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so I will put her cup into your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Because you have followed in your sister’s footsteps, I will force you to drink the same cup of terror she drank.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You have gone the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her cup in your hand.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her cup in your hand.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You have walked in the way of your sister (Samaria); therefore I will give her cup [of judgment] into your hand.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have followed the path of your sister, so I will put her cup in your hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have followed the path of your sister, so I will put her cup in your hand.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thy hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You have turned out no better than your older sister, and now you must drink from the cup filled with my anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You've acted the same way as your sister. That is why I will put her cup in your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You followed in your sister's footsteps, and so I will give you the same cup of punishment to drink." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You took the path of your sister, so I'll place her cup in your hand.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment in your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thy hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You have walked in the way of your sister, "" And I have given her cup into your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> In the way of thy sister thou hast walked, And I have given her cup into thy hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou wentest in the way of thy sister, and I gave her cup into thine hand.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister, and I will give her cup into thy hand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You have walked in the way of your sister, and so I will give her chalice into your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Because you followed your sister’s path, I will put her cup into your hand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You have gone the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And because you have walked in the ways of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And because you walked in the ways of your sister, I shall give her cup into your hands<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />In the way of thy sister hast thou walked; therefore will I give her cup into thy hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou didst walk in the way of thy sister; and I will put her cup into thine hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/23-31.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=6672" 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">Oholibah to Be Plagued</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">30</span>have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols. <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·lā·ḵət (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">Because you have followed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: bə·ḏe·reḵ (Prep-b:: N-csc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">the path</a> <a href="/hebrew/269.htm" title="269: ’ă·ḥō·w·ṯêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- Sister. Irregular feminine of 'ach; a sister (like 'Ezrachiy), literally and figuratively).">of your sister,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯat·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I will put</a> <a href="/hebrew/3563.htm" title="3563: ḵō·w·sāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- From an unused root meaning to hold together; a cup, often figuratively, a lot; also some unclean bird, probably an owl.">her cup</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yā·ḏêḵ (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 2fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">into your hand.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.…<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/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-17</a></span><br />This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. / And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.” / So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17-23</a></span><br />Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger. / Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand. / These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-6</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/13-12.htm">Jeremiah 13:12-14</a></span><br />Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’ / then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem. / I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Lamentations 4:21-22</a></span><br />So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself. / O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6</a></span><br />Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-9</a></span><br />“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-27.htm">Jeremiah 25:27-29</a></span><br />“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’ / If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it! / For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Habakkuk 2:16</a></span><br />You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Jeremiah 49:12</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a></span><br />The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-22.htm">Isaiah 51:22</a></span><br />Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-7.htm">Jeremiah 51:7</a></span><br />Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-18.htm">Revelation 17:18</a></span><br />And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore will I give her cup into your hand.</p><p class="hdg">walked</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/23-13.htm">Ezekiel 23:13</a></b></br> Then I saw that she was defiled, <i>that</i> they <i>took</i> both one way,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-47.htm">Ezekiel 16:47-51</a></b></br> Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as <i>if that were</i> a very little <i>thing</i>, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Jeremiah 3:8-11</a></b></br> And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also… </p><p class="hdg">her</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/21-13.htm">2 Kings 21:13</a></b></br> And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as <i>a man</i> wipeth a dish, wiping <i>it</i>, and turning <i>it</i> upside down.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-14.htm">Jeremiah 7:14,15</a></b></br> Therefore will I do unto <i>this</i> house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/9-12.htm">Daniel 9:12</a></b></br> And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Cup</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-29.