span><br />Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! / Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20-22</a></span><br />But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. / Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Why I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/15-29.htm">2 Kings 15:29</a></b></br> In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-3.htm">2 Kings 17:3-6,23</a></b></br> Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/18-9.htm">2 Kings 18:9-12</a></b></br> And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which <i>was</i> the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, <i>that</i> Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-28.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-7.htm">Assyrians</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-19.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-7.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-12.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-8.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-7.htm">Doted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-27.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-14.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-7.htm">Handed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-14.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-5.htm">Lovers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-7.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/23-12.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-12.htm">Assyrians</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-10.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-12.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-11.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-12.htm">Doted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-25.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-25.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-11.htm">Handed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-28.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Lovers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-6.htm">Wherefore</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/23.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/23.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers</b><br>This phrase indicates a divine judgment where God allows the consequences of Israel's actions to unfold. The "lovers" refer to the foreign nations with whom Israel formed alliances, contrary to God's commands. This reflects the biblical principle of reaping what one sows (<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a>). The imagery of "lovers" is used metaphorically to describe Israel's unfaithfulness to God, akin to adultery, a common prophetic theme (<a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5-7</a>). The use of "delivered" suggests God's sovereign control over the nations and His role in orchestrating events as a form of discipline.<p><b>the Assyrians for whom she lusted</b><br>The Assyrians were a dominant empire during the time of Ezekiel, known for their military prowess and cultural influence. Israel's political and military alliances with Assyria were motivated by a desire for security and prosperity, reflecting a lack of trust in God's protection. This lust for Assyrian power and culture is symbolic of Israel's spiritual adultery, as they sought after foreign gods and customs (<a href="/2_kings/16-7.htm">2 Kings 16:7-9</a>). Historically, the Assyrians were known for their brutal conquests, and their eventual domination over Israel was both a literal and figurative consequence of Israel's infidelity. This serves as a warning against the dangers of compromising faith for worldly alliances.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <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. Oholah (Samaria) is the focus in this verse.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyrians.htm">Assyrians</a></b><br>A powerful empire known for its military might and cruelty, which God used as an instrument of judgment against Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The act of God delivering Oholah into the hands of her lovers signifies His judgment due to her unfaithfulness and idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adultery.htm">Spiritual Adultery</a></b><br>Just as Oholah lusted after the Assyrians, believers must guard against spiritual adultery by remaining faithful to God and avoiding idolatry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>This passage serves as a sobering reminder that sin has consequences, and God's judgment is a reality for persistent unfaithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even in judgment, God is sovereign, using nations like Assyria to accomplish His purposes. Believers can trust in God's ultimate plan and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The account of Oholah is a call to repentance, urging believers to turn away from sin and return to a faithful relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_relationships.htm">Faithfulness in Relationships</a></b><br>The imagery of unfaithfulness in marriage can be applied to human relationships, emphasizing the importance of fidelity and trust.<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_is_isaiah_17_unfulfilled.htm">Why does Isaiah 17's prophecy appear unfulfilled when compared to other passages predicting judgments on Israel's neighbors that were historically verified?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_ezekiel_23's_imagery_reconciled.htm">How can the graphic sexual imagery in Ezekiel 23:3 and 20 be reconciled with the holiness and purity usually attributed to Scripture?</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/how_does_isaiah_45_9_relate_to_free_will.htm">How does Isaiah 45:9's analogy of the clay questioning the potter align with human free will and responsibility for evil?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/23-9.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">Therefore</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֵ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I handed her over to</span><br /><span class="heb">נְתַתִּ֖יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ṯat·tî·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her lovers,</span><br /><span class="heb">מְאַֽהֲבֶ֑יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·’a·hă·ḇe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have affection f</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Assyrians</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for whom</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she lusted.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָגְבָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·ḡə·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5689.htm">Strong's 5689: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have inordinate affection, lust</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/23-9.htm">Ezekiel 23:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23-9.htm">Ezekiel 23:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23-9.htm">Ezekiel 23:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23-9.htm">Ezekiel 23:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23-9.htm">Ezekiel 23:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/23-9.htm">Ezekiel 23:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/23-9.htm">Ezekiel 23:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/23-9.htm">Ezekiel 23:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/23-9.htm">Ezekiel 23:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/23-9.htm">Ezekiel 23:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/23-9.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 23:9 Therefore I delivered her into the hand (Ezek. 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