Ezekiel 23:21

21 She longed for the sexual prowess of her youth back in Egypt, where her firm young breasts were caressed and fondled

Ezekiel 23:21 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 23:21

Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth,
&c.] By committing the same; the same idolatries their fathers committed in Egypt they now committed, being in alliance with the same people: or, thou causest to be visited the lewdness of thy youth
^F1; by the Lord, who remembered their sins, and punished them for them: in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth:
committing spiritual fornication, that is, idolatry with them; signified by pressing and bruising the breasts and paps of virgins, by corporeal fornication with them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (Kyrwen tmz ta ydqptw) "et visitasti scelus adolescestiae, vel pueritiae tuae", Piscator, Starckius; i.e. "visitari fecisti a Deo", a Lapide.

Ezekiel 23:21 In-Context

19 But that didn't slow her down. She went at her whoring harder than ever. She remembered when she was young, just starting out as a whore in Egypt

20 That whetted her appetite for more virile, vulgar, and violent lovers - stallions obsessive in their lust.

21 She longed for the sexual prowess of her youth back in Egypt, where her firm young breasts were caressed and fondled

22 "'Therefore, Oholibah, this is the Message from God, the Master: I will incite your old lovers against you, lovers you got tired of and left in disgust. I'll bring them against you from every direction,

23 Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all Assyrians - good-looking young men, ambassadors and governors, elite officers and celebrities - all of them mounted on fine, spirited horses.