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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/23.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220So I will put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not imitate you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />In this way, I will put an end to lewdness and idolatry in the land, and my judgment will be a warning to all women not to follow your wicked example.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus will I put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not commit lewdness as you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Thus I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I will eliminate outrageous conduct from the land, so that all women will take warning and not commit outrageous sin as you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished and not commit lewdness as you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Thus I shall make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished and not commit lewdness as you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be chastised and not commit lewdness as you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished <i>and</i> taught not to commit immoral acts as you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I will put an end to depravity in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your depraved behavior.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your indecent behavior. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will get rid of sinful prostitution in this country, so that women everywhere will be warned not to act as you have. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So I will put a stop to the sinning in the land, and all the women will be warned not to sin as they do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Throughout the land I will put a stop to immorality, as a warning to every woman not to commit adultery as they did. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll cause obscene conduct to stop throughout the land, because all the women will be admonished not to practice their obscene conduct. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will put an end to the obscene conduct in the land; all the women will learn a lesson from this and not engage in obscene conduct.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />'Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘Thus I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to be lewd like you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have caused wickedness to cease from the land, "" And all the women have been instructed, "" And they do not do according to your wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I have caused wickedness to cease from the land, And instructed have been all the women, And they do not according to your wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I caused wickedness to cease from the land, and all the women were instructed, and they shall not do according to your wickedness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will take away wickedness out of the land: and all women shall learn, not to do according to the wickedness of them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will take away wickedness from the land. And all women shall learn not to act according to their wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus I will put an end to depravity in the land, and all women will be warned not to imitate your depravity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus will I put an end to lewdness in the land, so that all women may take warning and not commit lewdness as you have done.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus will I put an end to lewdness from the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your whoredom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall destroy the evil from the land, and all the women shall be instructed, and they shall not do according to your prostitution<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will remove ungodliness out of the land, and all the women shall be instructed, and shall not do according to their ungodliness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/23-48.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=6863" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Judgment on Both Sisters</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">47</span>The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses. <span class="reftext">48</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7673.htm" title="7673: wə·hiš·bat·tî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To repose, desist from exertion. A primitive root; to repose, i.e. Desist from exertion; used in many implied relations.">So I will put an end</a> <a href="/hebrew/2154.htm" title="2154: zim·māh (N-fs) -- A plan, device, wickedness. Or zammah; from zamam; a plan, especially a bad one.">to indecency</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: han·nā·šîm (Art:: N-fp) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">the women</a> <a href="/hebrew/3256.htm" title="3256: wə·niw·was·sə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Nithpael-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To discipline, chasten, admonish. A primitive root; to chastise, literally or figuratively; hence, to instruct.">will be admonished</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ṯa·‘ă·śe·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">to imitate</a> <a href="/hebrew/2154.htm" title="2154: kə·zim·maṯ·ḵe·nāh (Prep-k:: N-fsc:: 2fp) -- A plan, device, wickedness. Or zammah; from zamam; a plan, especially a bad one.">your behavior.</a> </span><span class="reftext">49</span>They will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27</a></span><br />Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Hosea 4:11-14</a></span><br />to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding. / My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a></span><br />See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-5</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Jeremiah 3:1-3</a></span><br />“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD. / “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness. / Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-7.htm">2 Kings 23:7</a></span><br />He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-2.htm">Hosea 2:2-5</a></span><br />Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts. / Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. / I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Revelation 19:2</a></span><br />For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-3.htm">Isaiah 57:3-8</a></span><br />“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! / Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit, / who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a></span><br />“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-11</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. / And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-23.htm">Leviticus 20:23</a></span><br />You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20-22</a></span><br />But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. / Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Jeremiah 5:7-9</a></span><br />“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes. / They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife. / Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">2 Peter 2:14</a></span><br />Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.</p><p class="hdg">I cause</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/23-27.htm">Ezekiel 23:27</a></b></br> Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom <i>brought</i> from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/6-6.htm">Ezekiel 6:6</a></b></br> In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm">Ezekiel 22:15</a></b></br> And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.</p><p class="hdg">that</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/5-15.htm">Ezekiel 5:15</a></b></br> So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that <i>are</i> round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken <i>it</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-41.htm">Ezekiel 16:41</a></b></br> And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/13-11.htm">Deuteronomy 13:11</a></b></br> And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/42-19.htm">Admonished</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-27.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-47.htm">End</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-35.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-9.htm">Imitate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-27.htm">Instructed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-26.htm">Instruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-35.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-61.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-11.htm">Taught</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-15.htm">Warning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-35.