You have moreover multiplied your prostitution to the land of merchants, to Chaldea; and yet you weren’t satisfied with this.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
- BSB So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!
- NKJV Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea; and even then you were not satisfied.
- NASB You also multiplied your obscene practice with the land of merchants, Chaldea; yet even with this you were not satisfied.” ’ ”
- NLT You added to your lovers by embracing Babylonia, the land of merchants, but you still weren’t satisfied.
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Quick answer
She extended her harlotry to Babylon (Chaldea) and still was not satisfied. Her pursuit of foreign gods and powers was endless.
Overview
The catalog of unfaithful partners reaches Babylon, the very power that would ultimately destroy her. Even this did not satisfy her cravings. The repeated dissatisfaction underscores the futility of seeking fulfillment anywhere but in God, and ironically names the nation God would use to judge her.
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Cross-references · 4
- Ezek 13:14–23So will I break down the wall that you have plastered with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered. It will fall, and you will be consumed in the middle of it. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
- 2 Kgs 21:9But they didn’t listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than the nations did whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.
- Judg 2:12–19They abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; and they provoked Yahweh to anger.
- Ezek 23:14–21“She increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,
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