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Ezekiel 23:14

And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,

KJV

Et auxit fornicationes suas : cumque vidisset viros depictos in pariete, imagines Chaldæorum expressas coloribus,

Vulgate

καὶ προσέθετο πρὸς τὴν πορνείαν αὐτῆς, καὶ ἴδεν ἄνδρας ἐζωγραφημένους ἐπὶ τοῦ τοίχου, εἰκόνας Χαλδαίων, ἐζωγραφημένους ἐν γραφίδι,

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/תּ֖וֹסֶף אֶל תַּזְנוּתֶ֑י/הָ וַ/תֵּ֗רֶא אַנְשֵׁי֙ מְחֻקֶּ֣ה עַל הַ/קִּ֔יר צַלְמֵ֣י כשדיים כַשְׂדִּ֔ים חֲקֻקִ֖ים בַּ/שָּׁשַֽׁר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
ךְ
k
pronoun · 22×
כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים
kshdym
noun · 82×
מְחֹקֵ֖ק
mchqq
verb · 19×
מְּחֻקֶּֽה
mchqh
verb · 4×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צַלְמֵ֣י
tslmy
noun · 17×
קִּ֑יר
qyr
noun · 74×
שָּׁשַֽׁר
shshr
noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 6:9 — And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes,
  • Ezek 8:10 — So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
  • Ezek 16:17 — Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,
  • Jer 22:14 — That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
  • Nah 2:3 — The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.