Ezekiel 23 · Verse 48

Ezekiel 23:48

Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
Ezekiel 23:48, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:48 in other translations

BSBSo I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior.
WEB“‘Thus I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to be lewd like you.
ASVThus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
YLTAnd I have caused wickedness to cease from the land, And instructed have been all the women, And they do not according to your wickedness.
DARBYAnd I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land, and all women shall receive instruction and shall not do according to your lewdness.
BBEAnd I will put an end to evil in all the land, teaching all women not to do as you have done.
WebsterThus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

What does Ezekiel 23:48 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
48. (Eze 23:27). that all ... may be taught not to do, &c.--(De 13:11).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease - Idolatry; and from that time to the present day the Jews never relapsed into idolatry.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 23:48 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.

וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥יve.hish.ba.Tiand I will cause to ceaseH7673
זִמָּ֖הzi.MahlicentiousnessH2154
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
וְנִֽוַּסְּרוּ֙ve.ni.va.se.Ruand they will be warnedH3256
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַנָּשִׁ֔יםha.na.Shimthe womenH802
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
תַעֲשֶׂ֖ינָהta.'a.Sei.nahthey will doH6213
כְּזִמַּתְכֶֽנָה\׃ke.zi.mat.Khe.nahlike licentiousness yourH2154

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 23:48

  • 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.

  • 2 Peter 2:6

    And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

  • Ezekiel 6:6

    In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

  • 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 5:15

    So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:6-11

    Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. …

  • Ezekiel 36:25

    Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

  • 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 5:11-14

    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. And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

  • Isaiah 26:9

    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

  • Zephaniah 1:3

    I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 13:11

    And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I cause.
27; 6:6; 22:15; 36:25; Mic 5:11-14; Zep 1:3
that.
5:15; 16:41; De 13:11; Isa 26:9; 1Co 10:6-11; 2Pe 2:6

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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 23:48

    Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

  • Ezekiel 23:49

    And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 23:48 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y haré cesar la depravación de la tierra, y escarmentarán todas las mujeres, y no harán según vuestra torpeza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je ferai cesser l’infamie dans le pays; et toutes les femmes seront enseignées, et ne feront pas selon votre infamie.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und so werde ich die Schandtat wegschaffen aus dem Lande, damit alle Weiber sich zurechtweisen lassen und nicht nach eurer Schandtat tun.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et auferam scelus de terra, et discent omnes mulieres ne faciant secundum scelus earum.