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zechariah/3-6.htm">Admonished</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-8.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-17.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-13.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-7.htm">End</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-49.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/matthew/6-8.htm">Imitate</a> <a href="/daniel/9-22.htm">Instructed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-16.htm">Instruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-49.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-30.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/hosea/7-15.htm">Taught</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-18.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-4.htm">Warning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-49.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-17.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-1.htm">The unfaithfulness of Aholah and Aholibah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-23.htm">Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both</a></span><br><span class="reftext">45. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">and shows their judgments</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/23.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/23.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So I will put an end to indecency in the land</b><br>This phrase indicates God's intention to eradicate moral corruption and idolatry among His people. The "indecency" refers to the spiritual adultery and idolatry that Israel and Judah engaged in, often depicted as harlotry in prophetic literature. Historically, this reflects the period when Israel was influenced by surrounding pagan nations, adopting their practices and forsaking the covenant with Yahweh. The land, representing the entire nation, was to be cleansed of these abominations. This echoes the broader biblical theme of God's holiness and His demand for His people to be set apart (<a href="/leviticus/20-26.htm">Leviticus 20:26</a>). The prophetic declaration also foreshadows the ultimate purification through Christ, who cleanses His people from sin (<a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-27</a>).<p><b>and all the women will be admonished</b><br>In the cultural context of ancient Israel, women often symbolized the nation or city, as seen in the personification of Jerusalem as a woman in lamentations and prophecies. The admonishment here serves as a warning to the people of Israel and Judah, represented by the women, to turn away from their sinful practices. This reflects the broader biblical principle of communal responsibility and the impact of individual actions on the community. The admonishment is a call to repentance, aligning with the prophetic tradition of warning and calling God's people back to faithfulness (<a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Jeremiah 3:12-14</a>).<p><b>not to imitate your behavior</b><br>The behavior in question is the idolatrous and immoral actions of Israel and Judah, which are depicted metaphorically as harlotry in the book of Ezekiel. This serves as a cautionary example for future generations, emphasizing the consequences of turning away from God. The imitation of such behavior leads to judgment and separation from God, as seen throughout Israel's history. This warning is consistent with the biblical theme of imitation, where believers are encouraged to imitate Christ and His righteousness (<a href="/1_corinthians/11.htm">1 Corinthians 11:1</a>). The call to avoid imitation of sinful behavior underscores the importance of holiness and obedience to God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the exiles in Babylon. He is known for his vivid visions and symbolic actions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/o/oholah_and_oholibah.htm">Oholah and Oholibah</a></b><br>Symbolic names for Samaria and Jerusalem, representing the Northern and Southern Kingdoms of Israel, respectively. They are depicted as sisters engaged in spiritual adultery.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The context in which Ezekiel prophesied, a period of judgment and reflection for the Israelites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are being warned and judged for their idolatry and immorality.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/l/lewdness.htm">Lewdness</a></b><br>Refers to the moral and spiritual corruption that had permeated the land, symbolized by the actions of Oholah and Oholibah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>God takes sin seriously, especially when it involves idolatry and immorality. We must recognize the gravity of sin in our lives and communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Just as God called Israel to turn from their lewdness, He calls us to repent and seek holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/warning_to_others.htm">Warning to Others</a></b><br>Our actions serve as a warning to others. We must live in a way that reflects God's standards, not leading others into sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment_and_mercy.htm">God's Judgment and Mercy</a></b><br>While God judges sin, His ultimate desire is for restoration and repentance. We should seek His mercy and strive to live righteously.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_community.htm">Holiness in Community</a></b><br>The call to end lewdness is not just individual but communal. We must encourage and uphold holiness within our communities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_8's_view_on_idols_compare.htm">How does the severe condemnation of these idolatries in Ezekiel 8 align or conflict with other biblical accounts of tolerating foreign gods?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_christian_women_wear_makeup.htm">Is it appropriate for Christian women to wear makeup?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_homosexuality.htm">What does the Bible, including Jesus, say about homosexuality?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god_both_merciful_and_vengeful.htm">What explains the apparent inconsistency between God's merciful nature elsewhere and the violent retribution depicted in Ezekiel 23:22-27?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(48) <span class= "bld">To cease.</span>--By the removal of the sinners. "All women," in accordance with the allegory, means <span class= "ital">all nations. </span>The judgments upon Israel should be then, and for all time, a conspicuous monument of God's righteous severity.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/23-48.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So I will put an end</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiš·bat·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7673.htm">Strong's 7673: </a> </span><span class="str2">To repose, desist from exertion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to indecency</span><br /><span class="heb">זִמָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(zim·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2154.htm">Strong's 2154: </a> </span><span class="str2">A plan, device, wickedness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the women</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנָּשִׁ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(han·nā·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be admonished</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִֽוַּסְּרוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niw·was·sə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nithpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3256.htm">Strong's 3256: </a> </span><span class="str2">To discipline, chasten, admonish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to imitate</span><br /><span class="heb">תַעֲשֶׂ֖ינָה</span> <span class="translit">(ṯa·‘ă·śe·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your behavior.</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּזִמַּתְכֶֽנָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(kə·zim·maṯ·ḵe·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2154.htm">Strong's 2154: </a> </span><span class="str2">A plan, device, wickedness</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/23-48.htm">Ezekiel 23:48 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23-48.htm">Ezekiel 23:48 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23-48.htm">Ezekiel 23:48 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23-48.htm">Ezekiel 23:48 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23-48.htm">Ezekiel 23:48 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/23-48.htm">Ezekiel 23:48 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/23-48.htm">Ezekiel 23:48 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/23-48.htm">Ezekiel 23:48 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/23-48.htm">Ezekiel 23:48 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/23-48.htm">Ezekiel 23:48 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/23-48.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 23:48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease (Ezek. 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