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Sister</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-21.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-13.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/23-32.htm">Cup</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-6.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-32.htm">Sister</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-14.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-5.htm">Way</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>Because you have followed the path of your sister</b><br>This phrase refers to the allegorical representation of the two sisters, Oholah and Oholibah, symbolizing Samaria and Jerusalem, respectively. The "path" indicates the sinful practices and idolatry that both cities engaged in, which led to their downfall. Historically, Samaria fell to the Assyrians in 722 BC due to its unfaithfulness to God, serving as a warning to Jerusalem. The concept of following a path is often used in Scripture to denote a lifestyle or pattern of behavior, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/4-14.htm">Proverbs 4:14-15</a>, which warns against following the path of the wicked.<p><b>I will put her cup into your hand.</b><br>The "cup" is a metaphor for experiencing the same judgment and wrath that befell Samaria. In biblical literature, a cup often symbolizes God's judgment or wrath, as seen in <a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Psalm 75:8</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-17</a>. The imagery of drinking from a cup is used to convey the inevitability and completeness of experiencing God's judgment. This phrase underscores the certainty of Jerusalem's impending punishment due to its mirrored sins. The cup metaphor is also echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus speaks of the cup of suffering He must drink (<a href="/matthew/26-39.htm">Matthew 26:39</a>), highlighting the theme of divine judgment and redemption.<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. Oholah (Samaria) and Oholibah (Jerusalem) are depicted as sisters in <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Ezekiel 23</a>.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The period when the Israelites were taken captive by Babylon, serving as a backdrop for Ezekiel's prophecies.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_cup.htm">The Cup</a></b><br>A metaphor for judgment and wrath, often used in the Bible to symbolize the consequences of sin and disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/path_of_sin.htm">Path of Sin</a></b><br>The sinful practices and idolatry that both Samaria and Jerusalem engaged in, leading to their downfall.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The imagery of the cup in <a href="/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31</a> serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of persistent sin and rebellion against God. Just as Jerusalem followed Samaria's sinful path, we must be vigilant not to follow the world's ways that lead to spiritual downfall.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_others'_mistakes.htm">Learning from Others' Mistakes</a></b><br>The verse highlights the importance of learning from the mistakes of others. Jerusalem had the example of Samaria's judgment but chose to ignore it. We should heed the warnings and lessons found in Scripture and the lives of others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>The passage underscores God's righteousness in judgment. His actions are just and serve as a call to repentance. Understanding God's justice should lead us to a deeper reverence and commitment to living according to His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>While the verse speaks of judgment, it also implicitly calls for repentance. God's desire is for His people to turn back to Him, and He offers restoration to those who genuinely repent.<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_do_old_and_new_covenants_differ.htm">How do the Old and New Covenants differ?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_23_align_with_history.htm">How can the events described in Ezekiel 23 align with scientific and historical records, given the seemingly exaggerated depictions of judgment and punishment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_samaria_and_jerusalem_immoral.htm">Why does Ezekiel 23:4 personify Samaria and Jerusalem as immoral sisters, and is there historical or archeological evidence to support these specific accusations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_meaning_of_psalm_23.htm">What is the meaning of Psalm 23?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 31-33.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will give her cup into thine hand</span>. (For the image of the cup as the symbol of good or evil fortune, see <a href="/psalms/23-5.htm">Psalm 23:5</a>; <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15</a>; <a href="/matthew/20-22.htm">Matthew 20:22</a>; <a href="/matthew/26-39.htm">Matthew 26:39</a>.) The cup, in this case, was to be <span class="cmt_word">deep and large as that of Samaria.</span> The adulteress was to be "drunk, but not with wine" (<a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Isaiah 29:9</a>). And that "cup," over and above the laughter and derision, would <span class="cmt_word">contain much</span> of unknown calamities, <span class="cmt_word">the astonishment and desolation</span> of Ver. 33. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/23-31.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">Because you have followed</span><br /><span class="heb">הָלָ֑כְתְּ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·lā·ḵət)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the path</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḏe·reḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your sister,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲחוֹתֵ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḥō·w·ṯêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_269.htm">Strong's 269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sister -- a sister</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will put</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָתַתִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·ṯat·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her cup</span><br /><span class="heb">כוֹסָ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḵō·w·sāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3563.htm">Strong's 3563: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cup, a lot, some unclean bird, an owl</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into your hand.’</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיָדֵֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yā·ḏêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/23-31.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 23:31 You have walked in the way (Ezek. 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