Ezekiel 23:43
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then I said of her who had grown old in adulteries: ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is!’”
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“Then I said of her who had grown old in adulteries: ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is!’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then said I of her that was old in adulteries, Now will they play the harlot with her, and she with them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And I say of the worn-out one in adulteries, Now they commit her whoredoms--she also!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 23:43 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezra 9:7From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
- Psalms 106:6We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
- Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.
- Ezekiel 23:3and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.
- Daniel 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
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