Ezekiel 16:23

What does Ezekiel 16:23 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 16:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And it is come to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah),

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord God;)

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And it is come to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah),

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And it came about, after all your evil-doing, says the Lord,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And it cometh to pass, after all thy wickedness, (Woe, woe, to thee--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah),

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And it came to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe to thee, saith the Lord God)

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And it came to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah),

Context

v.22And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast weltering in thy blood.

v.23This passage

v.24that thou hast built unto thee a vaulted place, and hast made thee a lofty place in every street.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 24:6

    Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen upon it.

  • Revelation 8:13

    And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound.

  • Revelation 12:12

    Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe for the earth and for the sea: because the devil is gone down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.

  • Matthew 23:13

    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.

  • Ezekiel 2:10

    and he spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

  • Jeremiah 13:27

    I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?

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