Ezekiel 23:27
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Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.So I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’
In other translations
Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.So I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’
Hebrew words
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּיvehishbatiand I will cause to ceaseH7673זִמָּתֵךְzimatekhlicentiousness yourH2154מִמֵּךְmimekhfrom youH4480וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853זְנוּתֵךְzenutekhprostitution yourH2184מֵאֶרֶץme'eretzfrom [the] land ofH776מִצְרָיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4714וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808תִשְׂאִיtis'iyou will lift upH5375עֵינַיִךְ'einayikheyes yourH5869אֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemto themH413וּמִצְרַיִםumitzrayimand EgyptH4714לֹאlo'notH3808תִזְכְּרִי־tizkeri-you will rememberH2142עוֹד׃ סodagainH5750
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Related verses
- Ezekiel 16:41And 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.Then 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.
- Ezekiel 23:19Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of Egypt
- Ezekiel 23:3And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.
- Micah 5:10-1410 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: 11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: 12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: 13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.10 “In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots. 11 I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds. 12 I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers. 13 I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.
- Zechariah 13:2And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
- Isaiah 27:9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
- Ezekiel 22:15And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.
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Places: Egypt