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And you prostituted yourselfוַתִּזְנִיwith the sonsאֶל בְּנֵיof Assyria,אַשּׁוּרbecause you were neverמִבִּלְתִּיsatisfied;שָׂבְעָתֵךְyou prostituted yourself with them,וַתִּזְנִיםand stillוְגַםyou were notלֹאsatisfied.שָׂבָעַתְּ
Ezekiel 16:28
Study it in the app“And you prostituted yourself with the sons of Assyria, because you were never satisfied; you prostituted yourself with them, and still you were not satisfied.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:28, word by word
- And you prostituted yourselfתִּזְנִיtizni
be unfaithful
To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.
Where else “tizni” appears- with the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- satisfiedשָׂבְעָתֵsavate
fullness, satisfying
Satisfaction, enough to eat: eating until one is full.
Where else “savate” appears- satisfiedשָׂבָעַתְּsavaat
be sated
To have plenty, be fed up.
Where else “savaat” appears
Places in this verse
Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
The context
27And look, I have stretched out my hand against you and withdrawn your allotted portion, and given you to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your way of infamy.
28 · This verse (above)
29And you multiplied your prostitution with the land of Canaan, Chaldea, and even with this you were not satisfied.