Ezekiel 23:35

35 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because 1you have forgotten me and 2cast me behind your back, you yourself 3must bear the consequences of your lewdness and whoring."

Ezekiel 23:35 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 23:35

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, because thou hast forgotten
me
His word, worship, and ordinances, and did not attend unto them, but worshipped strange gods: so the Targum,

``because thou hast left my worship:''
and cast me behind thy back; or, as the same paraphrase,
``hast cast the fear of me from before thine eyes;''
or out of thy sight, his laws and statutes; see ( Nehemiah 9:26 ) ( Isaiah 5:24 ) , as men cast behind their backs that which they have no value for and loath, and which they do not care to see, and choose to forget: therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms;
that is, the guilt of their sins, the punishment of their idolatries, and shame and confusion for them.

Ezekiel 23:35 In-Context

33 you will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow. A cup of horror and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria;
34 you shall drink it and drain it out, and gnaw its shards, and tear your breasts;for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.
35 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you yourself must bear the consequences of your lewdness and whoring."
36 The LORD said to me: "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Declare to them their abominations
37 For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. With their idols they have committed adultery, and they have even offered up to them for food the children whom they had borne to me.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Ezekiel 22:12; See Jeremiah 2:32
  • 2. 1 Kings 14:9
  • 3. [ver. 49; Ezekiel 14:10; Ezekiel 16:58]
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