Ezekiel 23:40-42

23:40

sent ............. set out <07971> [ye have.]

arrived <0935> [to come. Heb. coming.]

bathed <07364> [thou didst.]

painted <03583> [paintedst.]

{Kachalt aineych,} rendered by the LXX. [estibizou tous ophthalmous sou;] "thou didst paint thine eyes with stibium," and Vulgate {circumlinisti stibio oculos tuos,} "thou didst paint round thine eyes with stibium," or lead ore; whence it is called in Arabic {kochl,} and in Syriac {kecholo,} and {koochlo.}

decorated yourself <05710> [and deckedst.]

23:41

magnificent <03520> [stately. Heb. honourable.]

table <07979> [a table.]

placed <07760> [whereupon.]

23:42

sound <06963> [a voice.]

This seems to be an account of an idolatrous festival, perhaps that of Bacchus; in which a riotous and drunken multitude assembled, adorned with bracelets and chaplets, accompanied with music, songs, and dances.

men <07230> [common sort. Heb. multitude of men. were brought.]

<05436> [Sabeans. or, drunkards. bracelets.]