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Ezekiel 23:48
48Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished and taught not to commit immoral acts as you have done.
Ezekiel 23:48 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
- New International Version (NIV)“So I will put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not imitate you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Thus will I put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not commit lewdness as you have done.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Thus I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness.
Context of Ezekiel 23:48
46“For thus says the Lord God, ‘Bring up a horde (mob) against them and hand them over to terror and plunder. 47And the horde will stone them with stones and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and their daughters and burn down their houses with fire. Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished and taught not to commit immoral acts as you have done. 49Thus your lewdness will be repaid to you, and you will suffer the penalty for your [sinful] idolatry; and you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord God.’ ”
Read all of Ezekiel 23Ezekiel 23:48 word by word
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥י זִמָּ֖ה מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְנִֽוַּסְּרוּ֙ כָּל־הַנָּשִׁ֔ים וְלֹ֥א תַעֲשֶׂ֖ינָה כְּזִמַּתְכֶֽנָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:48
- Ezekiel 23:27Thus I will put an end to your lewdness and your prostitution brought from the land of Egypt, so that you will not lift up your eyes to them or remember Egypt [with longing] anymore.’
- Ezekiel 6:6Everywhere you live, the cities will become waste and the high places will become deserted, so that your altars may bear their guilt and become deserted, your idols may be broken and destroyed, your incense altars [for sun-worship] may be cut down, and your works may be blotted out.
- Ezekiel 22:15I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will destroy your filthiness.
- Ezekiel 36:25Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness and from all your idols.
- Micah 5:11I will cut off the cities of your land And tear down all your fortifications.
- Zephaniah 1:3“I will consume and sweep away man and beast; I will consume and sweep away the birds of the air And the fish of the sea, And the stumbling blocks (idols) along with the wicked; And I will cut off and destroy man from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
- Ezekiel 5:15So it will be a disgrace, a taunt, a warning and an object of horror to the [pagan] nations who surround you when I execute judgments against you in anger and in wrath and in raging reprimands—I, the Lord, have spoken.
- Ezekiel 16:41They will burn down your houses with fire and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women (Gentile nations). Then I will make you cease your prostitution, and you will no longer hire your lovers.
- Deuteronomy 13:11Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.
- Isaiah 26:9In the night my soul longs for You [O Lord], Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; For [only] when Your judgments are experienced on the earth Will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
- 1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things [the warnings and admonitions] took place as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did.
- 2 Peter 2:6and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter;
Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 48Thus will I cause lewdness to cease - Idolatry; and from that time to the present day the Jews never relapsed into idolatry.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45-49Verses 45-49 The judgment to be executed by the hands of their allies. Ezekiel 23:45 The righteous men - Or, righteous men. The allies are so called as the instruments of God‘s righteous judgments. Ezekiel 23:48 To cease - Because they are stricken and consumed. Compare marginal reference. All women - i. e., all countries.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 44-49The sisters' enemies would attack them with stones and swords, like an invading army. In a typical invasion, not only would the prostitutes die, but their sons and daughters would also die. The enemy would burn their homes. Those who rebelled against the Lord and followed false gods would face death as punishment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4848. (Eze 23:27). that all ... may be taught not to do, &c.--(De 13:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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