Ezekiel 23:47

47 The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.

Ezekiel 23:47 in Other Translations

KJV
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 up their houses with fire.
ESV
47 And the host shall stone them and cut them down with their swords. They shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses.
NLT
47 For their enemies will stone them and kill them with swords. They will butcher their sons and daughters and burn their homes.
MSG
47 Let the mob stone them and hack them to pieces - kill all their children, burn down their houses!
CSB
47 The assembly will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses with fire.

Ezekiel 23:47 In-Context

45 But righteous judges will sentence them to the punishment of women who commit adultery and shed blood, because they are adulterous and blood is on their hands.
46 “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring a mob against them and give them over to terror and plunder.
47 The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
48 “So I will put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not imitate you.
49 You will suffer the penalty for your lewdness and bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.”

Cross References 3

  • 1. S ver 25
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 36:19; S Jeremiah 34:22
  • 3. S 2 Chronicles 36:17; Ezekiel 16:40-41
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