Ezekiel 23:33

33 you will be filled with ¹drunkenness and sorrow. ²A cup of horror and desolation, the cup of ³your sister Samaria;

Ezekiel 23:33 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 23:33

Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow
Sorrow is the effect of drunkenness; these two generally go together; when a man is filled with the one, he is with the other; this expresses the greatness of the sorrow and distress of the Jews in captivity: with the cup of astonishment and desolation;
their punishment would be so great, and their condition be so desolate, that it should astonish them, and bereave them of their senses; and they should be like mad men, as their actions in the following verse show: with the cup of thy sister Samaria;
the same punishment as inflicted on the ten tribes.

Ezekiel 23:33 In-Context

31 You have gone the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.

32 Thus says the Lord God: “You shall drink your sister’s cup that is deep and large; you shall be laughed at and held in derision, for it contains much;

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. ”

Cross References

• 1. 23:33 Isa. 51:17; Jer. 13:13; [Rev. 14:10]
• 2. 23:33 Isa. 51:17; Jer. 13:13; [Rev. 14:10]
• 3. 23:33 [ver. 4]