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Ezekiel 23

Ezek. 23:32 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thus saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
God
Yhovih (Hebrew #3069)
a variation of 3068 (used after 136, and pronounced by Jews as 430, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce 3068 as 136)
KJV usage: God.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vee'
; Thou shalt drink
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
of thy sister’s
'achowth (Hebrew #269)
a sister (used very widely (like 250), literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (an-)other, sister, together.
Pronounce: aw-khoth'
Origin: irregular feminine of 251
cup
kowc (Hebrew #3563)
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
KJV usage: cup, (small) owl. Compare 3599.
Pronounce: koce
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hold together
deep
`amoq (Hebrew #6013)
deep (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (X exceeding) deep (thing).
Pronounce: aw-moke'
Origin: from 6009
and large
rachab (Hebrew #7342)
roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively
KJV usage: broad, large, at liberty, proud, wide.
Pronounce: raw-khawb'
Origin: from 7337
: thou shalt be laughed to scorn
tschoq (Hebrew #6712)
laughter (in pleasure or derision)
KJV usage: laugh(-ed to scorn).
Pronounce: tsekh-oke'
Origin: from 6711
c and had in derision
la`ag (Hebrew #3933)
derision, scoffing
KJV usage: derision, scorn (-ing).
Pronounce: lah'-ag
Origin: from 3932
; it containeth
kuwl (Hebrew #3557)
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
KJV usage: (be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).
Pronounce: kool
Origin: a primitive root
much
mirbah (Hebrew #4767)
abundance, i.e. a great quantity
KJV usage: much.
Pronounce: meer-baw'
Origin: from 7235
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Ezek. 22:4‑5• 4Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
 5Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed. (Ezek. 22:4‑5)
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drink.
Psa. 60:3• 3Thou hast showed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. (Psa. 60:3)
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Isa. 51:17• 17Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. (Isa. 51:17)
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Jer. 25:15‑28• 15For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
 16And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
 17Then took I the cup at the Lord's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me:
 18To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
 19Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
 20And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
 21Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
 22And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
 23Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
 24And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
 25And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
 26And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
 27Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
 28And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. (Jer. 25:15‑28)
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Jer. 48:26• 26Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. (Jer. 48:26)
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Matt. 20:22‑23• 22But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
 23And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. (Matt. 20:22‑23)
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Rev. 16:19• 19And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. (Rev. 16:19)
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Rev. 18:6• 6Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. (Rev. 18:6)
thou shalt be.
Ezek. 22:4‑5• 4Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
 5Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed. (Ezek. 22:4‑5)
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Ezek. 25:6• 6For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel; (Ezek. 25:6)
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Ezek. 26:2• 2Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: (Ezek. 26:2)
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Ezek. 35:15• 15As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord. (Ezek. 35:15)
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Ezek. 36:3• 3Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: (Ezek. 36:3)
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Deut. 28:37• 37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. (Deut. 28:37)
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1 Kings 9:7• 7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: (1 Kings 9:7)
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Psa. 79:3• 3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. (Psa. 79:3)
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Jer. 25:9• 9Behold, 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. (Jer. 25:9)
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Lam. 2:15‑16• 15All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
 16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. (Lam. 2:15‑16)
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Mic. 7:8• 8Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. (Mic. 7:8)
• Thus the judgment of favored Judah should even exceed that of Samaria, as indeed her guilt was greater. (“Notes on Ezekiel 23” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large; thou shalt be for a laughing-stock and a derision, for it containeth much.