God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 16:41
41They will burn your houses and punish you in the presence of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay others.
Ezekiel 16:41 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they shall burn thine 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 also shalt give no hire any more.
- New International Version (NIV)They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women. I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay your lovers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will make you cease playing the harlot, and you shall no longer hire lovers.
Context of Ezekiel 16:41
39I will hand you over to your lovers. They will destroy your platforms and tear down your illegal worship sites. They will tear off your clothes, take away your beautiful jewelry, and leave you naked and bare. 40They will also bring a mob against you. They will stone you and cut you into pieces with their swords. They will burn your houses and punish you in the presence of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay others. 42Then I will rest from my fury against you, and I will stop being angry. I will be at peace. I will no longer be angry. 43“ ‘You didn’t remember the time when you were young, and you made me very angry with all these things. So I will pay you back for what you have done, declares the Almighty Lord. Didn’t you make wicked plans in addition to all your disgusting practices?
Read all of Ezekiel 16Ezekiel 16:41 word by word
וְשָׂרְפ֤וּ בָתַּ֙יִךְ֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְעָשׂוּ־בָ֣ךְ שְׁפָטִ֔ים לְעֵינֵ֖י נָשִׁ֣ים רַבּ֑וֹת וְהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ֙ מִזּוֹנָ֔ה וְגַם־אֶתְנַ֖ן לֹ֥א תִתְּנִי־עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And they shall burnשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
- thine housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- with fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
- and executeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- judgmentsשֶׁ֫פֶטshepheţ · judgmentH8201
- upon thee in the sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
- of manyרַבrab · manyH7227
- womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
- and I will cause thee to ceaseשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
- from playing the harlotזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
- and thou also shalt giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- no hireאֶתְנַן'ethnan · wagesH868
Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:41
- Deuteronomy 13:16Gather their goods into the middle of the city square. Then burn their city and all their goods as a burnt offering to the Lord your God. It must remain a mound of ruins and never be rebuilt.
- 2 Kings 25:9He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. Every important building was burned down.
- Jeremiah 39:8The Babylonians burned down the royal palace and the people’s homes, and they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. Every important building was burned down.
- Micah 3:12Because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of rubble, and the temple mountain will become a worship site covered with trees.
- Ezekiel 5:8“So this is what the Almighty Lord says: I, too, am against you, and I will punish you in front of the nations.
- Ezekiel 23:10They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters, and killed her with a sword. Women gossiped about how she was punished.
- Deuteronomy 13:11All Israel will hear about it and be afraid. Then no one among you will ever do such a wicked thing again.
- Deuteronomy 22:21they must take the girl to the entrance of her father’s house. The men of her city must stone her to death because she has committed such a godless act in Israel: She had sex before marriage, while she was still living in her father’s house. You must get rid of this evil.
- Job 34:26In return for their evil, he strikes them in public,
- Ezekiel 23:27I will put a stop to your sinning and to your prostitution, which you began in Egypt. You won’t desire these things anymore or remember Egypt anymore.
- Ezekiel 37:23They will no longer dishonor themselves with their idols, with their detestable things, or with their rebellious acts. I will forgive them for all the times they turned away from me and sinned. I will cleanse them so that they will be my people, and I will be their God.
- Isaiah 1:25I will turn my power against you. I will remove your impurities with bleach. I will get rid of all your impurities.
- Isaiah 2:18Then idols will disappear completely.
- Isaiah 27:9In this way the wrongdoings of the descendants of Jacob are covered up. This is the way they will turn from their sins— when they turn all the altar stones into powdered chalk and no poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah or incense altars are left standing.
- Hosea 2:6“That is why I will block her way with thornbushes and build a wall so that she can’t get through.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:41
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35-43Verses 35-43 Judah is now represented as undergoing the punishment adjudged to an adulteress and murderess. Only in her utter destruction shall the wrath of the Lord, the jealous God, cease. Ezekiel 16:36 Filthiness - Or, brass, i. e., money, is lavished. The Hebrews generally speak of money as gold Isaiah 46:6, but brass coins were not unknown in the time of the Maccabees. Compare Matthew 10:9; Mark 12:41. Ezekiel may here have put brass for gold…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39-43In a tragic turn, the nations that Jerusalem trusted would later attack her. The very allies she depended on would turn against her and destroy her. The Lord’s anger would continue until justice was complete. It would not end until Jerusalem had paid the full price for her past sins. Only then would his judgment be finished.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4141. The result of the awful judgment shall be, when divine vengeance has run its course, it shall cease. burn--(De 13:16; 2Ki 25:9). women--the surrounding Gentile nations to whom thou shalt be an object of mocking (Psa 137:7). I will cause thee to cease ... harlot--(Eze 23:27). Thou shalt no longer be able to play the harlot through My judgments. thou ... shall give ... no hire ... any more--Thou shalt have none to give.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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