Ezekiel 16:29
New International Version
Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia, a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.

New Living Translation
You added to your lovers by embracing Babylonia, the land of merchants, but you still weren’t satisfied.

English Standard Version
You multiplied your whoring also with the trading land of Chaldea, and even with this you were not satisfied.

Berean Standard Bible
So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!

King James Bible
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

New King James Version
Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea; and even then you were not satisfied.

New American Standard Bible
You also multiplied your obscene practice with the land of merchants, Chaldea; yet even with this you were not satisfied.”’”

NASB 1995
“You also multiplied your harlotry with the land of merchants, Chaldea, yet even with this you were not satisfied."’”

NASB 1977
“You also multiplied your harlotry with the land of merchants, Chaldea, yet even with this you were not satisfied.”’”

Legacy Standard Bible
You also multiplied your harlotry with the land of merchants, Chaldea, yet even with this you were not satisfied.”’”

Amplified Bible
Moreover, you increased your obscene immorality with the land of tradesmen, Chaldea (Babylonia), and yet even with this you were not satisfied.”’”

Christian Standard Bible
So you extended your prostitution to Chaldea, the land of merchants, but you were not even satisfied with this!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So you extended your prostitution to Chaldea, the land of merchants, but you were not even satisfied with this!”

American Standard Version
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy whoredom unto the land of traffic, unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

Contemporary English Version
so you went after Babylonians. But those merchants could not satisfy you either.

English Revised Version
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy whoredom in the land of Canaan, unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So you increased your acts of prostitution to include the land of the merchants, the Babylonians. Even after that, you weren't satisfied.

Good News Translation
You were also a prostitute for the Babylonians, that nation of merchants, but they didn't satisfy you either."

International Standard Version
You committed even more immorality with that land of the merchants, the Chaldeans. But you weren't satisfied even with these!

Majority Standard Bible
So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!

NET Bible
Then you multiplied your promiscuity to the land of merchants, Babylonia, but you were not satisfied there either.

New Heart English Bible
You have moreover multiplied your prostitution to the land of merchants, to Chaldea; and yet you weren't satisfied with this.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan to Chaldea; and yet with this thou wast not satisfied.

World English Bible
You have moreover multiplied your prostitution to the land of merchants, to Chaldea; and yet you weren’t satisfied with this.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And you multiply your whoredoms "" On the land of Canaan—toward Chaldea, "" And even with this you have not been satisfied.

Young's Literal Translation
And thou dost multiply thy whoredoms On the land of Canaan -- toward Chaldea, And even with this thou hast not been satisfied.

Smith's Literal Translation
And thou wilt multiply thy fornication at the land of Canaan with the Chaldeans, and also thou wert not satisfied with this,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou hast also multiplied thy fornications in the land of Chanaan with the Chaldeans: and neither so wast then satisfied.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And you multiplied your fornications in the land of Canaan with the Chaldeans. And even then, you were not satisfied.

New American Bible
You increased your prostitutions again, now going to Chaldea, the land of traders; but despite this, you were still not satisfied.

New Revised Standard Version
You multiplied your whoring with Chaldea, the land of merchants; and even with this you were not satisfied.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
You have moreover multiplied your fornications in the land of Canaan and in Chaldea; and yet, even with them you were not satisfied.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you have multiplied your prostitutions over the land of Canaan and of Chaldea, neither were you satisfied in these
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy harlotry with the land of traffic, even with Chaldea; and yet thou didst not have enough herewith.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou didst multiply thy covenants with the land of the Chaldeans; and not even with these wast thou satisfied.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jerusalem's Unfaithfulness
28Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied. 29So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants— but even with this you were not satisfied! 30How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute!…

Cross References
Jeremiah 3:1-2
“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD. / “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

Hosea 2:5-7
For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’ / Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way. / She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’

Isaiah 57:8-9
Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness. / You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.

Jeremiah 2:20
“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

Hosea 9:1
Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

Revelation 17:1-2
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”

Jeremiah 3:6-9
Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. / I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. / She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. ...

Isaiah 1:21
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

Hosea 4:12-14
My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. / I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.

Revelation 18:3
All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”

Jeremiah 13:27
Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”

Isaiah 23:17
And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.

Hosea 5:3-4
I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled. / Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.

Revelation 14:8
Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”

Jeremiah 5:7-8
“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes. / They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.


