Ezekiel 23:19

19 Yet she increased her whorings, {recalling} the days of her childhood when she was prostituted in the land of Egypt

Ezekiel 23:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 23:19

Yet she multiplied her whoredoms
Though the Lord frowned upon the Jews in the times of Jehoiakim and Zedekiah, yet still they went on, and increased their alliances and idolatries with the Heathen nations: in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played
the harlot in the land of Egypt;
they called to mind with pleasure the idolatries of their fathers in Egypt, and committed the same themselves; they sent ambassadors to Egypt, in the times of Zedekiah, for help and assistance, and to enter into alliance with them, when they renewed among them the idolatries of that nation; see ( Ezekiel 17:15 ) .

Ezekiel 23:19 In-Context

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.

19 Yet she increased her whorings, {recalling} the days of her childhood when she was prostituted in the land of Egypt

20 And she lusted after her male lovers whose genitalia [were the] genitalia of male donkeys and [their] seminal emission [was the] seminal emission of horses.

21 And you longed [after] the obscene conduct of your youth when your bosom was caressed by Egypt, fondling your young breasts.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "And"
• [b] Or "remembering"
• [c] Or "prostituted [herself]"