17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.

18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.

19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

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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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17 “Then the [a]Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love,
And they defiled her with their immorality;
So she was defiled by them, (A)and alienated herself from them.
18 She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her nakedness.
Then (B)I (C)alienated Myself from her,
As I had alienated Myself from her sister.

19 “Yet she multiplied her harlotry
In calling to remembrance the days of her youth,
(D)When she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:17 Lit. sons of Babel