Ezekiel 23:49

Ezekiel 23:49 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And 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 God.
• New International Version (NIV)You will suffer the penalty for your lewdness and bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they shall return your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry, and you shall know that I am the Lord God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)They shall repay you for your lewdness, and you shall pay for your idolatrous sins. Then you shall know that I am the Lord God.’ ”

Context of Ezekiel 23:49

47And the assemblage shall stone them with stones, and despatch them with their swords; they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire. 48And I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land, and all women shall receive instruction and shall not do according to your lewdness. And 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 23:49 word by word

וְנָתְנ֤וּ זִמַּתְכֶ֙נָה֙ עֲלֵיכֶ֔ן וַחֲטָאֵ֥י גִלּוּלֵיכֶ֖ן תִּשֶּׂ֑אינָה וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּ֥י אֲנִ֖י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

• bearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: guiltH5375
• sinsחֵטְאchêţ' · sinH2399
• idolsגִּלּוּלgillûl gillûl · idolH1544
• knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:49

• Ezekiel 7:4And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity; but I will bring thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
• Ezekiel 9:10And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense their way upon their head.
• Ezekiel 11:21But as for them whose heart walketh well-pleased with their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Ezekiel 16:43Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast raged against me in all these [things], behold, therefore, I also will recompense thy way upon [thy] head, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou shalt not commit this lewdness besides all thine abominations.
• Ezekiel 22:31And I will pour out mine indignation upon them; I will consume them in the fire of my wrath: their own way will I recompense upon their head, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Isaiah 59:18According to deeds, so will he repay: fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
• Ezekiel 23:35Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy fornications.
• Ezekiel 6:7And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
• Ezekiel 20:38And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me; I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
• Ezekiel 25:5And I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the children of Ammon a couching-place for flocks: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
• Psalms 9:16Jehovah is known [by] the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:49

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 49Ye shall bear the sins of your idols - The punishment due to your adultery; your apostasy from God, and setting up idolatry in the land.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. 4949. bear the sins of your idols--that is, the punishment of your idolatry. know that I am the Lord God--that is, know it to your cost ... by bitter suffering.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• God
• Adulterer
• Desirable
• Dispatch
• Dote
• Hatefully
• Lewd
• Crime; Crimes
• Ezekiel
• Grace

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