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Ezekiel 23:44 Explained in Context
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Verse 44. 44Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
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Quick Meaning
The prophetic word through Ezekiel turns or qualifies the movement with “Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot” at Ezekiel 23:44 inside “The Sisters Are Indicted for Blood, Idols, and Profaned Worship.”
Wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah?
This verse is one part of that explanation in Ezekiel 23:36–44. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Ezekiel 23:36–44
Read Ezekiel 23:44 with 23:36–44. By itself, “Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The oracle joins adultery metaphor with child sacrifice, sanctuary and Sabbath profanation, foreign messengers, luxury, and men approaching the sisters.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within the same chapter, this unit advances from “Former Allies Become Agents of Sexualized Siege Violence” into “The Sisters Are Indicted for Blood, Idols, and Profaned Worship.” Its non-interchangeable contribution is: The oracle joins adultery metaphor with child sacrifice, sanctuary and Sabbath profanation, foreign messengers, luxury, and men approaching the sisters. This verse's placement is specific: The prophetic word through Ezekiel turns or qualifies the movement with “Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot” at Ezekiel 23:44 inside “The Sisters Are Indicted for Blood, Idols, and Profaned Worship.”
What Remains True
No theological metaphor makes sexual humiliation, partner violence, victim blaming, silenced grief, or treating a person as a prop morally acceptable. In Ezekiel 23:44, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: The prophetic word through Ezekiel turns or qualifies the movement with “Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot” at Ezekiel 23:44 inside “The Sisters Are Indicted for Blood, Idols, and Profaned Worship.”
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Ezekiel 23:36–44 — The Sisters Are Indicted for Blood, Idols, and Profaned WorshipSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 23:36–44, 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 23:36–44
Open the fixed Hebrew Ezekiel file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Ezekiel
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for difficult Hebrew, syntax, older KJV language, dates, place names, textual issues, vision language, and material alternatives.
Exact location: Official NET Ezekiel PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Ezekiel 23:36–44
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