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

46This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder. 47The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses. So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior. 49They will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’”

Ezekiel 23:48 word by word

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

• So I will put an endשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• to indecencyזִמָּהzimmâh zammâh · wickednessH2154
• inמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• will be admonishedיָסַרyâsar · to disciplineH3256
• notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• to imitateעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:48

• Ezekiel 23:27So I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’
• Ezekiel 6:6Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.
• Ezekiel 22:15I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.
• Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
• Micah 5:11I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.
• Zephaniah 1:3“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
• Ezekiel 5:15So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.
• Ezekiel 16:41Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.
• Deuteronomy 13:11Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.
• Isaiah 26:9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
• 1 Corinthians 10:6These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
• 2 Peter 2:6if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the 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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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