Ezekiel 23:16
Strong's Lexicon
At the sight
לְמַרְאֵ֣ה (lə·mar·’êh)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4758: 1) sight, appearance, vision 1a) sight, phenomenon, spectacle, appearance, vision 1b) what is seen 1c) a vision (supernatural) 1d) sight, vision (power of seeing)

עֵינֶ֑יהָ (‘ê·ne·hā)
Noun - cdc | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain

of them she lusted
(וַתַּעְגְּבָ֥ה) (wat·ta‘·gə·ḇāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5689: 1) (Qal) to have inordinate affection or lust 1a) lust (participle) 1b) paramours (participle as subst)

for them
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

and sent
וַתִּשְׁלַ֧ח (wat·tiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send

messengers
מַלְאָכִ֛ים (mal·’ā·ḵîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4397: 1) messenger, representative 1a) messenger 1b) angel 1c) the theophanic angel

to them
אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (’ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

in Chaldea.
כַּשְׂדִּֽימָה׃ (kaś·dî·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3778: Chaldea or Chaldeans = 'clod-breakers' n pr loc 1) a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf n pr m 2) the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris 3) those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

Young's Literal Translation
And she doteth on them at the sight of her eyes, And sendeth messengers to them, to Chaldea.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At the sight of them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

New American Standard Bible
"When she saw them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

King James Bible
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

New Living Translation
When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so she sent messengers to Babylonia to invite them to come to her.

English Standard Version
When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

New American Standard Bible
"When she saw them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At the sight of them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

International Standard Version
"She lusted after them when she saw them, so she sent messengers to summon them from Chaldea.

NET Bible
When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

American Standard Version
And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

English Revised Version
And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

Young's Literal Translation
And she doteth on them at the sight of her eyes, And sendeth messengers to them, to Chaldea.
















Cross References
Matthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Isaiah 57:9
And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.

Ezekiel 23:15
Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:

Ezekiel 23:20
For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 23:14
And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,

Ezekiel 23:13
Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,

Ezekiel 23:17
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.

Ezekiel 23:18
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.

Ezekiel 23:19
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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