Ezekiel 23:49

Ezekiel 23:49 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.
• New International Version (NIV)You will suffer the penalty for your lewdness and bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they shall return your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry, and you shall know that I am the Lord God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)They shall repay you for your lewdness, and you shall pay for your idolatrous sins. Then you shall know that I am the Lord God.’ ”

Context of Ezekiel 23:49

47The company will stone them with stones and cut them down with their swords; they will slay their sons and their daughters and burn their houses with fire. 48Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished and not commit lewdness as you have done. Your lewdness will be requited upon you, and you will bear the penalty of worshiping your idols; thus you will know that I am the Lord God.’”

Ezekiel 23:49 word by word

וְנָתְנ֤וּ זִמַּתְכֶ֙נָה֙ עֲלֵיכֶ֔ן וַחֲטָאֵ֥י גִלּוּלֵיכֶ֖ן תִּשֶּׂ֑אינָה וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּ֥י אֲנִ֖י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

• Your lewdnessזִמָּהzimmâh zammâh · wickednessH2154
• requitedנָתַןnâthan · to give: payH5414
• upon you, and you will bearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: guiltH5375
• the penaltyחֵטְאchêţ' · sinH2399
• your idolsגִּלּוּלgillûl gillûl · idolH1544
• thus you will knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that I am the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:49

• Ezekiel 7:4For My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare you, but I will bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will know that I am the Lord!’
• Ezekiel 9:10But as for Me, My eye will have no pity nor will I spare, but I will bring their conduct upon their heads.”
• Ezekiel 11:21But as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads,” declares the Lord God.
• Ezekiel 16:43Because you have not remembered the days of your youth but have enraged Me by all these things, behold, I in turn will bring your conduct down on your own head,” declares the Lord God, “so that you will not commit this lewdness on top of all your other abominations.
• Ezekiel 22:31Thus I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads,” declares the Lord God.
• Isaiah 59:18According to their deeds, so He will repay, Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; To the coastlands He will make recompense.
• Ezekiel 23:35Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, bear now the punishment of your lewdness and your harlotries.’”
• Ezekiel 6:7The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 20:38and I will purge from you the rebels and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Thus you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 25:5I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Thus you will know that I am the Lord.”
• Psalms 9:16The Lord has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:49

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 49Ye shall bear the sins of your idols - The punishment due to your adultery; your apostasy from God, and setting up idolatry in the land.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. 4949. bear the sins of your idols--that is, the punishment of your idolatry. know that I am the Lord God--that is, know it to your cost ... by bitter suffering.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• God
• Adulterer
• Desirable
• Dispatch
• Dote
• Hatefully
• Lewd
• Crime; Crimes
• Ezekiel
• Grace

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