Ezekiel 23:47

Ezekiel 23:47 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
• New International Version (NIV)The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The assembly shall stone them with stones and execute them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For their enemies will stone them and kill them with swords. They will butcher their sons and daughters and burn their homes.

Context of Ezekiel 23:47

45But righteous men shall pass judgment on them with the sentence of adulteresses, and with the sentence of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands." 46For thus says the Lord God: "Bring up a vast host against them, and make them an object of terror and a plunder. And the host shall stone them and cut them down with their swords. They shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses. 48Thus will I put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not commit lewdness as you have done. 49And 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."

Ezekiel 23:47 word by word

וְרָגְמ֨וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֥ן אֶ֙בֶן֙ קָהָ֔ל וּבָרֵ֥א אוֹתְהֶ֖ן בְּחַרְבוֹתָ֑ם בְּנֵיהֶ֤ם וּבְנֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ יַהֲרֹ֔גוּ וּבָתֵּיהֶ֖ן בָּאֵ֥שׁ יִשְׂרֹֽפוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the companyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• shall stoneרָגַםrâgam · to stoneH7275
• them with stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• and dispatchבָּרָאbârâ' · to createH1254
• them with their swordsחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• they shall slayהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• their sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and their daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• and burn upשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• their housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• with fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:47

• Ezekiel 23:25And I will direct my jealousy against you, that they may deal with you in fury. They shall cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors shall fall by the sword. They shall seize your sons and your daughters, and your survivors shall be devoured by fire.
• Ezekiel 9:6Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one on whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were before the house.
• Ezekiel 16:41And they shall burn your houses and execute judgments upon you in the sight of many women. I will make you stop playing the whore, and you shall also give payment no more.
• Jeremiah 33:4For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against the siege mounds and against the sword:
• Ezekiel 24:6"Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.
• Ezekiel 24:21'Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.
• 2 Chronicles 36:17Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them all into his hand.
• Deuteronomy 13:16You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its open square and burn the city and all its spoil with fire, as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. It shall be a heap forever. It shall not be built again.
• Jeremiah 39:8The Chaldeans burned the king's house and the house of the people, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 52:13And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 47Shall stone them with stones - As they did adulteresses under the law. See Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22, compared with John 8:3.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. 4747. stones--the legal penalty of the adulteress (Eze 16:40, 41; Joh 8:5). Answering to the stones hurled by the Babylonians from engines in besieging Jerusalem. houses ... fire--fulfilled (2Ch 36:17, 19).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:47

• 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