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Ezekiel 23:42-44
New English Translation
Ezekiel 23:42-44
New English Translation
42 The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her,[a] including all kinds of men;[b] even Sabeans[c] were brought from the desert. The sisters[d] 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[e] the way someone sleeps with a prostitute. In this way they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women.
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- Ezekiel 23:42 tn Heb “(was) in her.”
- Ezekiel 23:42 tn Heb “and men from the multitude of mankind.”
- Ezekiel 23:42 tn An alternate reading is “drunkards.” Sheba is located in the area of modern day Yemen.
- Ezekiel 23:42 tn Heb “they”; the referents (the sisters) have been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.
- Ezekiel 23:44 tn Heb “approached.” The verb בּוֹא (boʾ) with the preposition אֶל (ʾel) means “come to” or “approach” but is also used as a euphemism for sexual relations.
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