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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 23:10 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 23:10	King James	These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
became famous--literally, "she became a name," that is, as notorious by her punishment as she had been by her sins, so as to be quoted as a warning to others. women--that is, neighboring peoples.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

became famous--literally, "she became a name," that is, as notorious by her punishment as she had been by her sins, so as to be quoted as a warning to others.

women--that is, neighboring peoples.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Famous - Or, "infamous among women;" literally as in the margin, i. e., a byword among women.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Famous - Or, "infamous among women;" literally as in the margin, i. e., a byword among women.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Discovered - Stript her naked, and exposed her to shame. Took her sons - Captives. Slew her - The kingdom of Israel, under Hoshea, was by Salmanesar utterly destroyed. They - The Assyrians, had executed God's just displeasure upon her.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Discovered - Stript her naked, and exposed her to shame. Took her sons - Captives. Slew her - The kingdom of Israel, under Hoshea, was by Salmanesar utterly destroyed. They - The Assyrians, had executed God's just displeasure upon her.

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