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Ezekiel 16:41
41They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women. I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay your lovers.
Ezekiel 16:41 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And they shall burn your houses and execute judgments upon you in the sight of many women. I will make you stop playing the whore, and you shall also give payment no more.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will make you cease playing the harlot, and you shall no longer hire lovers.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They will burn your homes and punish you in front of many women. I will stop your prostitution and end your payments to your many lovers.
Context of Ezekiel 16:41
39Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked. 40They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and hack you to pieces with their swords. They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women. I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay your lovers. 42Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger will turn away from you; I will be calm and no longer angry. 43“ ‘Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged me with all these things, I will surely bring down on your head what you have done, declares the Sovereign Lord. Did you not add lewdness to all your other detestable practices?
Read all of Ezekiel 16Ezekiel 16:41 word by word
וְשָׂרְפ֤וּ בָתַּ֙יִךְ֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְעָשׂוּ־בָ֣ךְ שְׁפָטִ֔ים לְעֵינֵ֖י נָשִׁ֣ים רַבּ֑וֹת וְהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ֙ מִזּוֹנָ֔ה וְגַם־אֶתְנַ֖ן לֹ֥א תִתְּנִי־עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And they shall burnשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
- thine housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- with fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
- and executeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- judgmentsשֶׁ֫פֶטshepheţ · judgmentH8201
- upon thee in the sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
- of manyרַבrab · manyH7227
- womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
- and I will cause thee to ceaseשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
- from playing the harlotזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
- and thou also shalt giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- no hireאֶתְנַן'ethnan · wagesH868
Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:41
- Deuteronomy 13:16You are to gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. That town is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt,
- 2 Kings 25:9He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.
- Jeremiah 39:8The Babylonians set fire to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 52:13He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.
- Micah 3:12Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.
- Ezekiel 5:8“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will inflict punishment on you in the sight of the nations.
- Ezekiel 23:10They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women, and punishment was inflicted on her.
- Deuteronomy 13:11Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and no one among you will do such an evil thing again.
- Deuteronomy 22:21she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done an outrageous thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.
- Job 34:26He punishes them for their wickedness where everyone can see them,
- Ezekiel 23:27So I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you began in Egypt. You will not look on these things with longing or remember Egypt anymore.
- Ezekiel 37:23They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding, and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
- Isaiah 1:25I will turn my hand against you; I will thoroughly purge away your dross and remove all your impurities.
- Isaiah 2:18and the idols will totally disappear.
- Isaiah 27:9By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like limestone crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.
- Hosea 2:6Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:41
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35-43Verses 35-43 Judah is now represented as undergoing the punishment adjudged to an adulteress and murderess. Only in her utter destruction shall the wrath of the Lord, the jealous God, cease. Ezekiel 16:36 Filthiness - Or, brass, i. e., money, is lavished. The Hebrews generally speak of money as gold Isaiah 46:6, but brass coins were not unknown in the time of the Maccabees. Compare Matthew 10:9; Mark 12:41. Ezekiel may here have put brass for gold…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39-43In a tragic turn, the nations that Jerusalem trusted would later attack her. The very allies she depended on would turn against her and destroy her. The Lord’s anger would continue until justice was complete. It would not end until Jerusalem had paid the full price for her past sins. Only then would his judgment be finished.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4141. The result of the awful judgment shall be, when divine vengeance has run its course, it shall cease. burn--(De 13:16; 2Ki 25:9). women--the surrounding Gentile nations to whom thou shalt be an object of mocking (Psa 137:7). I will cause thee to cease ... harlot--(Eze 23:27). Thou shalt no longer be able to play the harlot through My judgments. thou ... shall give ... no hire ... any more--Thou shalt have none to give.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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