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Ezekiel 23:17

And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.

KJV

Cumque venissent ad eam filii Babylonis ad cubile mammarum, polluerunt eam stupris suis : et polluta est ab eis, et saturata est anima ejus ab illis.

Vulgate

καὶ ἤλθοσαν πρὸς αὐτὴν υἱοὶ Βαβυλῶνος, εἰς κοίτην καταλυόντων, καὶ ἐμίαινον αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ πορνείᾳ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐμιάνθη ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἀπέστη ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῆς ἀπ’ αὐτῶν.

LXX

And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹ֨אוּ אֵלֶ֤י/הָ בְנֵֽי בָבֶל֙ לְ/מִשְׁכַּ֣ב דֹּדִ֔ים וַ/יְטַמְּא֥וּ אוֹתָ֖/הּ בְּ/תַזְנוּתָ֑/ם וַ/תִּ֨טְמָא בָ֔/ם וַ/תֵּ֥קַע נַפְשָׁ֖/הּ מֵ/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
בָּבֶ֖ל
bbl
proper_noun · 262×
וֹ
v
noun · 45×
טָמֵ֥א
tm'
verb · 162×
י
y
noun · 60×
י
y
noun · 752×
ךְ
k
pronoun · 22×
ם֙
m
verb · 8×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 13:15 — Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
  • Ezek 23:22 — Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;
  • Ezek 23:28 — For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:
  • Ezek 23:28 — For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated: