Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 23:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way” at Ezekiel 23:13 as part of “Oholibah Sees Yet Intensifies the Allegory's Betrayal.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 23:11–21
Read Ezekiel 23:13 with 23:11–21. By itself, “Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Jerusalem's sister Oholibah sees Samaria's fate but is portrayed as desiring Assyrian and Babylonian military figures and recalling Egypt through explicit sexual imagery.
Why It Needs Context
Ezekiel 23:13 performs a local role inside “Oholibah Sees Yet Intensifies the Allegory's Betrayal.” The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way” at Ezekiel 23:13 as part of “Oholibah Sees Yet Intensifies the Allegory's Betrayal.” The selected verse alone does not carry the full claim.
Continue in Context
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Read Ezekiel 23:11–21 — Oholibah Sees Yet Intensifies the Allegory's BetrayalSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 23:11–21, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 23:11–21
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