Ezekiel 23:19

What does Ezekiel 23:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 23:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, remembering the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, remembering the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But still she went on the more with her loose behaviour, keeping in mind the early days when she had been a loose woman in the land of Egypt.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And she multiplieth her whoredoms, To remember the days of her youth, When she went a-whoring in the land of Egypt.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For she multiplied her fornications, remembering the days of her youth, in which she played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she played the harlot in the land of Egypt;

Context

v.18So she uncovered her whoredoms, and uncovered her nakedness: then my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.

v.19This passage

v.20And she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 23:3

    and they played the harlot in Egypt; they played the harlot in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.

  • Ezekiel 20:7

    And I said unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God.

  • Ezekiel 23:8

    Neither hath she left her whoredoms since the days of Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity; and they poured out their whoredom upon her.

  • Ezekiel 16:25

    Thou hast built thy lofty place at the head of every way, and hast made thy beauty an abomination, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredom.

  • Ezekiel 16:29

    Thou hast moreover multiplied thy whoredom unto the land of traffic, unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

  • Ezekiel 23:14

    And she increased her whoredoms; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

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