Ezekiel - 23:31



31 You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore will I give her cup into your hand.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 23:31.

Differing Translations

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Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; and I have given her cup into thy hand.
In the way of thy sister thou hast walked, And I have given her cup into thy hand.
You have gone in the way of your sister; and I will give her cup into your hand.
In the way of thy sister hast thou walked; therefore will I give her cup into thy hand.
You have walked in the way of your sister, and so I will give her chalice into your hand.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her (m) cup into thy hand.
(m) I will execute the same judgments and vengeance against you and that with greater severity.

Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister,.... Samaria, or the ten tribes of Israel; followed them in their idolatrous practices, were guilty of the same:
therefore will I give her cup into thine hand; the cup of her vengeance, as the Targum; inflict the same punishment on the two tribes as on the ten, and suffer them to be carried captive as they had been.

her cup--of punishment (Psalm 11:6; Psalm 75:8; Jeremiah 25:15, &c.). Thy guilt and that of Israel being alike, your punishment shall be alike.

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