Ezekiel 23:16
When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
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- Ezek 16:29 : 29 Then you multiplied your promiscuity to the land of merchants, Babylonia, but you were not satisfied there either.
- Matt 5:28 : 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!
- Ezek 23:40-41 : 40 “They even sent for men from far away; when the messenger arrived, those men set out. For them you bathed, painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with jewelry. 41 You sat on a magnificent couch, with a table arranged in front of it where you placed my incense and my olive oil.
- Gen 3:6 : 6 When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
- Gen 6:2 : 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.
- Gen 39:7 : 7 Soon after these things, his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said,“Come to bed with me.”
- 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.
- 2 Kgs 24:1 : 1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him.
- Job 31:1 : 1 Job Vindicates Himself“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?
- Ps 119:37 : 37 Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word!
- Prov 6:25 : 25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;
- Prov 23:33 : 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.
- Ezek 16:17 : 17 You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution with them.
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- Ezek 23:17-237 verses85%
17 The Babylonians crawled into bed with her. They defiled her with their lust; after she was defiled by them, she became disgusted with them.
18 When she lustfully exposed her nakedness, I was disgusted with her, just as I had been disgusted with her sister.
19 Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt.
20 She lusted after her lovers there, whose genitals were like those of donkeys, and whose emission was like that of stallions.
21 This is how you assessed the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled your nipples and squeezed your young breasts.
22 “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look here, I am about to stir up against you the lovers with whom you were disgusted; I will bring them against you from every side:
23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, all of them governors and officials, officers and nobles, all of them riding on horses.
- Ezek 23:5-1511 verses80%
5 “Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians– warriors
6 clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
7 She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired– with all their idols.
8 She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt; for in her youth men went to bed with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her.
9 Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.
10 They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious among women, and they executed judgments against her.
11 “Her sister Oholibah watched this, but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister.
12 She lusted after the Assyrians– governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.
13 I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path.
14 But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red,
15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians whose native land is Chaldea.
- Ezek 23:40-445 verses74%
40 “They even sent for men from far away; when the messenger arrived, those men set out. For them you bathed, painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with jewelry.
41 You sat on a magnificent couch, with a table arranged in front of it where you placed my incense and my olive oil.
42 The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, including all kinds of men; even Sabeans were brought from the desert. The sisters put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.
43 Then I said about the one worn out by adultery,‘Now they will commit immoral acts with her.’
44 They slept with her the way someone sleeps with a prostitute. In this way they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women.
- Jer 3:7-93 verses70%
7 Yet even after she had done all that, I thought that she might come back to me. But she did not. Her sister, unfaithful Judah, saw what she did.
8 She also saw that, because of wayward Israel’s adulterous worship of other gods, I sent her away and gave her divorce papers. But still her unfaithful sister Judah was not afraid, and she too went and gave herself like a prostitute to other gods.
9 Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone.
- Ezek 16:28-292 verses70%
28 You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians because your desires were insatiable; you prostituted yourself with them and yet you were still not satisfied.
29 Then you multiplied your promiscuity to the land of merchants, Babylonia, but you were not satisfied there either.
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15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
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3 They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers fondled their virgin nipples there.
- Ezek 16:15-173 verses69%
15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty became his.
16 You took some of your clothing and made for yourself decorated high places; you engaged in prostitution on them. You went to him to become his.
17 You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution with them.
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10 Yet she went into captivity as an exile; even her infants were smashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her nobility; all her dignitaries were bound with chains.
- Hos 2:7-82 verses69%
7 Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch them; she will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say,“I will go back to my husband, because I was better off then than I am now.”
8 Agricultural Fertility Withdrawn from Israel Yet until now she has refused to acknowledge that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and that it was I who lavished on her the silver and gold– which they used in worshiping Baal!
- Esth 2:13-142 verses69%
13 the woman would go to the king in the following way: Whatever she asked for would be provided for her to take with her from the harem to the royal palace.
14 In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to a separate part of the harem, to the authority of Shaashgaz the king’s eunuch who was overseeing the concubines. She would not go back to the king unless the king was pleased with her and she was requested by name.
- Ezek 16:36-372 verses69%
36 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered in your prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children you have given to them,
37 therefore, take note: I am about to gather all your lovers whom you enjoyed, both all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will expose your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness.
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13 “I will punish her for the festival days when she burned incense to the Baal idols; she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but she forgot me!” says the LORD.
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30 I will do these things to you because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols.
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21 She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.
- Ezek 16:32-332 verses68%
32 “‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!
33 All prostitutes receive payment, but instead you give gifts to every one of your lovers. You bribe them to come to you from all around for your sexual favors!
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5 For their mother has committed adultery; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said,“I will seek out my lovers; they are the ones who give me my bread and my water, my wool, my flax, my olive oil, and my wine.
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2 “Look up at the hilltops and consider this. Where have you not been ravished? You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the wilderness. You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods.
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13 So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,
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20 She quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.
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26 You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, multiplying your promiscuity and provoking me to anger.