Ezekiel 23:16

16 And she lusted for them {when her eyes saw them}, and she sent messengers to them [at] Chaldea.

Ezekiel 23:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 23:16

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon
them
As lustful women, on the sight of the pictures of men, fall in love with them, and are mad after them; such a vehement desire after the idols of the Chaldeans prevailed, upon seeing their images: and sent messengers unto them in Chaldea;
to make alliances with the Chaldeans, and to have their idols, and worship them.

Ezekiel 23:16 In-Context

14 And she increased her whorings, and she saw men carved on the wall, images of Chaldeans carved in red

15 belted with a belt at their waist with turbans on their heads, all of them [giving] [the] appearance of adjutants, the image of the {Babylonians}; Chaldea [was] the land of their birth.

16 And she lusted for them {when her eyes saw them}, and she sent messengers to them [at] Chaldea.

17 And so the {Babylonians} came to her [for the] bed of lovemaking; and they defiled her with their fornication, and she was defiled by them, and she turned from them.

18 And she revealed her whorings, and she revealed her nakedness, and so I turned from her {just as} I turned from her sister.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "at the sight of her eyes"