Ezekiel 23:49

Ezekiel 23:49 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they shall return your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry, and you shall know that I am the Lord God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)They shall repay you for your lewdness, and you shall pay for your idolatrous sins. Then you shall know that I am the Lord God.’ ”
• New Living Translation (NLT)You will be fully repaid for all your prostitution—your worship of idols. Yes, you will suffer the full penalty. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”

Context of Ezekiel 23:49

47The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses. 48“So I will put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not imitate you. You will suffer the penalty for your lewdness and bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 23:49 word by word

וְנָתְנ֤וּ זִמַּתְכֶ֙נָה֙ עֲלֵיכֶ֔ן וַחֲטָאֵ֥י גִלּוּלֵיכֶ֖ן תִּשֶּׂ֑אינָה וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּ֥י אֲנִ֖י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they shall recompenseנָתַןnâthan · to give: payH5414
• your lewdnessזִמָּהzimmâh zammâh · wickednessH2154
• upon you, and ye shall bearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: guiltH5375
• the sinsחֵטְאchêţ' · sinH2399
• of your idolsגִּלּוּלgillûl gillûl · idolH1544
• and ye shall knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:49

• Ezekiel 7:4I will not look on you with pity; I will not spare you. I will surely repay you for your conduct and for the detestable practices among you. “ ‘Then you will know that I am the Lord.’
• Ezekiel 9:10So I will not look on them with pity or spare them, but I will bring down on their own heads what they have done.”
• Ezekiel 11:21But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
• Ezekiel 16:43“ ‘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?
• Ezekiel 22:31So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
• Isaiah 59:18According to what they have done, so will he repay wrath to his enemies and retribution to his foes; he will repay the islands their due.
• Ezekiel 23:35“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, you must bear the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution.”
• Ezekiel 6:7Your people will fall slain among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 20:38I will purge you of those who revolt and rebel against me. Although I will bring them out of the land where they are living, yet they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 25:5I will turn Rabbah into a pasture for camels and Ammon into a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Psalms 9:16The Lord is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:49

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 49Ye shall bear the sins of your idols - The punishment due to your adultery; your apostasy from God, and setting up idolatry in the land.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. 4949. bear the sins of your idols--that is, the punishment of your idolatry. know that I am the Lord God--that is, know it to your cost ... by bitter suffering.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• God
• Adulterer
• Desirable
• Dispatch
• Dote
• Hatefully
• Lewd
• Crime; Crimes
• Ezekiel
• Grace

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