Ezekiel 23 · Verse 31

Ezekiel 23:31

Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.
Ezekiel 23:31, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:31 in other translations

BSBBecause you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’
WEBYou have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.’
ASVThou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thy hand.
YLTIn the way of thy sister thou hast walked, And I have given her cup into thy hand.
DARBYThou hast walked in the way of thy sister; and I have given her cup into thy hand.
BBEYou have gone in the way of your sister; and I will give her cup into your hand.
WebsterThou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thy hand.

What does Ezekiel 23:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
31. her cup--of punishment (Psa 11:6; 75:8; Jr 25:15, &c.). Thy guilt and that of Israel being alike, your punishment shall be alike.

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

Ezekiel 23:31 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.

בְּדֶ֥רֶךְbe.De.rekhin [the] way ofH1870
אֲחוֹתֵ֖ךְ'a.cho.Tekhsister yourH269
הָלָ֑כְתְּha.La.khetyou have walkedH1980
וְנָתַתִּ֥יve.na.ta.Tiand I will putH5414
כוֹסָ֖הּkho.Sahcup herH3563
בְּיָדֵֽךְ\׃\ \סbe.ya.Dekhin hand yourH3027

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 23:31

  • Jeremiah 7:14-15

    Therefore will I do unto this 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. And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.

  • 2 Kings 21:13

    And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

  • Jeremiah 3:8-11

    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. And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord. And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

  • Daniel 9:12

    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.

  • Jeremiah 25:15

    For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

  • Ezekiel 23:13

    Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,

  • Ezekiel 16:47-51

    Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
walked.
13; 16:47-51; Jer 3:8-11
her.
2Ki 21:13; Jer 7:14,15; Da 9:12

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Context

  • Ezekiel 23:30

    I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.

  • Ezekiel 23:31

    Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.

  • Ezekiel 23:32

    Thus saith the Lord God; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

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Ezekiel 23:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En el camino de tu hermana anduviste: yo pues pondré su cáliz en tu mano.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tu as marché dans le chemin de ta sœur; et j’ai mis sa coupe dans ta main.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Auf dem Wege deiner Schwester hast du gewandelt, und so will ich ihren Becher in deine Hand geben. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In via sororis tuæ ambulasti, et dabo calicem ejus in manu tua.