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Ezekiel 23:10

By these her shame was uncovered: they took her sons and daughters and put her to death with the sword: and she became a cause of wonder to women; for they gave her the punishment which was right.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idolatry;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assyria;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kill, Killing;   Marriage;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Oholah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Oholah and Oholibah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Aholah ;   Aholibah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Nebuchadnez'zar,;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Naked (and forms);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. Since they executed judgment against her, she became notorious among women.
Hebrew Names Version
These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters; and her they killed with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for they executed judgments on her.
King James Version
These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.
English Standard Version
These uncovered her nakedness; they seized her sons and her daughters; and as for her, they killed her with the sword; and she became a byword among women, when judgment had been executed on her.
New American Standard Bible
"They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, but they killed her with the sword. So she became a subject of gossip among women, and they executed judgments on her.
New Century Version
They stripped her naked and took away her sons and daughters. Then they killed her with a sword. Women everywhere began talking about how she had been punished.
Amplified Bible
"They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters and they killed her with the sword. So she became notorious among women, and they executed judgments on her.
World English Bible
These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters; and her they killed with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for they executed judgments on her.
Geneva Bible (1587)
These discouered her shame: they tooke away her sonnes and her daughters, and slewe her with the sworde, and she had an euill name among women: for they had executed iudgement vpon her.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, but they slew her with the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgments on her.
Legacy Standard Bible
They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, but they killed her with the sword. Thus she became a despised name among women, and they executed judgments on her.
Berean Standard Bible
They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgment against her.
Contemporary English Version
They ripped off her clothes, then captured her children and killed her. Women everywhere talked about what had happened to Oholah.
Complete Jewish Bible
They exposed her private parts, took her sons and daughters, and put her to death with the sword; so that she became notorious among women for the judgments executed against her.
Darby Translation
These discovered her nakedness, they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword; and she became a name among women; and they executed judgment upon her.
Easy-to-Read Version
They raped her. They took her children and killed her. They punished her, and women still talk about her.
George Lamsa Translation
These uncovered her nakedness; they carried away her sons and daughters, and slew her with the sword; and she became a byword among women; for her paramours had executed judgment upon her.
Good News Translation
They stripped her naked, seized her sons and daughters, and then killed her with a sword. Women everywhere gossiped about her fate.
Lexham English Bible
They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, and they killed her with the sword. And she became a name for the women, and they executed judgments against her.
Literal Translation
They uncovered her nakedness. They took her sons and her daughters. And they killed her with the sword. And she was notorious among women, and they executed judgments on her.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These discouered hir shame, toke hir sonnes and doughters, and slewe her with the swearde: An euell name gat she of all people, ad they punyshed her.
American Standard Version
These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters; and her they slew with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for they executed judgments upon her.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, and her they slew with the sword; and she became a byword among women, for judgments were executed upon her.
King James Version (1611)
These discouered her nakednes, they tooke her sonnes and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women, for they had executed iudgement vpon her.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These discouered her shame, toke her sonnes & daughters, and slue her with the sworde, an euyll name had she among women: for they had executed iudgement vpon her.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They uncovered her shame: they took her sons and daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became a byword among women: and they wrought vengeance in her for the sake of the daughters.
English Revised Version
These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and her they slew with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for they executed judgments upon her.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thei diskyueriden the schenschipe of hir; thei token awei the sones and the douytris of hir, and killiden hir with swerd; and the wymmen weren maad famouse, that is, sclaundrid, and thei diden domes in hir.
Update Bible Version
These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters; and they slew her with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for they executed judgments on her.
Webster's Bible Translation
These uncovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.
New English Translation
They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious among women, and they executed judgments against her.
New King James Version
They uncovered her nakedness, Took away her sons and daughters, And slew her with the sword; She became a byword among women, For they had executed judgment on her.
New Living Translation
They stripped her, took away her children as their slaves, and then killed her. After she received her punishment, her reputation was known to every woman in the land.
New Life Bible
They took off her clothes. They took her sons and daughters. But they killed her with the sword. So she became a saying among women, because she was punished.
New Revised Standard
These uncovered her nakedness; they seized her sons and her daughters; and they killed her with the sword. Judgment was executed upon her, and she became a byword among women.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They disclosed her shame, Her sons and her daughters:, took they away, And herself - with the sword, they slew, - Thus became she a by-word among women, when judgments, they had executed upon her.
Douay-Rheims Bible
They discovered her disgrace, took away her sons and daughters, and slew her with the sword: and they became infamous women, and they executed judgments in her.
Revised Standard Version
These uncovered her nakedness; they seized her sons and her daughters; and her they slew with the sword; and she became a byword among women, when judgment had been executed upon her.
Young's Literal Translation
They have uncovered her nakedness, Her sons and her daughters they have taken, And her by sword they have slain, And she is a name for women, And judgments they have done with her.

Contextual Overview

1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, 2 Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother: 3 They were acting like loose women in Egypt; when they were young their behaviour was loose: there their breasts were crushed, even the points of their young breasts were crushed. 4 Their names were Oholah, the older, and Oholibah, her sister: and they became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem, Oholibah. 5 And Oholah was untrue to me when she was mine; she was full of desire for her lovers, even for the Assyrians, her neighbours, 6 Who were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses. 7 And she gave her unclean love to them, all of them the noblest men of Assyria: and she made herself unclean with the images of all who were desired by her. 8 And she has not given up her loose ways from the time when she was in Egypt; for when she was young they were her lovers, and by them her young breasts were crushed, and they let loose on her their unclean desire. 9 For this cause I gave her up into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians on whom her desire was fixed. 10 By these her shame was uncovered: they took her sons and daughters and put her to death with the sword: and she became a cause of wonder to women; for they gave her the punishment which was right.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

discovered: Ezekiel 23:29, Ezekiel 16:37-41, Hosea 2:3, Hosea 2:10

they took: Ezekiel 23:47

famous: Heb. a name, Ezekiel 23:48, Jeremiah 22:8, Jeremiah 22:9

Reciprocal: Numbers 16:2 - famous Jeremiah 3:9 - lightness Jeremiah 4:30 - in vain Ezekiel 16:25 - and hast made Ezekiel 16:36 - and thy Ezekiel 16:40 - and thrust Ezekiel 16:41 - and execute Hosea 1:4 - will cause Hosea 8:10 - now

Cross-References

Genesis 23:1
Now the years of Sarah's life were a hundred and twenty-seven.
Genesis 23:3
And Abraham came from his dead and said to the children of Heth,
Genesis 23:4
I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest.
Genesis 23:18
Became the property of Abraham before the eyes of the children of Heth and of all who came into the town.
Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.
Genesis 34:20
Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,
Genesis 34:24
Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in the town underwent circumcision.
Job 29:7
When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
Isaiah 28:6
And a spirit of wisdom to the judge, and strength to those who keep back the attackers at the door of the town.
Matthew 9:1
And he got into a boat and went across and came to his town.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These discovered her wickedness,.... That is, stripped them of all their substance:

they took her sons and her daughters; and carried them captive:

and slew her with the sword; put an end to the kingdom of Israel, or the ten tribes, and which was never recovered to this day:

and she became famous among women; or among the provinces, as the Targum; she became famous, or rather infamous, among other nations; was talked of for her sins, her whoredoms and idolatries, and the vengeance of God upon her for them; she became a byword and a proverb among the kingdoms of the world for her wickedness and her destruction:

for they had executed judgment upon her; that is, the Assyrians, who were the instruments in God's hand in doing justice to her, and inflicting his judgments on her, and for that she became famous.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Famous - Or, “infamous among women;” literally as in the margin, i. e., a byword among women.


 
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