Ezekiel 23:31

31 You did the same things your sister did, so you will get the same punishment, like a bitter cup to drink.

Ezekiel 23:31 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 23:31

Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister
Samaria, or the ten tribes of Israel; followed them in their idolatrous practices, were guilty of the same: therefore will I give her cup into thine hand;
the cup of her vengeance, as the Targum; inflict the same punishment on the two tribes as on the ten, and suffer them to be carried captive as they had been.

Ezekiel 23:31 In-Context

29 They will treat you with hate and take away everything you worked for, leaving you empty and naked. Everyone will know about the sinful things you did. Your sexual sins

30 have brought this on you. You have had sexual relations with the nations and made yourselves unclean by worshiping their idols.

31 You did the same things your sister did, so you will get the same punishment, like a bitter cup to drink.

32 "This is what the Lord God says: You will drink the same cup your sister did, and that cup is deep and wide. Everyone will make fun of you, because the cup is full.

33 It will make you miserable and drunk. It is the cup of fear and ruin. It is the cup of your sister Samaria.