Ezekiel 23:34

Ezekiel 23:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
• New International Version (NIV)You will drink it and drain it dry and chew on its pieces— and you will tear your breasts. I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)you shall drink it and drain it out, and gnaw its shards, and tear your breasts; for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall drink and drain it, You shall break its shards, And tear at your own breasts; For I have spoken,’ Says the Lord God.

Context of Ezekiel 23:34

32This is what the Lord God says: “You will drink your sister’s cup, which is deep and wide. You will be an object of ridicule and scorn, for it holds so much. 33You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria. You will drink it and drain it; then you will gnaw its broken pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. 35Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and promiscuity.” 36Then the Lord said to me, “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare their detestable practices to them.

Ezekiel 23:34 word by word

וְשָׁתִ֨ית אוֹתָ֜הּ וּמָצִ֗ית וְאֶת־חֲרָשֶׂ֛יהָ תְּגָרֵ֖מִי וְשָׁדַ֣יִךְ תְּנַתֵּ֑קִי כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י דִבַּ֔רְתִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt even drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• outמָצָהmâtsâh · to drainH4680
• and thou shalt breakגָּרַםgâram · to break bonesH1633
• the sherdsחֶ֫רֶשׂchereώ · earthenwareH2789
• thereof, and pluck offנָתַקnâthaq · to tearH5423
• thine own breastsשַׁדshad shôd · breastH7699
• for I have spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:34

• Psalms 75:8For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand, full of wine blended with spices, and he pours from it. All the wicked of the earth will drink, draining it to the dregs.
• Isaiah 51:17Wake yourself, wake yourself up! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk the cup of his fury from the Lord’s hand; you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs — the cup that causes people to stagger.
• Ezekiel 23:3who acted like prostitutes in Egypt, behaving promiscuously in their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin nipples caressed.
• Revelation 18:7As much as she glorified herself and indulged her sensual and excessive ways, give her that much torment and grief. For she says in her heart, “I sit as a queen; I am not a widow, and I will never see grief.”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Thou shalt - pluck off thine own breasts - Thou shalt tear them; a frequent action in extreme sorrow and desolation. Weeping, tearing the bosom, and beating the breasts. Tunc vero rupique sinus, et pectora planxi. Ovid's Ep. 5.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-34You will drink your sister’s cup: Jerusalem would have to drink from this bitter cup of judgment, just like Samaria did. The pain from this judgment would make her beat (or tear) her breast in anguish.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. break ... sherds--So greedily shalt thou suck out every drop like one drinking to madness (the effect invariably ascribed to drinking God's cup of wrath, Jr 51:7; Ha 2:16) that thou shalt crunch the very shreds of it; that is, there shall be no evil left which thou shalt not taste. pluck off thine own breasts--enraged against them as the ministers to thine adultery.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:34

• Cup
• Drunkenness
• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Adulterer
• Desirable
• Dispatch
• Dote
• Hatefully
• Lewd
• Break
• Breast

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