Ezequiel 23:34

34 Beberás toda esa copa de terror
hasta la última gota.
Luego la romperás en pedazos
y te golpearás el pecho en señal de angustia.
¡Yo, el Señor
Soberano, he hablado!

Ezequiel 23:34 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 23:34

Thou shalt even drink it, and suck it out
The very dregs of it, that which lies at the bottom, which is the most nauseous and the most pernicious; not through love to it, but through force, shall be obliged to it; see ( Psalms 75:8 ) : and thou shall break the sherds thereof;
and suck them, so that not a drop of the liquor shall be lost; even what has penetrated into the earthen vessel, which this cup is supposed to be; and therefore it shall be broken to pieces, and these pieces sucked, that all may be got out; suggesting that there will be no abatement of the punishment, it shall be endured to the utmost: or it may be an allusion to drunkards, who, having drunk up their liquor, and become drunk, break their glasses, pots, and cups, and to which the next clause agrees: and pluck off thine own breasts;
as men in their drunken fits, being like mad men, tear their own flesh; and so the Targum paraphrases it,

``thou shall tear thy flesh;''

so the Jews, under punishment for sin, and pressed with the guilt of it, through indignation at themselves should tear their flesh, and particularly pluck off their breasts: the allusion is to fornication, to which idolatry is compared, in which those parts are particularly affected; see ( Ezekiel 23:21 ) , the Syriac version renders this and the former clause thus, "thou shall shave thine hair and cut off thy breasts"; Kimchi thinks by the "breasts" are meant the oral and written laws, which ceased in the time of the captivity; but without any foundation: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord;
and therefore it shall be done.

Ezequiel 23:34 In-Context

32 »Sí, esto dice el Señor
Soberano:
»Beberás de la copa de terror de tu hermana,
una copa grande y profunda,
que está llena hasta el borde
de burla y de desprecio.

33 Te llenarás de borrachera y angustia,
pues tu copa rebosa de aflicción y desolación;
es la misma copa que bebió tu hermana, Samaria.

34 Beberás toda esa copa de terror
hasta la última gota.
Luego la romperás en pedazos
y te golpearás el pecho en señal de angustia.
¡Yo, el Señor
Soberano, he hablado!

35 »Y porque te olvidaste de mí y me diste la espalda, esto dice el Señor
Soberano: tendrás que sufrir las consecuencias de toda tu lascivia y de tu prostitución».

36 El Señor
juzga a las dos hermanas
El Señor
me dijo: «Hijo de hombre, debes acusar a Aholá y Aholibá de todos sus pecados detestables.