Ezekiel 23:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 23:13

The Younger Sister, Jerusalem

11 “Now ^aalthough her sister Oholibah saw this, ^bshe became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister’s harlotry.

12 “She lusted for the neighboring ^aAssyrians,
^bCaptains and rulers,
Clothed most gorgeously,
Horsemen riding on horses,
All of them desirable young men.

13 Then I saw that she was defiled;
Both took the same way.

14 But she increased her harlotry;
She looked at men portrayed on the wall,
Images of ^aChaldeans portrayed in vermilion,

15 Girded with belts around their waists,
Flowing turbans on their heads,
All of them looking like captains,
In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea,
The land of their nativity.

16 ^aAs soon as her eyes saw them,
She lusted for them
And sent ^bmessengers to them in Chaldea.

17 “Then the¹ Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love,
And they defiled her with their immorality;
So she was defiled by them, ^aand alienated herself from them.

18 She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her nakedness.
Then ^aI ^balienated Myself from her,
As I had alienated Myself from her sister.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 23:13

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American Standard Version
And I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.

Amplified® Bible
And I saw that she was defiled, that both [of the sisters] took one way.

Contemporary English Version
Just like her sister, she did vulgar things.

Darby English Version
And I saw that she was defiled: both took one way.

Good News Bible
I saw that she was completely immoral, that the second sister was as bad as the first.

King James Version
Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,

New American Standard Bible
"I saw that she had defiled herself; they both took the same way.

New International Version
I saw that she too defiled herself; both of them went the same way.

New King James Version
Then I saw that she was defiled;
Both took the same way.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"I saw that she had defiled herself; they both took the same way.

Revised Standard Version
And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way.

Young's Literal Translation
And I see that she hath been defiled, One way `is' to them both.

New English Translation
I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path.

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