So the king sought counsel and made two golden calves. He said to them, “You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough! Here are your gods O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
Ezekiel 23:8 - Tree of Life Version She did not give up her harlotry in Egypt; for in her youth they had lain with her. They fondled her virgin breasts and poured out their lust on her. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Neither has she left her harlotries since the days of Egypt [from where she brought them], for in her youth men there lay with her and handled her girlish bosom, and they poured out their sinful desire upon her. American Standard Version (1901) Neither hath she left her whoredoms since the days of Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity; and they poured out their whoredom upon her. Common English Bible But she never gave up her promiscuities with the Egyptians, who had slept with her in her girlhood and fondled her nubile breasts, and who continued to seduce her. Catholic Public Domain Version Moreover, she also did not abandon her fornications, which she had done in Egypt. For they also slept with her in her youth, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and they poured out their fornication upon her. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Moreover also, she did not forsake her fornications which she had committed in Egypt: for they also lay with her in her youth and they bruised the breasts of her virginity and poured out their fornication upon her. |
So the king sought counsel and made two golden calves. He said to them, “You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough! Here are your gods O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
However, from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to commit, from these Jehu did not turn away—-the golden calves in Bethel and in Dan.
So they abandoned all the mitzvot of Adonai their God. So they made for themselves molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah pole, and bowed down to all the host of heavens, and worshipped Baal,
He received them from their hand, and made a molten calf, fashioned with a chiseling tool. Then they said, “This is your god, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
I said to them, ‘Each of you must throw away every detestable thing from his eyes, and not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am Adonai your God.’
Yet she multiplied her harlotry—remembering the days of her youth, when she was a harlot in the land of Egypt.
So you revisited the promiscuity of your youth, when the Egyptians used to fondle your bosom and youthful breasts.
They were harlots in Egypt; they were harlots in their youth; their bosoms were caressed there and their virgin breasts were fondled.
You will drink it and drain it, gnaw its shards and tear your breasts. For I have spoken.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
And their corpses will lie in the open street of the great city that figuratively is called Sodom and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.