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17 And so the Babylonians[a] 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[b] I turned from her sister. 19 Yet[c] she increased her whorings, recalling[d] the days of her childhood when she was prostituted[e] in the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:17 Literally “sons of Babylon”
  2. Ezekiel 23:18 Literally “as that”
  3. Ezekiel 23:19 Or “And”
  4. Ezekiel 23:19 Or “remembering”
  5. Ezekiel 23:19 Or “prostituted herself

17 Then the Babylonians(A) came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. After she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.(B) 18 When she carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her naked body,(C) I turned away(D) from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.(E) 19 Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt.

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