Ezekiel 23:46
44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.
47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
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
- This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder.
- KJV
- For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.
- WEB
- “For the Lord GOD says: ‘I will bring up a mob against them, and will give them to be tossed back and forth and robbed.
- ASV
- For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be tossed to and fro and robbed.
- DARBY
- For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up an assemblage against them, and will give them to be driven hither and thither and spoiled.
- BLB
- For thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Bring up against them an assembly, and give them to terror and plunder!
- ÅB
- For så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Jeg vil føre en folkeskare fram mot dem og overgi dem til mishandling og ran.
- OTB
- For så sier Herren Gud: Før en mobb mot dem og gi dem over til terror og plyndring.
- B1930
- For så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Jeg vil føre en folkeskare frem mot dem og overgi dem til mishandling og ran.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 16:40
They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
Read in contextJeremiah 15:4
And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
Read in contextJeremiah 24:9
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
Read in contextJeremiah 34:17
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Read in contextJeremiah 25:9
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Read in contextEzekiel 23:22–26
Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;
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