19 Yet she multiplied her obscene practices, remembering the days of her youth, when she prostituted herself in the land of Egypt. 20 She (A)lusted after their lovers, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose discharge is like the discharge of horses. 21 So you longed for the (B)outrageous sin of your youth, when [a]the Egyptians handled your breasts because of the breasts of your youth.

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  1. Ezekiel 23:21 As in two mss; MT from Egypt

19 Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. 20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. 21 So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled.[a](A)

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  1. Ezekiel 23:21 Syriac (see also verse 3); Hebrew caressed because of your young breasts