God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 23:48
48So I will put a stop to the sinning in the land, and all the women will be warned not to sin as they do.
Ezekiel 23:48 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
- New International Version (NIV)“So I will put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not imitate you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Thus will I put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not commit lewdness as you have done.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Thus I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness.
Context of Ezekiel 23:48
46“This is what the Almighty Lord says: Bring together a mob ⌞against the people of Samaria and Jerusalem⌟. Hand them over to terror and looting. 47Then the mob will stone them and kill them with swords. The mob will kill their sons and daughters and burn their homes. So I will put a stop to the sinning in the land, and all the women will be warned not to sin as they do. 49They will be punished for their sins, and they will pay for their sin of idolatry. Then they will know that I am the Almighty Lord.”
Read all of Ezekiel 23Ezekiel 23:48 word by word
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥י זִמָּ֖ה מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְנִֽוַּסְּרוּ֙ כָּל־הַנָּשִׁ֔ים וְלֹ֥א תַעֲשֶׂ֖ינָה כְּזִמַּתְכֶֽנָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:48
- 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 6:6Wherever people live, the cities will be ruined, and the worship sites will be wrecked. Your altars will be ruined and demolished. Your idols will be smashed and completely destroyed. Your incense burners will be cut down, and everything you have done will be wiped out.
- Ezekiel 22:15I will scatter you among the nations and force you into other countries. I will put an end to your uncleanness.
- Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean instead of unclean. Then I will cleanse you from all your idols.
- Micah 5:11I will destroy the cities in your land and tear down all your fortresses.
- Zephaniah 1:3“I will put an end to humans and animals. I will put an end to the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and the sins that make people fall, together with the sinners. I will remove all people from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
- Ezekiel 5:15The nations that are around you will ridicule you and laugh at you. When I punish you because of my anger, fury, and fierce revenge, you will become something ridiculed and something horrible. I, the Lord, have spoken.
- Ezekiel 16:41They 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.
- Deuteronomy 13:11All Israel will hear about it and be afraid. Then no one among you will ever do such a wicked thing again.
- Isaiah 26:9With my soul I long for you at night. Yes, with my spirit I eagerly look for you. When your guiding principles are on earth, those who live in the world learn to do what is right.
- 1 Corinthians 10:6These things have become examples for us so that we won’t desire what is evil, as they did.
- 2 Peter 2:6God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and destroyed them by burning them to ashes. He made those cities an example to ungodly people of what is going to happen to them.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 48Thus will I cause lewdness to cease - Idolatry; and from that time to the present day the Jews never relapsed into idolatry.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. 4848. (Eze 23:27). that all ... may be taught not to do, &c.--(De 13:11).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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