Ezekiel 23:26
What does Ezekiel 23:26 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 23:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They shall also strip thee of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They shall also strip thee of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they will take all your clothing off you and take away your ornaments.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And they have stripped thee of thy garments, And have taken thy beauteous jewels.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they shall strip thee of thy garments, and take away the instruments of thy glory.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They shall also strip the of thy garments, and take away thy fair jewels.
Context
v.25And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal with thee in fury; they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy residue shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
v.26This passage
v.27Thus 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 23:29
and they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take away all thy labor, and shall leave thee naked and bare; and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be uncovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
- Ezekiel 16:39
I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thy vaulted place, and break down thy lofty places; and they shall strip thee of thy clothes, and take thy fair jewels; and they shall leave thee naked and bare.
- Hosea 2:9
Therefore will I take back my grain in the time thereof, and my new wine in the season thereof, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
- Isaiah 3:17
therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
- Hosea 2:3
lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
- Ezekiel 16:16
And thou didst take of thy garments, and madest for thee high places decked with divers colors, and playedst the harlot upon them: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
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