New American Standard Bible 2020
Ezekiel 23:22-44
22“ThereforeH3651, OholibahH172, thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH136 1GodH3068 saysH559: ‘BeholdH2009 I am going to inciteH5782 your loversH157 againstH5921 you, from whomH834 2you turnedH5361 awayH5361 inH5361 disgustH5361, and I will bringH935 them againstH5921 you from everyH5439 sideH5439: 23the 34BabyloniansH1121H894 and allH3605 the 5ChaldeansH3778, 6PekodH6489 and ShoaH7772 and KoaH6970, and allH3605 the 78AssyriansH1121H804 with them; handsomeH2531 youngH970 menH970, governorsH6346 and officialsH5461 allH3605 of them, officersH7991 and 9menH7121 ofH7121 renownH7121, allH3605 of them ridingH7392 on horsesH5483. 24And they will comeH935 againstH5921 you with weaponsH2021, 10chariotsH7393, and 11wagonsH1534, and with a contingentH6951 of peoplesH5971. They will attackH7760H5921 you on everyH5439 sideH5439 with shieldH6793, 12bucklerH4043, and helmetH6959; and I will commitH5414 the 13judgmentH4941 to them, and they will judgeH8199 you according to their customsH4941. 25I will setH5414 My 14jealousyH7068 against you, so that they may dealH6213 with you in wrathH2534. They will removeH5493 your noseH639 and your earsH241; and your 15survivorsH319 will fallH5307 by the swordH2719. They will takeH3947 your 16sonsH1121 and your daughtersH1323; and your 17survivorsH319 will be consumedH398 by the fireH784. 26They will also 18stripH6584 you of your clothesH899 and takeH3947 away your 19beautifulH8597 jewelryH3627. 27So 20I will removeH7673 from you your outrageousH2154 sinH2154 and your prostitutionH2184 that you brought from the landH776 of EgyptH4714, so that you will not raiseH5375 your eyesH5869 to them or rememberH2142 EgyptH4714 anymoreH5750.’ 28For thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH136 GodH3068 saysH559: ‘BeholdH2009, I am going to handH5414H3027 you overH5414 to those whomH834 you 21hateH8130, to those from whomH834 22you turnedH5361 awayH5361 inH5361 disgustH5361. 29They will 23dealH6213 with you in hatredH8135, takeH3947 allH3605 your propertyH3018, and leaveH5800 you nakedH5903 and bareH6181. And the nakednessH6172 of your prostitutionH2183 will be exposedH1540, both your outrageousH2154 sinH2154 and your obsceneH8457 practicesH8457. 30TheseH428 thingsH428 will be doneH6213 to you because you have 24adulterouslyH2181 pursuedH2181 the nationsH1471, becauseH5921H834 you have defiledH2930 yourself with their idolsH1544. 31You have walkedH1980 in the wayH1870 of your sisterH269; therefore I will putH5414 25her cupH3563 in your handH3027.’ 32ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH136 GodH3068 saysH559: ‘You will 26drinkH8354 your sister’sH269 cupH3563, Which is deepH6013 and wideH7342. 27You will be 28laughedH6712 at and held in derisionH3933; Because it containsH3557 muchH4767.33You will be filledH4390 with 29drunkennessH7943 and griefH3015, A cupH3563 of horrorH8047 and desolationH8077, The cupH3563 of your sisterH269 SamariaH8111.34And you will 30drinkH8354 it and drainH4680 it. Then you will gnawH1633 on its fragmentsH2789 And tearH5423 your breastsH7699; for I have spokenH1696,’ declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068. 35ThereforeH3651, thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH136 GodH3068 saysH559: ‘BecauseH3282 you have 31forgottenH7911 Me and 32discardedH7993 Me behindH310 your backH1458, sufferH5375 on your own partH1571 the punishment for your outrageousH2154 sinH2154 and your obsceneH8457 practicesH8457.’”
36Moreover, the LordH3068 saidH559 to me, “SonH1121 of manH120, will you 33judgeH8199 OholahH170 and OholibahH172? Then 34declareH5046 to them their abominationsH8441. 37For they have committedH5003 adulteryH5003, and bloodH1818 is on their handsH3027. So they have committedH5003 adulteryH5003 with their idolsH1544, and evenH1571 made their sonsH1121, 35whomH834 they boreH3205 to Me, passH5674 throughH5674 the fire to 36them as foodH402. 38AgainH5750, they have doneH6213 thisH2088 to Me: they have 37defiledH2930 My sanctuaryH4720 on the sameH1931 dayH3117, and have 38profanedH2490 My SabbathsH7676. 39For when they slaughteredH7819 their childrenH1121 for their idolsH1544, they enteredH935 My 39sanctuaryH4720 on the sameH1931 dayH3117 to profaneH2490 it; and beholdH2009, thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 they didH6213 withinH8432 My houseH1004.
40“FurthermoreH637, 40they have evenH3588 sentH7971 for menH376 who comeH935 from a greatH4801 distanceH4801, to whomH834 a messengerH4397 was sentH7971; and beholdH2009, they cameH935--for whomH834 you bathedH7364, 41putH3583 makeupH3583 on your eyesH5869, and 42adornedH5710 yourselvesH5710 with jewelryH5716; 41and you satH3427 on a splendidH3519 43couchH4296 with a 44tableH7979 arrangedH6186 in frontH6440 of it on which you had setH7760 My 45incenseH7004 and My 46oilH8081. 42And the soundH6963 of a 4748carefreeH7961 multitudeH1995 was with her; and 49heavyH5433 drinkersH5433 were broughtH935 from the wildernessH4057 with peopleH376 from the multitudeH7230 of humanityH120. And they putH5414 50braceletsH6781 on 51the wristsH3027 of the women and beautifulH8597 crownsH5850 on their headsH7218.
