Ezekiel 16:41
in Ezekiel 16Then 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou shalt also give no hire any more.
KJV
And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
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This verse in Ezekiel 16
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The result of the awful judgment shall be, when divine vengeance has run its course, it shall cease. burn-- (De 13:16; 2Ki 25:9). women--the surrounding Gentile nations to whom thou shalt be an object of mocking (Ps 137:7).
This site's exposition
They will bring a mob against you
on Ezekiel 16:40-43
The penalty the law set for adultery falls on the city. Then the wrath is spent: “I will lay to rest My wrath against you.” The charge is named once more, “Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other abominations?”
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 35 and following) Therefore, prostitute, listen to the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God: Because your bronze has been poured out, and your disgrace has been revealed in your fornication (in your adulteries), with your lovers, and with the idols of your abominations, in the blood of your sons, whom you have given to them.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), I will execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; thou shalt be made an example of in terrorem--that others may see and fear and do no more presumptuously. The criminal is condemned to die, for her sins are such as death is the wages of (
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And they shall burn thine houses with fire,....
Thus both the sin and the sinners shall be abolished together, and an end put to both: Thou shalt cease from playing the harlot; there shall be no remainders of idolatry in the land, because the inhabitants shall be wholly extirpated, and they shall give no more hire because they shall have no more to give. Some that will not leave their sins live till their sins leave them.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשָׂרְפ֤וּ | vesarefu | and they will burn | H8313 → | 117 times |
| בָתַּ֙יִךְ֙ | vatayikh | houses your | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| בָּאֵ֔שׁ | baesh | with <the> fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| וְעָשׂוּ־ | veasu- | and they will bring about | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בָ֣ךְ | vakh | on you | ||
| שְׁפָטִ֔ים | shefatim | judgments | H8201 → | 16 times |
| לְעֵינֵ֖י | leeinei | to [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| נָשִׁ֣ים | nashim | women | H802 → | 781 times |
| רַבּ֑וֹת | rabot | many | H7227 → | 454 times |
| וְהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ֙ | vehishbatikh | and I will cause to cease you | H7673 → | 71 times |
| מִזּוֹנָ֔ה | mizonah | from a prostitute | H2181 → | 94 times |
| וְגַם־ | vegam- | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אֶתְנַ֖ן | ʾetnan | [the] hire of a prostitute | H868 → | 11 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִתְּנִי־ | titeni- | you will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| עֽוֹד׃ | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
וְשָׂרְפ֤וּand they will burn
vesarefuH8313 →117 times
בָתַּ֙יִךְ֙houses your
vatayikhH1004 →2046 times
בָּאֵ֔שׁwith <the> fire
baeshH784 →378 times
וְעָשׂוּ־and they will bring about
veasu-H6213 →2628 times
בָ֣ךְon you
vakh
שְׁפָטִ֔יםjudgments
shefatimH8201 →16 times
לְעֵינֵ֖יto [the] eyes of
leeineiH5869 →887 times
נָשִׁ֣יםwomen
nashimH802 →781 times
רַבּ֑וֹתmany
rabotH7227 →454 times
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ֙and I will cause to cease you
vehishbatikhH7673 →71 times
מִזּוֹנָ֔הfrom a prostitute
mizonahH2181 →94 times
וְגַם־and also
vegam-H1571 →769 times
אֶתְנַ֖ן[the] hire of a prostitute
ʾetnanH868 →11 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תִתְּנִי־you will give
titeni-H5414 →2011 times
עֽוֹד׃again
odH5750 →490 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
Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
it leads to
- Micah 3:12
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 79:1
The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
- Micah 3:12
Through
2 Kings 25:9He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
it leads to
- Amos 2:5
So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
- Psalms 74:3–7
Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
- 1 Kings 9:8
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land…
- Amos 2:5
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.”
- Jeremiah 21:10
For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it…
- Nehemiah 1:3
Where this verse is studied
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.