Ezekiel 23:14 “But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men po…”

Ezekiel 23:14

But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,

World English Bible

“She increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with red,

American Standard Version

And she increased her whoredoms; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

Geneva Bible 1599

And that she encreased her fornications: for when she sawe men painted vpon the wall, the images of the Caldeans painted with vermelon,

Darby Translation

And she increased her fornications; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

Young's Literal Translation

And she doth add unto her whoredoms, And she seeth graved men on the wall, Pictures of Chaldeans, graved with red lead,

Bible in Basic English

And her loose behaviour became worse; for she saw men pictured on a wall, pictures of the Chaldaeans painted in bright red,

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Cross references

“pourtrayed”

Ezekiel 8:10 Isaiah 46:1 Jeremiah 50:2

Ezekiel 8:10 · BSB

So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel.

Isaiah 46:1 · BSB

Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.

Jeremiah 50:2 · BSB

“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pi…

“vermilion”

Jeremiah 22:14

Jeremiah 22:14 · BSB

who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.

Also

Ezekiel 16:29

Ezekiel 16:29 · BSB

So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13And I saw that she too had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.

15wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.

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