Ezekiel 23:48

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

46For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be tossed to and fro and robbed. 47And the company shall stone them with stones, and despatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. 49And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols; and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 23:48 word by word

וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥י זִמָּ֖ה מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְנִֽוַּסְּרוּ֙ כָּל־הַנָּשִׁ֔ים וְלֹ֥א תַעֲשֶׂ֖ינָה כְּזִמַּתְכֶֽנָה׃Read the interlinear

• ceaseשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:48

• Ezekiel 23:27Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt; so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
• Ezekiel 6:6In all your dwelling-places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun-images may be hewn down, and your works may be abolished.
• Ezekiel 22:15And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
• Ezekiel 36:25And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
• Micah 5:11and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds.
• Zephaniah 1:3I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.
• Ezekiel 5:15So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments on thee in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes (I, Jehovah, have spoken it);
• Ezekiel 16:41And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou shalt also give no hire any more.
• Deuteronomy 13:11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.
• Isaiah 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
• 1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
• 2 Peter 2:6and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly;

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

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:48

• Adultery

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• Adulterer
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• Crime; Crimes
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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