Ezekiel 16:42

Ezekiel 16:42 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
• New International Version (NIV)Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger will turn away from you; I will be calm and no longer angry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So will I satisfy my wrath on you, and my jealousy shall depart from you. I will be calm and will no more be angry.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So I will lay to rest My fury toward you, and My jealousy shall depart from you. I will be quiet, and be angry no more.

Context of Ezekiel 16:42

40They will also bring a mob against you. They will stone you and cut you into pieces with their swords. 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. Then 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? 44“ ‘Everyone who uses proverbs will speak the following saying against you: Like mother, like daughter.

Ezekiel 16:42 word by word

וַהֲנִחֹתִ֤י חֲמָתִי֙ בָּ֔ךְ וְסָ֥רָה קִנְאָתִ֖י מִמֵּ֑ךְ וְשָׁ֣קַטְתִּ֔י וְלֹ֥א אֶכְעַ֖ס עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So will I make my furyחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• toward thee to restנוּחַnûach · to restH5117
• and my jealousyקִנְאָהqin'âh · jealousyH7068
• shall departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• from thee, and I will be quietשָׁקַטshâqaţ · to quietH8252
• and will be no more angryכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:42

• Ezekiel 5:13“I will unleash my anger. I will use my fury against you, and I will get revenge. When my fury is unleashed against you, you will know that I, the Lord, spoke to you while I was angry.
• Ezekiel 21:17I will also clap my hands and rest from my fury. I, the Lord, have spoken.’ ”
• 2 Samuel 21:14Then they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin, in Zela, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. They did everything the king ordered. After that, God answered the prayers for the land.
• Isaiah 1:24That’s why the Lord, the Lord of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says, “How horrible it will be when I take revenge on my opponents! I will avenge myself against my enemies.
• Zechariah 6:8Then he called out to me, “Look! Those who went to the north have made my Spirit rest in the north.”
• Ezekiel 39:29I will no longer hide my face from them, because I will pour out my Spirit on the nation of Israel, declares the Almighty Lord.”
• Isaiah 40:1“Comfort my people! Comfort them!” says your God.
• Isaiah 54:9“To me this is like Noah’s floodwaters, when I swore an oath that Noah’s floodwaters would never cover the earth again. So now I swear an oath not to be angry with you or punish you.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:42

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 42I will be quiet and will be no more angry - I will completely abandon thee; have nothing more to do with thee; think no more of thee. When God in judgment ceases to reprehend, this is the severest judgment.Read the comment
• 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. 4242. my fury ... rest--when My justice has exacted the full penalty commensurate with thy awful guilt (see on Eze 5:13). It is not a mitigation of the penalty that is here foretold, but such an utter destruction of all the guilty that there shall be no need of further punishment [Calvin].Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:42

• God Continued...
• High Places
• Jealousy
• Lasciviousness

In the dictionaries

• I Will Be
• Confound
• Eminent
• Equal
• Fornication
• Gird
• Justify
• Rest
• Solomon, Song of
• Crime; Crimes

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