41 and you sat on a splendid (A)couch with a (B)table arranged before it on which you had set My (C)incense and My (D)oil. 42 The sound of a [a](E)carefree multitude was with her; and (F)drunkards were brought from the wilderness with men of the [b]common sort. And they put (G)bracelets on [c]the hands of the women and beautiful crowns on their heads.

43 “Then I said concerning her who was (H)worn out by adulteries, ‘[d]Will they now commit adultery with her when she is thus?’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:42 Lit at ease
  2. Ezekiel 23:42 Lit multitude of mankind
  3. Ezekiel 23:42 Lit their hands
  4. Ezekiel 23:43 Or Now they will commit adultery with her, and she with them

41 You sat on an elegant couch,(A) with a table(B) spread before it on which you had placed the incense(C) and olive oil that belonged to me.(D)

42 “The noise of a carefree(E) crowd was around her; drunkards(F) were brought from the desert along with men from the rabble, and they put bracelets(G) on the wrists of the woman and her sister and beautiful crowns on their heads.(H) 43 Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute,(I) for that is all she is.’

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