Ezekiel 23:25

And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
set	וְנָתַתִּ֨י ve.na.ta.Ti	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
jealousy	קִנְאָתִ֜י kin.'a.Ti	H7068	jealousy or envy · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
deal	וְעָשׂ֤וּ ve.'a.Su	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
furiously	בְּחֵמָ֔ה be.che.Mah	H2534	heat · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
away	יָסִ֔ירוּ ya.Si.ru	H5493	to turn off (literal or figurative) · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
nose	אַפֵּ֤ךְ 'a.Pekh	H639	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
ears	וְאָזְנַ֙יִךְ֙ ve.'a.ze.Na.yikh	H241	broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in ma… · conjunction + noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
remnant	וְאַחֲרִיתֵ֖ךְ ve.'a.cha.ri.Tekh	H319	the last or end · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
fall	תִּפּ֑וֹל ti.Pol	H5307	to fall · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
sword	בַּחֶ֣רֶב ba.Che.rev	H2719	drought · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
take	יִקָּ֔חוּ yi.Ka.chu	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
sons	בָּנַ֤יִךְ ba.Na.yikh	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
daughters	וּבְנוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ u.ve.no.Ta.yikh	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
residue	וְאַחֲרִיתֵ֖ךְ ve.'a.cha.ri.Tekh	H319	the last or end · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
devoured	תֵּאָכֵ֥ל te.'a.Khel	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
fire	בָּאֵֽשׁ ba.'Esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 23:47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn…
Exodus 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Ezekiel 5:13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the L…
Ezekiel 8:1-18 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sa…
Ezekiel 15:6-7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give t…
Ezekiel 16:38-42 And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
Ezekiel 20:47-48 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall d…
Hosea 2:4-5 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 23:22–end

Jerusalem stands indicted by the name of Aholibah, for that she, as a false traitor to her sovereign Lord the God of heaven, not having his fear before her eyes, but moved by the instigation of the devil, had revolted from her allegiance to him, had compassed and imagined to shake off his government, had kept up a correspondence had joined in confederacy with his enemies, and the pretenders to a deity, in contempt of his crown and dignity. To this indictment she has pleaded, Not guilty: I am not polluted; I have not gone after Baalim. But it is found against her by the notorious evidence of the fact, and she stands convicted of it, nor has any thing material to offer why judgment should not…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 23:25

take away thy nose . . . ears--Adulteresses were punished so among the Egyptians and Chaldeans. Oriental beauties wore ornaments in the ear and nose. How just the retribution, that the features most bejewelled should be mutilated! So, allegorically as to Judah, the spiritual adulteress.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 23:25

Shall take away thy nose - A punishment frequent among the Persians and Chaldeans, as ancient authors tell. Adulteries were punished in this way; and to this Martial refers: - Quis tibi persuasit nares abscindere moecho? "Who has counselled thee to cut off the adulterer's nose?" Women were thus treated in Egypt. See Calmet.

John Gill on Ezekiel 23:25

And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee,.... As a jealous husband, enraged against his adulterous wife, falls upon her in his fury, and uses her with great severity; so the Jews having committed spiritual fornication, that is, idolatry, and departed from the Lord, he threatens to stir up the fury of his jealousy, and punish them severely by the Chaldeans, as follows: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears, and thy remnant shall fall by the sword; as gallants use their harlots when they leave them, or jealous husbands their adulterous wives, disfiguring them, that they may be marked and known what they are, and be despised by others; and as has…

Dictionary and topics

Aholah And Aholibah — (my tabernacle) two symbolical names, are described as harlots, the former representing Samaria and the latter Judah. Ezek. 23.
Assyria · The Jews condemned for following the idolatries of — The Jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Captive · .Robbe — .Robbe
Fire · Torture by — Torture by
Idolatry · .Licentiousness of — .Licentiousness of
Jealousy · Attributed to Go — Attributed to Go
Nose · Mutilate — Mutilate
Punishments · Secondary kinds of: Cutting off nose and ears — Secondary kinds of: Cutting off nose and ears
War · 28:25-68;32:30; — 28:25-68;32:30;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 23:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 23:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 23:25

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 23:25

John Gill on Ezekiel 23:25

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 23:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 23:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 23:25

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 23:25

John Gill on Ezekiel 23:25

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 23:22-35

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 23:25-29

Rashi on Ezekiel 23:25