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Ezekiel 16:23

Sin

21 That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?

22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.

And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)

24 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.

25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,
KJV
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)
WEB
“‘“It has happened after all your wickedness—woe, woe to you!” says the Lord GOD—
ASV
And it is come to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah,)
DARBY
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah),
BLB
And it came to pass after all your evil—Woe, woe to you, a declaration of the Lord YHWH—
ÅB
Og etter all denne din ondskap - ve, ve deg! sier Herren, Israels Gud
OTB
‘Ve! Ve til deg, erklærer den suverene Herren. I tillegg til all din ondskap,
B1930
Og efter all denne din ondskap - ve, ve dig! sier Herren, Israels Gud

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 12:12

    Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

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  • Jeremiah 13:27

    I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

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  • Ezekiel 13:18

    And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?

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  • Zephaniah 3:1

    Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

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  • Ezekiel 24:6

    Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

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  • Revelation 8:13

    And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

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  • Ezekiel 13:3

    Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

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  • Ezekiel 2:10

    And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

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