Treasury of Scripture

You have moreover multiplied your fornication in the land of Canaan to Chaldea; and yet you were not satisfied therewith.

in the land

Ezekiel 13:14-23
So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD…

Judges 2:12,13
And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger…

Judges 4:22
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

the work

Judges 16:15,16
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth

Proverbs 7:11-13,21
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: …

Isaiah 3:9
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

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Ezekiel 16
1. Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem
6. God's extraordinary love toward her,
15. Her grievous judgment
35. Her sin, equal to her mother,
46. and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria,
59. calls for judgments
60. Mercy is promised her in the end














So you extended your promiscuity
The phrase "extended your promiscuity" is a vivid metaphor for Israel's spiritual unfaithfulness. In Hebrew, the word for promiscuity here is "זְנוּת" (zenut), which often refers to harlotry or prostitution. This metaphor is used throughout the Old Testament to describe Israel's idolatry and alliances with pagan nations. The extension of promiscuity signifies a deliberate and ongoing choice to pursue relationships and practices that are contrary to God's covenant. It reflects a heart that is restless and unsatisfied, seeking fulfillment in worldly alliances rather than in a faithful relationship with God.

to Chaldea
Chaldea, or Babylon, was a powerful and influential empire known for its wealth and commerce. The Chaldeans were renowned as merchants and traders, which made them an attractive ally for many nations. Historically, Israel's political and economic interactions with Babylon were fraught with compromise and idolatry. The mention of Chaldea here underscores the extent of Israel's unfaithfulness, as they sought security and prosperity through alliances with a nation that was often an enemy of God's people. This reflects a broader biblical theme of the dangers of relying on worldly powers rather than trusting in God's provision and protection.

the land of merchants
This phrase highlights the commercial and materialistic allure of Chaldea. The Hebrew word for merchants, "סֹחֲרִים" (socharim), emphasizes the economic motivations behind Israel's alliances. In a spiritual sense, this pursuit of wealth and security through trade and commerce can be seen as a form of idolatry, where material gain becomes more important than spiritual fidelity. The land of merchants represents the temptation to prioritize economic prosperity over spiritual integrity, a challenge that remains relevant for believers today.

but even with this you were not satisfied
The concluding phrase reveals the insatiable nature of Israel's spiritual adultery. Despite their extensive efforts to find satisfaction through alliances and idolatry, they remained unfulfilled. This echoes the biblical truth that true satisfaction and peace can only be found in a relationship with God. The Hebrew root for satisfied, "שָׂבַע" (sava), implies a deep, abiding contentment that Israel failed to achieve through their pursuits. This serves as a poignant reminder of the futility of seeking fulfillment outside of God's will and the emptiness that results from turning away from Him. It calls believers to examine their own lives and to seek satisfaction in the Lord, who alone can truly satisfy the deepest longings of the heart.

(29) In the land of Canaan unto Chaldaea.--Canaan was originally the name of only that strip of land between the hills and the sea occupied by the Ph?nicians, in other words, the lowlands. Thence it became extended over the whole land. It is thought by some writers to revert here to its original meaning, and be equivalent to the low, flat land. The expression will become clearer if translated, "the Canaan land Chaldaea." The word, however, bears also the meaning of traffic, commerce (Isaiah 23:8; Hosea 12:7; Zephaniah 1:11), and in this sense is applied to Babylon in Ezekiel 17:4, and this is the better meaning here. The idea will then be that Israel, beginning its idolatries in the actual Canaan, had extended them along with her commercial intercourse on every side, until at last she had carried them even to Chaldaea, the great commercial emporium of the time.

Verse 29. - In the land of Canaan, etc. The words at first seem to give the nearest and furthest points of the intercourse of Israel with foreign nations. I incline, however, with Smend and the margin of the Revised Version, to take Canaan in its secondary sense as "the land of traffick," Chaldea being in apposition with it (comp. Isaiah 23:8; Hosea 12:7; Zephaniah 1:11, for a like use of the Hebrew word). Chaldea thus comes in its right place as closing the list of the nations with whom the harlot city had been unfaithful.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So you extended
וַתַּרְבִּ֧י (wat·tar·bî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

your promiscuity
תַּזְנוּתֵ֛ךְ (taz·nū·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 8457: Harlotry, idolatry

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Chaldea,
כַּשְׂדִּ֑ימָה (kaś·dî·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3778: Chaldeans -- a region of southern Babylon and its inhab

the land
אֶ֥רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of merchants—
כְּנַ֖עַן (kə·na·‘an)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan

but even
וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

with this
בְּזֹ֖את (bə·zōṯ)
Preposition-b | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

you were not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

satisfied!
שָׂבָֽעַתְּ׃ (śā·ḇā·‘at)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited


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