Ezekiel 23:35

35 "Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have 1forgotten Me and 2cast Me behind your back, bear now the punishment of your lewdness and your harlotries.' "

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, The cup of horror and desolation, The cup of your sister Samaria.
34 'You will drink it and drain it. Then you will gnaw its fragments 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, bear now the punishment of your lewdness and your harlotries.' "
36 Moreover, the LORD said to me, "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations
37 "For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. Thus they have committed adultery with their idols and even caused their sons, whom they bore to Me, to pass through the fire to them as food.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Isaiah 17:10; Jeremiah 3:21; Ezekiel 22:12; Hosea 8:14; Hosea 13:6
  • 2. 1 Kings 14:9; Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 32:33
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