Ezekiel 16:38
36 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
37 therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.
And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
39 Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
40 They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
- KJV
- And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
- WEB
- I will judge you as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
- ASV
- And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring upon thee the blood of wrath and jealousy.
- DARBY
- And I will judge thee with the judgments of women that commit adultery and shed blood; and I will give thee up to the blood of fury and jealousy;
- BLB
- And I will judge you [with] the judgments of those committing adultery and shedding blood, and I will bring upon you the blood of rage and jealousy.
- ÅB
- Jeg vil dømme deg slik som de kvinner dømmes som driver hor og utøser blod, og jeg vil gjøre deg til bare blod ved min harme og nidkjærhet.
- OTB
- Jeg vil dømme deg som kvinner som begår utroskap og utgyter blod blir dømt; jeg vil bringe over deg blodhevnens vrede og sjalusi.
- B1930
- Jeg vil dømme dig likesom de kvinner dømmes som driver hor og utøser blod, og jeg vil gjøre dig til bare blod ved min harme og nidkjærhet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Read in contextLeviticus 20:10
If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
Read in contextJeremiah 18:21
Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
Read in contextZephaniah 1:17
I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.
Read in contextNumbers 35:31
You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:20–21
You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
Read in contextDeuteronomy 22:22–24
If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
Read in contextMatthew 1:18–19
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
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