Ezekiel 23:27-29
Context23:27 So I will put an end to your obscene conduct and your prostitution which you have practiced in the land of Egypt. 1 You will not seek their help 2 or remember Egypt anymore.
23:28 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, 3 I am about to deliver you over to 4 those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted. 23:29 They will treat you with hatred, take away all you have labored for, 5 and leave you naked and bare. Your nakedness will be exposed, just as when you engaged in prostitution and obscene conduct. 6
1 tn Heb “I will cause your obscene conduct to cease from you and your harlotry from the land of Egypt.”
2 tn Heb “lift your eyes to them.”
3 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
4 tn Heb “I am giving you into the hand of.”
5 tn The Hebrew term means “labor,” but by extension it can also refer to that for which one works.
6 tn Heb “The nakedness of your prostitution will be exposed, and your obscene conduct and your harlotry.”