Ezekiel 23:17

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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.

19 “Yet she multiplied her harlotry
In calling to remembrance the days of her youth,
^aWhen she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

20 For she lusted for her¹ paramours,
Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys,
And whose issue is like the issue of horses.

21 Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth,
When the ^aEgyptians pressed your bosom
Because of your youthful breasts.

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Ezekiel 23:17

After Josiah' s death and the usurpation of dominion by the Egyptians, the Babylonians were no doubt welcomed as friends II Kings 24:1. But the Jews were soon tired of their alliance and disgusted with their friends, and this led to the rebellion of Jehoiakim and the first captivity.

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