en_tn_lite_do_not_use/ezk/23/16.md

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General Information:

Yahweh continues his metaphor in which he speaks of the cities of Jerusalem and Samaria as if they were two prostitutes. This metaphor continues through Ezekiel 23:34. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

her bed of lust

This refers to her bed where she slept with men and acted lustfully. AT: "her bed where she acted lustfully" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

they made her unclean with their promiscuousness

This means that they slept with the woman. AT: "they slept with her and made her unclean" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

unclean

A person who God considers spiritually unacceptable or defiled is spoken of as if the person were physically unclean. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 23:7. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

so she turned herself away from them

This is an idiom. AT: "so she rejected them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)