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Ezekiel 23:31
31You’ve acted the same way as your sister. That is why I will put her cup in your hand.
Ezekiel 23:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.
- New International Version (NIV)You have gone the way of your sister; so I will put her cup into your hand.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have gone the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her cup in your hand.’
Context of Ezekiel 23:31
29They will treat you hatefully and take away everything that you have worked for. They will leave you naked and bare. The shame of your prostitution will be revealed. 30Your sinning and your prostitution have done this to you, because you lusted after the nations and dishonored yourself with their idols. You’ve acted the same way as your sister. That is why I will put her cup in your hand. 32This is what the Almighty Lord says: You will drink from your sister’s cup, a cup that is deep and wide. You will be scorned and mocked, because this cup holds so much. 33The cup of your sister Samaria will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow.
Read all of Ezekiel 23Ezekiel 23:31 word by word
בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ אֲחוֹתֵ֖ךְ הָלָ֑כְתְּ וְנָתַתִּ֥י כוֹסָ֖הּ בְּיָדֵֽךְ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:31
- Ezekiel 23:13I saw that she was dishonoring herself. Both sisters acted the same way.
- Ezekiel 16:47You didn’t follow their ways. You didn’t do the same disgusting things that they did. It only took you a little time to be more corrupt than they ever were.
- Jeremiah 3:8Judah saw that I sent unfaithful Israel away because of her adultery and that I gave Israel her divorce papers. But treacherous Judah, her sister, wasn’t afraid. She also acted like a prostitute.
- 2 Kings 21:13I will measure Jerusalem with the measuring line used for Samaria and the plumb line used for Ahab’s dynasty. I will wipe out Jerusalem in the same way that a dish is wiped out and turned upside down.
- Jeremiah 7:14So what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that is called by my name. This is the place I gave to you and to your ancestors, the place where you feel so safe.
- Daniel 9:12So you did what you said you would do to us and our rulers by bringing a great disaster on us. Nowhere in the world has anything ever happened like what has happened to Jerusalem.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:31
- 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. 3131. her cup--of punishment (Psa 11:6; 75:8; Jr 25:15, &c.). Thy guilt and that of Israel being alike, your punishment shall be alike.Read the comment
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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
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