Ezekiel 23:17
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And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.
In other translations
And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.
Hebrew words
וַיָּבֹאוּvaiyavo'uand they cameH935אֵלֶיהָ'eleihato herH413בְנֵי־venei-[the] sons ofH1121בָבֶלvavelBabylonH894לְמִשְׁכַּבlemishkavto a bed ofH4904דֹּדִיםdodimlove<s>H1730וַיְטַמְּאוּvaytame'uand they defiledH2930אוֹתָהּ'otah<obj.> herH853בְּתַזְנוּתָםbetaznutamby prostitution theirH8457וַתִּטְמָא־vatitma'-and she became uncleanH2930בָםvamby themוַתֵּקַעvateka'and it was alienatedH3363נַפְשָׁהּnafshahself herH5315מֵהֶם׃mehemfrom them
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