Ezekiel 23:16

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Summary

Ezekiel 23:16

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

As soon as she saw them with her eyes

And sent

Ezekiel 23:40

Ezekiel 16:17

2 Peter 2:14

Bible References

As soon as she saw them with her eyes

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

Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.

After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked. Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, and then he turned and rebelled against him.

I have made a covenant with my eyes.
How then could I look at a young woman?

Turn my eyes
from looking at what is worthless;
give me life in Your ways.

Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.

Your eyes will see strange things,
and you will say absurd things.

But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

And sent

“In addition, they sent for men who came from far away when a messenger was dispatched to them. And look how they came! You bathed, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry for them.

You also took your beautiful jewelry made from the gold and silver I had given you, and you made male images so that you could engage in prostitution with them.

They have eyes full of adultery and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!