Ezekiel 23:32
in Ezekiel 23This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup, which is deep and large; thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
KJV
Thus saith the Lord God; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
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This verse in Ezekiel 23
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThus saith the Lord God, thou shall drink of thy sister's cup deep and large,.... That is, partake of the same punishment, which was very great, signified by a deep and large cup, which holds much: thou shall be laughed to scorn, and had in derision; by the nations round about, who, instead of pitying them under their troubles, will rejoice at them; just as drunken men are laughed at, when intoxicated and reeling about: it containeth much; the cup of wrath and vengeance; as much as will last severity years drinking.
This site's exposition
Thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision
on Ezekiel 23:32-35
The cup figure returns from the shared sentence of verse 31, filled with drunkenness and sorrow. Barnes reads the physical detail of verse 34 as grief turned inward once judgment lands. Henry notes the reason is stated once more, because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 28 and following) For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will deliver you into the hands of those whom you hate, into the hands of those from whom your soul is sated. And they will deal with you in hatred, and they will take away all your labors, and they will leave you naked and full of shame, and the shame of your fornications will be revealed. Your wickedness and your fornications have done this to you, because you have prostituted yourself to the nations, among whom you have defiled yourself with their idols.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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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The cup of divine vengeance holds a great deal, and so those will find into whose hand it shall be put. They shall be made to drink the very dregs of this cup, as the wicked are said to do ( Ps. lxxv. 8 ): " Thou shalt drink it and suck it out, not because it is pleasant, but because it is forced upon thee (
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When God is about to ruin a people he makes their judges fools and pours contempt on their princes, Job xii. In all this God will be justified, and by all this they will be reformed; and so the issue even of this will be God's glory and their good. They have been bad, very bad, and that justifies God in all that is brought upon them (
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup - Thou shalt be ruined and desolated as Samaria was.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֤ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַר֙ | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהֹוִ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| כּ֤וֹס | kos | [the] cup of | H3563 → | 34 times |
| אֲחוֹתֵךְ֙ | ʾachotekh | sister your | H269 → | 114 times |
| תִּשְׁתִּ֔י | tishti | you will drink | H8354 → | 217 times |
| הָעֲמֻקָּ֖ה | haamukah | <the> deep | H6013 → | |
| וְהָרְחָבָ֑ה | veharechavah | and <the> wide | H7342 → | |
| תִּהְיֶ֥ה | tihyeh | it will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לִצְחֹ֛ק | litzchok | <into> laughter | H6712 → | |
| וּלְלַ֖עַג | ulelaag | and <into> mockery | H3933 → | |
| מִרְבָּ֥ה | mirbah | much | H4767 → | |
| לְהָכִֽיל׃ | lehakhil | to contain | H3557 → |
כֹּ֤הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַר֙he says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהֹוִ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
כּ֤וֹס[the] cup of
kosH3563 →34 times
אֲחוֹתֵךְ֙sister your
ʾachotekhH269 →114 times
תִּשְׁתִּ֔יyou will drink
tishtiH8354 →217 times
הָעֲמֻקָּ֖ה<the> deep
haamukahH6013 →
וְהָרְחָבָ֑הand <the> wide
veharechavahH7342 →
תִּהְיֶ֥הit will become
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
לִצְחֹ֛ק<into> laughter
litzchokH6712 →
וּלְלַ֖עַגand <into> mockery
ulelaagH3933 →
מִרְבָּ֥הmuch
mirbahH4767 →
לְהָכִֽיל׃to contain
lehakhilH3557 →
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
Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men…
it leads to
- Isaiah 52:1
Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
- Revelation 14:10
he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and…
- Job 21:20
Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
- Isaiah 52:1
Through
Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
- 1 Kings 9:7–8
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an…
- Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,…
- Jeremiah 24:9
Through
Psalms 60:3You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
it leads to
- Psalms 71:20
Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
- Isaiah 51:17
Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men…
- Psalms 71:20
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.