Ezekiel 23 · Verse 46

Ezekiel 23:46

For thus saith the Lord God; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.
Ezekiel 23:46, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:46 in other translations

BSBThis is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder.
WEB“For the Lord GOD says: ‘I will bring up a mob against them, and will give them to be tossed back and forth and robbed.
ASVFor thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be tossed to and fro and robbed.
YLTFor thus said the Lord Jehovah: Bring up against them an assembly, And give them to trembling and to spoiling.
DARBYFor thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up an assemblage against them, and will give them to be driven hither and thither and spoiled.
BBEFor this is what the Lord has said: I will make a great meeting of the people come together against her, and will send on her shaking fear and take everything from her.
WebsterFor thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and plundered.

What does Ezekiel 23:46 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
46. a company--properly, "a council of judges" passing sentence on a criminal [Grotius]. The "removal" and "spoiling" by the Chaldean army is the execution of the judicial sentence of God.

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

Ezekiel 23:46 in the original Hebrew

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כִּ֛יkiforH3588
כֹּ֥הkohthusH3541
אָמַ֖ר'a.Marhe saysH559
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3069
הַעֲלֵ֤הha.'a.Lehbring upH5927
עֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei.Hemon themH5921
קָהָ֔לka.Hala companyH6951
וְנָתֹ֥ןve.na.Tonand give overH5414
אֶתְהֶ֖ן'et.Hen<obj.> themH853
לְזַעֲוָ֥הle.za.'a.Vahto terrorH2189
וְלָבַֽז\׃ve.la.Vazand to spoilH957

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 23:46

  • Ezekiel 16:40

    They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

  • Jeremiah 15:4

    And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

  • Jeremiah 24:9

    And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

  • Jeremiah 34:17

    Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 25:9

    Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

  • Ezekiel 23:22-26

    Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side; The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. 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. 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. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
22-26; 16:40; Jer 25:9
to be removed and spoiled. Heb. for a removing and spoil.
Jer 15:4; 24:9; 34:17

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Context

  • Ezekiel 23:45

    And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

  • Ezekiel 23:46

    For thus saith the Lord God; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.

  • 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.

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Ezekiel 23:46 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por lo que así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Yo haré subir contra ellas compañías, las entregaré á turbación y á rapiña:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel: On fera monter contre elles un rassemblement d’hommes, et on les livrera à la vexation et au pillage;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn so spricht der Herr, Jehova: Ich will eine Versammlung wider sie heraufführen, und sie zur Mißhandlung und zur Beute übergeben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hæc enim dicit Dominus Deus: Adduc ad eas multitudinem, et trade eas in tumultum et in rapinam.