Ezekiel 23 · Verse 25

Ezekiel 23:25

And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
Ezekiel 23:25, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:25 in other translations

BSBAnd I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be consumed by fire.
WEBI will set my jealousy against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will take away your nose and your ears. Your remnant will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and your daughters; and the rest of you will be devoured by the fire.
ASVAnd I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal with thee in fury; they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy residue shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
YLTAnd I have set My jealousy against thee, And they have dealt with thee in fury, Thy nose and thine ears they turn aside, And thy posterity by sword falleth, They, thy sons and thy daughters do take away, And thy posterity is devoured by fire.
DARBYAnd I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall cut off thy nose and thine ears, and thy remnant shall fall by the sword; they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
BBEAnd my bitter feeling will be working against you, and they will take you in hand with passion; they will take away your nose and your ears, and the rest of you will be put to the sword: they will take your sons and daughters, and the rest of you will be burned up in the fire.
WebsterAnd I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thy ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

What does Ezekiel 23:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. take away thy nose ... ears--Adulteresses were punished so among the Egyptians and Chaldeans. Oriental beauties wore ornaments in the ear and nose. How just the retribution, that the features most bejewelled should be mutilated! So, allegorically as to Judah, the spiritual adulteress.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Shall take away thy nose - A punishment frequent among the Persians and Chaldeans, as ancient authors tell. Adulteries were punished in this way; and to this Martial refers: - Quis tibi persuasit nares abscindere moecho? "Who has counselled thee to cut off the adulterer's nose?" Women were thus treated in Egypt. See Calmet.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 23:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְנָתַתִּ֨יve.na.ta.Tiand I will setH5414
קִנְאָתִ֜יkin.'a.Tijealousy myH7068
בָּ֗ךְBakhon you
וְעָשׂ֤וּve.'a.Suand they will deal withH6213
אוֹתָךְ֙'o.toKhwith youH854
בְּחֵמָ֔הbe.che.Mahin rageH2534
אַפֵּ֤ךְ'a.Pekhnose yourH639
וְאָזְנַ֙יִךְ֙ve.'a.ze.Na.yikhand ears yourH241
יָסִ֔ירוּya.Si.ruthey will removeH5493
וְאַחֲרִיתֵ֖ךְve.'a.cha.ri.Tekhand remainder yourH319
בַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719
תִּפּ֑וֹלti.Polit will fallH5307
הֵ֗מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992
בָּנַ֤יִךְba.Na.yikhsons yourH1121
וּבְנוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙u.ve.no.Ta.yikhand daughters yourH1323
יִקָּ֔חוּyi.Ka.chuthey will takeH3947
וְאַחֲרִיתֵ֖ךְve.'a.cha.ri.Tekhand remainder yourH319
תֵּאָכֵ֥לte.'a.Khelit will be consumedH398
בָּאֵֽשׁ\׃ba.'Eshby <the> fireH784

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 23:25

  • Ezekiel 23:47

    And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

  • Ezekiel 8:1-18

    And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. …

  • Ezekiel 5:13

    Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

  • Hosea 2:4-5

    And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

  • Exodus 34:14

    For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

  • Ezekiel 20:47-48

    And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

  • Ezekiel 16:38-42

    And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. 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. …

  • Ezekiel 15:6-7

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

  • Zephaniah 1:18

    Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

  • Revelation 18:8

    Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

  • Song of Solomon 8:6

    Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

  • Deuteronomy 32:21-22

    They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will set.
5:13; 8:1-18; 16:38-42; Ex 34:14; De 29:20; 32:21,22; Pr 6:34
So 8:6; Zep 1:18
they shall take away.This refers to the severe vengeance which enraged husbands took on their faithless wives: and implies that God would employ the Chaldeans to destroy the princes and priests of Judah, for violating their covenants and treaties. Such punishments were anciently common; and such is the present practice in one of the South Sea Islands.
they shall take thy.
47; Ho 2:4,5
thy residue.
15:6,7; 20:47,48; 22:18-22; Re 18:8

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Context

  • Ezekiel 23:24

    And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.

  • Ezekiel 23:25

    And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

  • Ezekiel 23:26

    They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.

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Ezekiel 23:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y pondré mi celo contra ti, y obrarán contigo con furor; quitarte han tu nariz y tus orejas; y lo que te quedare caerá á cuchillo. Ellos tomarán tus hijos y tus hijas, y tu residuo será consumido por el fuego.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je mettrai ma jalousie contre toi, et ils agiront envers toi avec fureur: ils te couperont le nez et les oreilles; et ce qui restera de toi tombera par l’épée. Ils prendront tes fils et tes filles, et ce qui restera de toi sera dévoré par le feu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich will meinen Eifer wider dich richten, und sie werden im Grimme mit dir verfahren: deine Nase und deine Ohren werden sie abschneiden, und was dir übrigbleibt wird durch das Schwert fallen; deine Söhne und deine Töchter werden sie wegnehmen, und was dir übrigbleibt wird durch das Feuer verzehrt werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ponam zelum meum in te, quem exercent tecum in furore: nasum tuum et aures tuas præcident, et quæ remanserint, gladio concident. Ipsi filios tuos et filias tuas capient, et novissimum tuum devorabitur igni: