Yehezkiel 16:17
Konteks16:17 You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution 1 with them.
Yehezkiel 23:42
Konteks23:42 The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, 2 including all kinds of men; 3 even Sabeans 4 were brought from the desert. The sisters 5 put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.
[16:17] 1 tn Or perhaps “and worshiped them,” if the word “prostitution” is understood in a figurative rather than a literal sense (cf. CEV, NLT).
[23:42] 2 tn Heb “(was) in her.”
[23:42] 3 tn Heb “and men from the multitude of mankind.”
[23:42] 4 tn An alternate reading is “drunkards.” Sheba is located in the area of modern day Yemen.
[23:42] 5 tn Heb “they”; the referents (the sisters) have been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.