Ezekiel 23:14

Easy To Read Version

“Oholibah continued to be unfaithful to me. In Babylon, she saw pictures of men carved on the walls. These were pictures of Chaldean {\cf2\super [184]} men wearing their red uniforms.

Cross References

Isaiah 46:1

Bel {\cf2\super [407]} and Nebo, {\cf2\super [408]} will bow down before me. \{Those false gods are only statues.\} Men put those statues on the backs of animals—those statues are only heavy burdens that must be carried. The false gods do nothing but make people tired.

Jeremiah 22:14

Jehoiakim says,\par ‘I will build a great palace for myself.\par I will have large upper rooms.’\par So he builds the house with large windows.\par He uses cedar word for paneling,\par and he paints it red.\par

Jeremiah 50:2

“Announce this to all nations!\par Lift up a flag and announce the message!\par Speak the whole message and say,\par ‘The nation of Babylon will be captured.\par The god Bel {\cf2\super [407]} will be put to shame.\par The god Marduk {\cf2\super [408]} will be very afraid.\par Babylon’s idols will be put to shame.\par Her idol gods will be filled with terror.’\par

Ezekiel 16:29

So you turned to Canaan, and then to Babylonia. And still you were not satisfied.

Ezekiel 23:13

I saw that both women were going to ruin their lives with the same mistakes.

Ezekiel 23:15

They wore belts around their waists and long turbans on their heads. All of those men looked like chariot {\cf2\super [185]} officers. They all looked like native born Babylonian men.

Ezekiel 23:23

I will bring all those men from Babylon, especially the Chaldeans. I will bring the men from Pekod, Shoa, and Koa. And I will bring all those men from Assyria. So I will bring all those leaders and officers. They were all desirable young men, chariot {\cf2\super [188]} officers and hand-picked soldiers riding their horses.

Ezekiel 8:10

So I went in and looked. I saw statues of all kinds of reptiles {\cf2\super [65]} and animals that you hate to think about. Those statues were the filthy idols that the people of Israel worshiped. There were pictures of those animals carved all around on every wall!

Nahum 2:3

The shields of those soldiers are red.\par Their uniforms are bright red.\par Their chariots {\cf2\super [6]} are lined up for battle,\par and shining like flames of fire.\par And their horses are ready to go.\par