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Ezekiel 23:27

Egypt
Judgment

25 And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be consumed by fire.

26 They will strip off your clothes and take your fine jewelry.

So I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’

28 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Surely I will deliver you into the hands of those you hate, from whom you turned away in disgust.

29 They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity

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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
So I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’
KJV
Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
WEB
Thus I will make your lewdness to cease from you, and remove your prostitution from the land of Egypt, so that you will not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.’
ASV
Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom [brought] from the land of Egypt; so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
DARBY
And I will make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom [brought] from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
BLB
And your wickedness I will make cease from you, and your prostitution from the land of Egypt, and you will not lift up your eyes to them, and Egypt you will not remember anymore.’
ÅB
Slik vil jeg gjøre ende på din utukt og ditt horelevnet fra Egypt, og du skal ikke mere løfte dine øyne til dem og ikke mere komme Egypt i hu.
OTB
Så vil jeg gjøre ende på din skamløshet og hor brakt fra Egypt. Du vil ikke se på disse tingene med lengsel eller huske Egypt lenger.
B1930
Således vil jeg gjøre ende på din utukt og ditt horelevnet fra Egyptens land, og du skal ikke mere løfte dine øine til dem og ikke mere komme Egypten i hu.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 16:41

    Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.

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  • Ezekiel 23:19

    Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of Egypt

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  • Ezekiel 23:3

    and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.

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  • Ezekiel 22:15

    I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.

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  • Micah 5:10–14

    “In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.

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  • Zechariah 13:2

    And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.

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  • Isaiah 27:9

    Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

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