Ezekiel 16:42

Ezekiel 16:42 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So will I satisfy my wrath on you, and my jealousy shall depart from you. I will be calm and will no more be angry.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So I will lay to rest My fury toward you, and My jealousy shall depart from you. I will be quiet, and be angry no more.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Then at last my fury against you will be spent, and my jealous anger will subside. I will be calm and will not be angry with you anymore.

Context of Ezekiel 16:42

40They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and hack you to pieces with their swords. 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. Then 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? 44“ ‘Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”

Ezekiel 16:42 word by word

וַהֲנִחֹתִ֤י חֲמָתִי֙ בָּ֔ךְ וְסָ֥רָה קִנְאָתִ֖י מִמֵּ֑ךְ וְשָׁ֣קַטְתִּ֔י וְלֹ֥א אֶכְעַ֖ס עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So will I make my furyחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• toward thee to restנוּחַnûach · to restH5117
• and my jealousyקִנְאָהqin'âh · jealousyH7068
• shall departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• from thee, and I will be quietשָׁקַטshâqaţ · to quietH8252
• and will be no more angryכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:42

• Ezekiel 5:13“Then my anger will cease and my wrath against them will subside, and I will be avenged. And when I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I the Lord have spoken in my zeal.
• Ezekiel 21:17I too will strike my hands together, and my wrath will subside. I the Lord have spoken.”
• 2 Samuel 21:14They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish, at Zela in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer in behalf of the land.
• Isaiah 1:24Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes and avenge myself on my enemies.
• Zechariah 6:8Then he called to me, “Look, those going toward the north country have given my Spirit rest in the land of the north.”
• Ezekiel 39:29I will no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit on the people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
• Isaiah 40:1Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
• Isaiah 54:9“To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:42

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 42I will be quiet and will be no more angry - I will completely abandon thee; have nothing more to do with thee; think no more of thee. When God in judgment ceases to reprehend, this is the severest judgment.Read the comment
• 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. 4242. my fury ... rest--when My justice has exacted the full penalty commensurate with thy awful guilt (see on Eze 5:13). It is not a mitigation of the penalty that is here foretold, but such an utter destruction of all the guilty that there shall be no need of further punishment [Calvin].Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:42

• God Continued...
• High Places
• Jealousy
• Lasciviousness

In the dictionaries

• I Will Be
• Confound
• Eminent
• Equal
• Fornication
• Gird
• Justify
• Rest
• Solomon, Song of
• Crime; Crimes

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