Ezekiel 23:47
in Ezekiel 23The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the company shall stone them with stones, and despatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 23
Commentary
8 notes on this verseAnd the company shall stone them with stones,.... Which was the punishment of adulterers and idolaters, Deu 13:10, this seems to refer to the Chaldean army casting out stones from their slings and engines into the city of Jerusalem, when they besieged it, by which they killed some, and beat down the houses, which fell upon others, and destroyed them.
This site's exposition
I will bring up a company upon them
on Ezekiel 23:46-49
The sentence is carried out by a company that stones, dispatches with the sword, and burns the houses, the same penalty the law set for adultery now executed nationally as it was threatened in chapter 16. Henry reads the stated purpose of verse 48, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness, as the chapter's own explanation for why the allegory runs this severe, a public lesson rather than a private disgrace. Gill notes the chapter closes on the same recognition formula that ends so much of the book, ye shall know that I am the Lord God, judgment again serving the purpose the whole book states for it.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 36, 37 onwards) And the Lord said to me, saying: Son of man, do you judge Oholah and Oholibah and announce to them their crimes (or iniquities): for they are adulteresses (or have committed adultery), and there is blood on their hands, and they have committed adultery with their idols (or inventions): moreover, they have offered to devour (or have led) their sons whom they have borne to me through fire. But they have also done this to me, they have defiled my sanctuary on that day: and they have profaned my Sabbaths.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And all that is written for warning against the sins of idolatry, and confidence in an arm of flesh, and sinful leagues and confederacies with wicked people (which are the sins here meant by committing whoredom), is that others may hear and fear, and not sin after the similitude of the transgressions of Israel and Judah.
Smite the scorner and the simple will beware. The judgments of God upon some are designed to teach others, and happy are those who receive instruction from them not to tread in the steps of sinners, lest they be taken in their snares; those who would be taught this must know God is the Lord (
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Thus God will assert the honour of his broken law and injured government, and let the world know what a just and jealous God he is. (2.) Thus they shall be broken off from their sins: I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
stones--the legal penalty of the adulteress (Eze 16:40, 41; Answering to the stones hurled by the Babylonians from engines in besieging Jerusalem. houses . . . fire--fulfilled (2Ch 36:17, 19).
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Shall stone them with stones - As they did adulteresses under the law. See Lev 20:10; Deu 22:22, compared with Joh 8:3.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְרָגְמ֨וּ | veragemu | and they will stone | H7275 → | |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֥ן | ʾaleihen | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֶ֙בֶן֙ | ʾeven | stone[s] | H68 → | 273 times |
| קָהָ֔ל | kahal | [the] company | H6951 → | 123 times |
| וּבָרֵ֥א | uvare' | and they will cut down | H1254 → | 55 times |
| אוֹתְהֶ֖ן | ʾothen | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּחַרְבוֹתָ֑ם | becharvotam | with swords their | H2719 → | 413 times |
| בְּנֵיהֶ֤ם | beneihem | sons their | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וּבְנֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ | uvenoteihem | and daughters their | H1323 → | 588 times |
| יַהֲרֹ֔גוּ | yaharogu | they will kill | H2026 → | 167 times |
| וּבָתֵּיהֶ֖ן | uvateihen | and houses their | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| בָּאֵ֥שׁ | baesh | with <the> fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| יִשְׂרֹֽפוּ׃ | yisrofu | they will burn | H8313 → | 117 times |
וְרָגְמ֨וּand they will stone
veragemuH7275 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֥ןon them
ʾaleihenH5921 →5755 times
אֶ֙בֶן֙stone[s]
ʾevenH68 →273 times
קָהָ֔ל[the] company
kahalH6951 →123 times
וּבָרֵ֥אand they will cut down
uvare'H1254 →55 times
אוֹתְהֶ֖ן<obj.> them
ʾothenH853 →10935 times
בְּחַרְבוֹתָ֑םwith swords their
becharvotamH2719 →413 times
בְּנֵיהֶ֤םsons their
beneihemH1121 →4930 times
וּבְנֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙and daughters their
uvenoteihemH1323 →588 times
יַהֲרֹ֔גוּthey will kill
yaharoguH2026 →167 times
וּבָתֵּיהֶ֖ןand houses their
uvateihenH1004 →2046 times
בָּאֵ֥שׁwith <the> fire
baeshH784 →378 times
יִשְׂרֹֽפוּ׃they will burn
yisrofuH8313 →117 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 9:6Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders…
it leads to
- Revelation 9:4
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
- Exodus 12:23
When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow…
- Jeremiah 25:29
For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword…
- 2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- Revelation 7:3
“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
- Revelation 9:4
Through
Jeremiah 39:8The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 1:3
And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
- Nehemiah 1:3
Through
Ezekiel 24:21Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of…
it leads to
- Psalms 27:4
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
- Jeremiah 7:14
therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.
- Psalms 27:4
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.