Yehezkiel 23:14-17

23:14 But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red, ¹  23:15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians ²  whose native land is Chaldea. 23:16 When she saw them, ³  she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. ⁴  23:17 The Babylonians crawled into bed with her. ⁵  They defiled her with their lust; after she was defiled by them, she ⁶  became disgusted with them.

[23:14]  ¹ tn The only other occurrence of the Hebrew term is in Jer 22:14.

[23:15]  ² tn Heb “the sons of Babel.”

[23:16]  ³ tn Heb “at the appearance of her eyes.”

[23:16]  ⁴ sn The Chaldeans were prominent tribal groups of Babylonia. The imagery is reminiscent of events in the reigns of Hezekiah (2 Kgs 20:12-15) and Jehoiakim (2 Kgs 23:34-24:1).

[23:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “The sons of Babel came to her on a bed of love.”

[23:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “her soul.”