Ezekiel 23:16

16 When she saw them, she wanted to have sexual relations with them and sent messengers to them in Babylonia.

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 "But Jerusalem went even further. She saw carvings of Babylonian men on a wall. They wore re
15 and had belts around their waists and turbans on their heads. They all looked like chariot officers born in Babylonia.
16 When she saw them, she wanted to have sexual relations with them and sent messengers to them in Babylonia.
17 So these Babylonian men came and had sexual relations with her and made her unclean. After that, she became sick of them.
18 But she continued her prostitution so openly that everyone knew about it. And I finally became sick of her, as I had her sister.
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