Ezekiel 23 · Verse 32

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.
Ezekiel 23:32, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:32 in other translations

BSBThis 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.
WEB“The Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink of your sister’s cup, which is deep and large. You will be ridiculed and held in derision. It contains much.
ASVThus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup, which is deep and large; thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
YLTThus said the Lord Jehovah: The cup of thy sister thou dost drink, The deep and the wide one, (Thou art for laughter and for scorn,) Abundant to contain.
DARBYThus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large; thou shalt be for a laughing-stock and a derision, for it containeth much.
BBEThis is what the Lord has said: You will take a drink from your sister's cup, which is deep and wide: you will be laughed at and looked down on, more than you are able to undergo.
WebsterThus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be treated with scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

What does Ezekiel 23:32 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup - Thou shalt be ruined and desolated as Samaria was.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 23:32 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.

כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהֹוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069
כּ֤וֹסKos[the] cup ofH3563
אֲחוֹתֵךְ֙'a.cho.teKhsister yourH269
תִּשְׁתִּ֔יtish.Tiyou will drinkH8354
הָעֲמֻקָּ֖הha.'a.mu.Kah<the> deepH6013
וְהָרְחָבָ֑הve.ha.re.cha.Vahand <the> wideH7342
תִּהְיֶ֥הtih.Yehit will becomeH1961
לִצְחֹ֛קlitz.Chok<into> laughterH6712
וּלְלַ֖עַגu.le.La.'agand <into> mockeryH3933
מִרְבָּ֥הmir.BahmuchH4767
לְהָכִֽיל\׃le.ha.Khilto containH3557

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Cross references for Ezekiel 23:32

  • Psalms 60:3

    Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

  • Isaiah 51:17

    Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

  • Ezekiel 22:4-5

    Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.

  • Jeremiah 48:26

    Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

  • Matthew 20:22-23

    But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

  • Ezekiel 25:6

    For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

  • Ezekiel 26:2

    Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:

  • Ezekiel 35:15

    As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Lamentations 2:15-16

    All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

  • Revelation 18:6

    Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

  • Micah 7:8

    Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

  • Jeremiah 25:15-28

    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. And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me: To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
drink.
Ps 60:3; Isa 51:17; Jer 25:15-28; 48:26; Mt 20:22,23; Re 16:19
Re 18:6
thou shalt be.
22:4,5; 25:6; 26:2; 35:15; 36:3; De 28:37; 1Ki 9:7; Ps 79:3
Jer 25:9; La 2:15,16; Mic 7:8

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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 23:33

    Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

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Ezekiel 23:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Beberás el hondo y ancho cáliz de tu hermana; de ti se mofarán las gentes, y te escarnecerán: de grande cabida es.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel: Tu boiras la coupe de ta sœur, profonde et large; tu seras en risée et en raillerie, car elle contient beaucoup.
German
Elberfelder 1871
So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Du wirst den Becher deiner Schwester trinken, den tiefen und weiten: Zum Gelächter und zum Spott wird er gereichen, weil er so viel faßt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Calicem sororis tuæ bibes profundum et latum: eris in derisum et in subsannationem quæ est capacissima.