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Ezekiel 23:16
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At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
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And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
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As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
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And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
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Ezekiel 23
14 But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,
15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.
16 At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
17 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.
18 When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.
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