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Ezekiel 23:42
accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Ezekiel to an allegorical woman during a lavish banquet, positioned between a description of her opulent table and a declaration of her degradation.
The words — הָמוֹן (ha.mOn) = a multitude/crowd and שָׁלֵו (sha.Lev) = at ease/carefree describe the atmosphere surrounding the banquet.
The thread — The bracelets and crowns mirror the adornment in Ezekiel 16:11 and Genesis 24:30, while the carefree revelry parallels the feasting in Exodus 32:6.
Why it lands — The text records how luxury and uninhibited crowds frame the woman's physical decoration, demanding that readers see celebration as a prelude to exposure rather than a shield against consequence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 16:11 I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
- Genesis 24:30 As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
- Exodus 32:6 So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.
- Exodus 32:18 But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”
- Job 1:15 the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Hosea 13:6 When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
- Joel 3:8 I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
- Amos 6:1 Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
- Revelation 12:3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.