Ezekiel 23 · Verse 34

Ezekiel 23:34

Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

Ezekiel 23:34, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:34 in other translations

BSB	You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD.
WEB	You will even drink it and drain it out. You will gnaw the broken pieces of it, and will tear your breasts; for I have spoken it,’ says the Lord GOD.
ASV	Thou shalt even drink it and drain it out, and thou shalt gnaw the sherds thereof, and shalt tear thy breasts; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
YLT	And thou hast drunk it, and hast drained it, And its earthen ware thou dost gnaw, And thine own breasts thou pluckest off, For I have spoken, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah,
DARBY	thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt gnaw the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
BBE	And after drinking it and draining it out, you will take the last drops of it to the end, pulling off your breasts: for I have said it, says the Lord.
Webster	Thou shalt even drink it, and empty it to the dregs, and thou shalt break its pieces, and pluck off thy own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

What does Ezekiel 23:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

34. break ... sherds--So greedily shalt thou suck out every drop like one drinking to madness (the effect invariably ascribed to drinking God's cup of wrath, Jr 51:7; Ha 2:16) that thou shalt crunch the very shreds of it; that is, there shall be no evil left which thou shalt not taste. pluck off thine own breasts--enraged against them as the ministers to thine adultery.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 34 Thou shalt - pluck off thine own breasts - Thou shalt tear them; a frequent action in extreme sorrow and desolation. Weeping, tearing the bosom, and beating the breasts. Tunc vero rupique sinus, et pectora planxi. Ovid's Ep. 5.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 23:34 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.

וְשָׁתִ֨יתve.sha.Titand you will drinkH8354

אוֹתָ֜הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853

וּמָצִ֗יתu.ma.Tzitand you will drain [it]H4680

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853

חֲרָשֶׂ֛יהָcha.ra.Sei.hafragments itsH2789

תְּגָרֵ֖מִיte.ga.Re.miyou will breakH1633

וְשָׁדַ֣יִךְve.sha.Da.yikhand breasts yourH7699

תְּנַתֵּ֑קִיte.na.Te.kiyou will tear outH5423

כִּ֚יkiforH3588

אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589

דִבַּ֔רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI have spokenH1696

נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002

אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136

יְהוִֽה\׃\ \סYah.wehYahwehH3069

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 23:34

Psalms 75:8
For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
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 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.
Revelation 18:7
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Ezekiel 23:8
Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

drink.
Ps 75:8; Isa 51:17
and pluck.
3,8; Re 18:7

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

Context

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.
Ezekiel 23:34
Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 23:35
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

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Ezekiel 23:34 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Lo beberás pues, y lo agotarás, y quebrarás sus tiestos; y tus pechos arrancarás; porque yo he hablado, dice el Señor Jehová.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Tu la boiras, et tu la suceras, et tu en rongeras les tessons, et tu te déchireras les seins; car j’ai parlé, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und du wirst ihn trinken und ausschlürfen, und wirst seine Scherben benagen und deine Brüste zerreißen; denn ich habe geredet, spricht der Herr, Jehova. -
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et bibes illum, et epotabis usque ad fæces: et fragmenta ejus devorabis, et ubera tua lacerabis, quia ego locutus sum, ait Dominus Deus.