Ezekiel 23:31

Ezekiel 23:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You have gone the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her cup in your hand.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)Because you have followed in your sister’s footsteps, I will force you to drink the same cup of terror she drank.

Context of Ezekiel 23:31

29They will deal with you in hatred and take away everything you have worked for. They will leave you stark naked, and the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your lewdness and promiscuity 30have brought this on you, because you lusted after the nations and defiled yourself with their idols. You have gone the way of your sister; so I will put her cup into your hand. 32“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup large and deep; it will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much. 33You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, the cup of ruin and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.

Ezekiel 23:31 word by word

בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ אֲחוֹתֵ֖ךְ הָלָ֑כְתְּ וְנָתַתִּ֥י כוֹסָ֖הּ בְּיָדֵֽךְ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• in the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• of thy sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• therefore will I giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• her cupכּוֹסkôs · cupH3563
• into thine handיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:31

• Ezekiel 23:13I saw that she too defiled herself; both of them went the same way.
• Ezekiel 16:47You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.
• Jeremiah 3:8I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear; she also went out and committed adultery.
• 2 Kings 21:13I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
• Jeremiah 7:14Therefore, what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears my Name, the temple you trust in, the place I gave to you and your ancestors.
• Daniel 9:12You have fulfilled the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster. Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:31

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-34You will drink your sister’s cup: Jerusalem would have to drink from this bitter cup of judgment, just like Samaria did. The pain from this judgment would make her beat (or tear) her breast in anguish.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. her cup--of punishment (Psa 11:6; 75:8; Jr 25:15, &c.). Thy guilt and that of Israel being alike, your punishment shall be alike.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:31

• Cup
• Drunkenness
• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Sin

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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