Ezekiel 23:47

Ezekiel 23:47 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
• New International Version (NIV)The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the host shall stone them and cut them down with their swords. They shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The assembly shall stone them with stones and execute them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire.

Context of Ezekiel 23:47

45But they, righteous people, will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands. 46“For this is what the Lord God says: ‘Bring up a contingent against them and turn them over to terror and plunder. The contingent will stone them with stones and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and their daughters and burn their houses with fire. 48So I will eliminate outrageous conduct from the land, so that all women will take warning and not commit outrageous sin as you have done. 49Your outrageous conduct will be repaid to you, and you will bear the guilt for your idols; so you will know that I am the Lord God.’”

Ezekiel 23:47 word by word

וְרָגְמ֨וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֥ן אֶ֙בֶן֙ קָהָ֔ל וּבָרֵ֥א אוֹתְהֶ֖ן בְּחַרְבוֹתָ֑ם בְּנֵיהֶ֤ם וּבְנֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ יַהֲרֹ֔גוּ וּבָתֵּיהֶ֖ן בָּאֵ֥שׁ יִשְׂרֹֽפוּ׃Read the interlinear

• The contingentקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• stoneרָגַםrâgam · to stoneH7275
• them with stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• and cutבָּרָאbârâ' · to createH1254
• them downבָּרָאbârâ' · to createH1254
• with their swordsחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• they will killהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• their sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and their daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• burnשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• their housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• with fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:47

• Ezekiel 23:25I will set My jealousy against you, so that they may deal with you in wrath. They will remove your nose and your ears; and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and your daughters; and your survivors will be consumed by the fire.
• Ezekiel 9:6Utterly kill old men, young men, female virgins, little children, and women, but do not touch any person on whom is the mark; and you shall start from My sanctuary.” So they started with the elders who were before the temple.
• Ezekiel 16:41And they will burn your houses with fire and execute judgments against you in the sight of many women. Then I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will also no longer pay your lovers.
• Jeremiah 33:4For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which have been torn down to make a defense against the assault ramps and the sword:
• Ezekiel 24:6‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Woe to the bloody city, To the pot in which there is rust And whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, Without making a choice.
• Ezekiel 24:21‘Speak to the house of Israel, “This is what the Lord God says: ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, that which is precious in your eyes and the longing of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.
• 2 Chronicles 36:17So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or frail; He handed them all over to him.
• Deuteronomy 13:16Then you shall gather all its plunder into the middle of its public square, and burn the city and all its plunder with fire as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God; and it shall be a ruin forever. It shall never be rebuilt.
• Jeremiah 39:8The Chaldeans also burned the king’s palace and the houses of the people with fire, and they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 52:13And he burned the house of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 47Shall stone them with stones - As they did adulteresses under the law. See Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22, compared with John 8:3.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. 4747. stones--the legal penalty of the adulteress (Eze 16:40, 41; Joh 8:5). Answering to the stones hurled by the Babylonians from engines in besieging Jerusalem. houses ... fire--fulfilled (2Ch 36:17, 19).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:47

• Adultery
• Fire

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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