Ezekiel 23:41

Ezekiel 23:41 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
• New International Version (NIV)You sat on an elegant couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed the incense and olive oil that belonged to me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You sat on a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You sat on a stately couch, with a table prepared before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil.

Context of Ezekiel 23:41

39When they sacrificed their children to their idols, they came into my holy place and dishonored it. That is what they’ve done in my temple. 40“They even sent messengers to invite men to come from far away. When the men arrived, they washed themselves for the men, painted their eyes, and put on their jewels. They sat on their fine couches with tables in front of them. They put my incense and my olive oil on their tables. 42“I heard the noise from a carefree crowd. A large number of people came from the desert, and they put bracelets on the women’s wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads. 43Then I said, ‘She is worn out from her acts of adultery.’ Yet, men continued to have sex with her.

Ezekiel 23:41 word by word

וְיָשַׁבְתְּ֙ עַל־מִטָּ֣ה כְבוּדָּ֔ה וְשֻׁלְחָ֥ן עָר֖וּךְ לְפָנֶ֑יהָ וּקְטָרְתִּ֥י וְשַׁמְנִ֖י שַׂ֥מְתְּ עָלֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And satestיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• upon a statelyכָּבוֹדkebûddâh · gloriousH3520
• bedמִטָּהmiţţâh · bedH4296
• and a tableשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
• preparedעָרַךְ‛ârak · to arrangeH6186
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• it, whereupon thou hast setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• mine incenseקְטֹ֫רֶתqeţôreth · incenseH7004
• and mine oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:41

• Esther 1:6The garden had white and violet linen curtains. These curtains were attached to silver rods and marble pillars by cords made of white and purple fine linen. Gold and silver couches were on a mosaic pavement of purple rock, white marble, pearl-like stone, and black marble.
• Proverbs 7:16I’ve made my bed, with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.
• Isaiah 57:7You’ve made your bed on a high and lofty mountain. You’ve gone to offer sacrifices there.
• Amos 2:8Beside every altar, they spread themselves out on clothes taken as security. In the temples of their gods, they drink the wine that they bought with fines.
• Amos 6:4How horrible it will be for those who sleep on ivory beds. They sprawl out on their couches and eat lambs from their flocks and calves from their stalls.
• Ezekiel 44:16They may enter my holy place, come near my table to serve me, and take care of everything I gave them.
• Isaiah 65:11You have abandoned the Lord and forgotten my holy mountain. You have prepared a table for the god of good fortune and offered cups full of spiced wine to the goddess of destiny.
• Malachi 1:7“You offer contaminated food on my altar. “But you ask, ‘Then how have we contaminated you?’ “When you say that the Lord’s table may be despised.
• Ezekiel 16:18You took off your embroidered clothes and covered the idols with them. You offered my olive oil and incense in their presence.
• Proverbs 7:17I’ve sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
• Jeremiah 44:17We will do everything we said we would do. We will burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out wine offerings to her as our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and on the streets of Jerusalem. We had plenty to eat then, and we lived comfortably and saw no disaster.
• Hosea 2:8“She doesn’t believe that I gave her grain, new wine, and olive oil. I gave her plenty of silver and gold, but she used it to make statues of Baal.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41And satest upon a stately bed - Hast raised a stately altar to thy idols; probably alluding to that which Ahaz ordered to be made, after the similitude of that which he saw at Damascus. The bed here is in allusion to the sofas on which the ancients were accustomed to recline at their meals; or to the couches on which they place Asiatic brides, with incense pots and sweetmeats on a table before them.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-43The prophet again took the role of a prosecuting attorney. A prosecuting attorney is a person who brings charges against someone in court. His task was to confront Jerusalem with her sins (detailed in Ezekiel 22). Jerusalem and Samaria were supposed to be holy cities, set apart for God. Instead, they had become like worn-out prostitutes. This picture shows that they had been unfaithful to God. Their only attraction was their availability, meaning they…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 36-4436-44. A summing up of the sins of the two sisters, especially those of Judah. wilt thou judge--Wilt thou (not) judge (see on Eze 20:4)?Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:41

• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Oil

In the dictionaries

• Adulterer
• Desirable
• Dispatch
• Dote
• Hatefully
• Lewd
• Crime; Crimes
• Ezekiel
• Grace
• Meals, Meal-Time

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