Ezekiel 23 · Verse 27

Ezekiel 23:27

Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
Ezekiel 23:27, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:27 in other translations

BSBSo I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’
WEBThus I will make your lewdness to cease from you, and remove your prostitution from the land of Egypt, so that you will not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.’
ASVThus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt; so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
YLTAnd I have caused thy wickedness to cease from thee, And thy whoredoms out of the land of Egypt, And thou liftest not up thine eyes unto them, And Egypt thou dost not remember again.
DARBYAnd I will make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
BBESo I will put an end to your evil ways and your loose behaviour which came from the land of Egypt: and your eyes will never be lifted up to them again, and you will have no more memory of Egypt.
WebsterThus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy adultery brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thy eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.

What does Ezekiel 23:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. Thus ... make ... lewdness to cease--The captivity has made the Jews ever since abhor idolatry, not only on their return from Babylon, but for the last eighteen centuries of their dispersion, as foretold (Ho 3:4).

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

Ezekiel 23:27 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.

וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֤יve.hish.ba.Tiand I will cause to ceaseH7673
זִמָּתֵךְ֙zi.ma.teKhlicentiousness yourH2154
מִמֵּ֔ךְmi.Mekhfrom youH4480
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
זְנוּתֵ֖ךְze.nu.Tekhprostitution yourH2184
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
תִשְׂאִ֤יtis.'Iyou will lift upH5375
עֵינַ֙יִךְ֙'ei.Na.yikheyes yourH5869
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413
וּמִצְרַ֖יִםu.mitz.Ra.yimand EgyptH4714
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תִזְכְּרִי\־tiz.ke.ri-you will rememberH2142
עֽוֹד\׃\ \סodagainH5750

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Cross references for Ezekiel 23:27

  • Ezekiel 16:41

    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 23:19

    Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

  • Ezekiel 23:3

    And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

  • Ezekiel 22:15

    And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

  • Micah 5:10-14

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. …

  • Zechariah 13:2

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

  • Isaiah 27:9

    By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
will I.
16:41; 22:15; Isa 27:9; Mic 5:10-14; Zec 13:2
and thy.
3,19
so that.These severe judgments shall effectually deter you from idolatry, and make you abhor the least approaches to it. This often repeated prediction has received a most wonderful accomplishment. For neither the authority, frowns, examples, or favour of their conquerors or powerful neighbours, nor their own fears, hopes, interests, or predilection for the sensual worship of idols, could prevail with them to run into gross idolatry, either during the captivity, or ever afterwards, to the present day, a period of 2,414 years.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 23:26

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

  • Ezekiel 23:27

    Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.

  • Ezekiel 23:28

    For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:

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Ezekiel 23:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y haré cesar de ti tu suciedad, y tu fornicación de la tierra de Egipto: ni más levantarás á ellos tus ojos, ni nunca más te acordarás de Egipto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et je ferai cesser en toi ton infamie et ta prostitution qui date du pays d’Égypte; et tu ne lèveras plus tes yeux vers eux, et tu ne te souviendras plus de l’Égypte.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich will machen, daß deine Schandtat von dir abläßt, und deine Hurerei vom Lande Ägypten, so daß du deine Augen nicht mehr zu ihnen erheben und Ägyptens nicht mehr gedenken wirst. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et requiescere faciam scelus tuum de te, et fornicationem tuam de terra Ægypti: nec levabis oculos tuos ad eos, et Ægypti non recordaberis amplius.