43“Then I saidH559 concerning her who was 52wornH1087 outH1087 by adulteriesH5004, ‘53Will they nowH6258 commitH2181 adulteryH2181 with her when she is like this?’ 4454But they wentH935 inH935 to her as they would goH935 inH935 to a prostituteH2181. ThisH3651 isH3651 howH3651 they wentH935 inH935 to OholahH170 and to OholibahH172, the lewdH2154 womenH802.
Notes
- 1. Ezekiel 23:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch ↩
- 2. Ezekiel 23:22 Lit your soul ↩
- 3. Ezekiel 23:23 Lit sons of Babylon ↩
- 4. Ezekiel 23:23 2 Kin 20:14-17; Ezek 21:19; 23:14-17 ↩
- 5. Ezekiel 23:23 2 Kin 24:2; Job 1:17; Is 23:13 ↩
- 6. Ezekiel 23:23 Jer 50:21 ↩
- 7. Ezekiel 23:23 Lit sons of Assyria ↩
- 8. Ezekiel 23:23 Gen 2:14; 25:18; Ezra 6:22 ↩
- 9. Ezekiel 23:23 Lit called ones ↩
- 10. Ezekiel 23:24 Jer 47:3; Ezek 26:10; Nah 2:3, 4 ↩
- 11. Ezekiel 23:24 Lit wheel ↩
- 12. Ezekiel 23:24 I.e., small shield ↩
- 13. Ezekiel 23:24 Jer 39:5, 6; Ezek 16:38; 23:45 ↩
- 14. Ezekiel 23:25 Ex 34:14; Ezek 5:13; 8:17, 18; Zeph 1:18 ↩
- 15. Ezekiel 23:25 Lit remainder ↩
- 16. Ezekiel 23:25 Ezek 23:47; Hos 2:4 ↩
- 17. Ezekiel 23:25 Lit remainder ↩
- 18. Ezekiel 23:26 Jer 13:22; Ezek 16:39; 23:29 ↩
- 19. Ezekiel 23:26 Is 3:18-23 ↩
- 20. Ezekiel 23:27 Ezek 16:41 ↩
- 21. Ezekiel 23:28 Jer 21:7-10; 34:20; Ezek 16:37; 23:17, 22 ↩
- 22. Ezekiel 23:28 Lit your soul ↩
- 23. Ezekiel 23:29 Deut 28:48; Ezek 23:25, 26, 45-47 ↩
- 24. Ezekiel 23:30 Ezek 6:9 ↩
- 25. Ezekiel 23:31 2 Kin 21:13; Jer 7:14, 15; Ezek 23:33 ↩
- 26. Ezekiel 23:32 Ps 60:3; Is 51:17; Jer 25:15 ↩
- 27. Ezekiel 23:32 Or It will be for laughter and derision because of its great size ↩
- 28. Ezekiel 23:32 Ezek 5:14, 15; 16:57; 22:4, 5 ↩
- 29. Ezekiel 23:33 Jer 25:15, 16, 27; Hab 2:16 ↩
- 30. Ezekiel 23:34 Ps 75:8; Is 51:17 ↩
- 31. Ezekiel 23:35 Is 17:10; Jer 3:21; Ezek 22:12; Hos 8:14; 13:6 ↩
- 32. Ezekiel 23:35 1 Kin 14:9; Jer 2:27; 32:33 ↩
- 33. Ezekiel 23:36 Jer 1:10; Ezek 20:4; 22:2 ↩
- 34. Ezekiel 23:36 Is 58:1; Ezek 16:2; Mic 3:8 ↩
- 35. Ezekiel 23:37 Ezek 16:20; 20:26 ↩
- 36. Ezekiel 23:37 I.e., the idols ↩
- 37. Ezekiel 23:38 2 Kin 21:4, 7; Ezek 5:11; 7:20 ↩
- 38. Ezekiel 23:38 Jer 17:27; Ezek 20:13, 24 ↩
- 39. Ezekiel 23:39 Jer 7:9-11 ↩
- 40. Ezekiel 23:40 Or you (women) ↩
- 41. Ezekiel 23:40 2 Kin 9:30; Jer 4:30 ↩
- 42. Ezekiel 23:40 Is 3:18-23; Ezek 16:13-16 ↩
- 43. Ezekiel 23:41 Esth 1:6; Is 57:7; Amos 6:4 ↩
- 44. Ezekiel 23:41 Is 65:11; Ezek 44:16 ↩
- 45. Ezekiel 23:41 Jer 44:17; Hos 2:8 ↩
- 46. Ezekiel 23:41 Jer 44:17; Hos 2:8 ↩
- 47. Ezekiel 23:42 Lit at ease ↩
- 48. Ezekiel 23:42 Ezek 16:49; Amos 6:3-6 ↩
- 49. Ezekiel 23:42 Jer 51:7 ↩
- 50. Ezekiel 23:42 Gen 24:30; Ezek 16:11, 12 ↩
- 51. Ezekiel 23:42 Lit their hands ↩
- 52. Ezekiel 23:43 Ezek 23:3 ↩
- 53. Ezekiel 23:43 Or Now they will commit adultery with her, and she with them ↩
- 54. Ezekiel 23:44 Or And ↩
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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