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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger will turn away from you; I will be calm and no longer 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.

Context of Ezekiel 16:42

40They will band together in a mob to stone you and cut you up with swords. 41They 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. “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. 43But first, because you have not remembered your youth but have angered me by doing all these evil things, I will fully repay you for all of your sins, says the Sovereign Lord. For you have added lewd acts to all your detestable sins. 44Everyone who makes up proverbs will say of 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 5:13Then at last my anger will be spent, and I will be satisfied. And when my fury against them has subsided, all Israel will know that I, the Lord, have spoken to them in my jealous anger.
• Ezekiel 21:17I, too, will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
• 2 Samuel 21:14Then the king ordered that they bury the bones in the tomb of Kish, Saul’s father, at the town of Zela in the land of Benjamin. After that, God ended the famine in the land.
• Isaiah 1:24Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says, “I will take revenge on my enemies and pay back my foes!
• Zechariah 6:8Then the Lord summoned me and said, “Look, those who went north have vented the anger of my Spirit there in the land of the north.”
• Ezekiel 39:29And I will never again turn my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon the people of Israel. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
• Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
• Isaiah 54:9“Just as I swore in the time of Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth, so now I swear that I will never again be angry and punish you.

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