Ezekiel 16:23

23 “ ‘Woe! Woe to you, declares the Sovereign LORD. In addition to all your other wickedness,

Ezekiel 16:23 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)
English Standard Version (ESV)
23 "And after all your wickedness (woe, woe to you! declares the Lord GOD),
New Living Translation (NLT)
23 “What sorrow awaits you, says the Sovereign LORD . In addition to all your other wickedness,
The Message Bible (MSG)
23 "'And then to top off all your evil acts, you built your bold brothels in every town square. Doom! Doom to you, says God, the Master!
American Standard Version (ASV)
23 And it is come to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah,)
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
23 "'How horrible! How horrible it will be for you! declares the Almighty LORD. After all your wickedness,
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
23 "Then after all your evil-Woe, woe to you!"-the declaration of the Lord God -
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
23 " ' "How terrible it will be for you!" announces the LORD and King. "How terrible for you! You continued to sin against me.

Ezekiel 16:23 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:23

And it came to pass after all thy wickedness
This refers either to what goes before, so Kimchi; and the sense is, it shall be again as it was at first, after and because of all the above wickedness committed, thou shalt be left naked and bare, and destitute of all that is good: or rather to what follows in the next clause; and the meaning is, to all this wickedness before mentioned, which was so great that it might be thought nothing more could be added to it; and yet the following things were, as building an eminent place, and high places, in all streets and heads of ways: woe, woe unto thee, saith the Lord of hosts;
which is repeated, to show the indignation of the Lord against all this wickedness; to arouse their attention to their sin and punishment, and to show the certainty of it; and it may be it denotes both their misery in this world, and in that to come. The Targum of the whole is,

``what shall be in thine end for all thy wickedness? the prophet said unto her, woe unto thee, because thou hast sinned; woe unto thee, because thou art not converted, saith the Lord God.''

Ezekiel 16:23 In-Context

21 You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.
22 In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, kicking about in your blood.
23 “ ‘Woe! Woe to you, declares the Sovereign LORD. In addition to all your other wickedness,
24 you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine in every public square.
25 At every street corner you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.

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