Ezekiel 23:1
New International Version
The word of the LORD came to me:

New Living Translation
This message came to me from the LORD:

English Standard Version
The word of the LORD came to me:

Berean Standard Bible
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

King James Bible
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

New King James Version
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying:

New American Standard Bible
The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

NASB 1995
The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

NASB 1977
The word of the LORD came to me again saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying,

Amplified Bible
The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

Christian Standard Bible
The word of the LORD came to me again:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The word of the LORD came to me again:”

American Standard Version
The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The LORD said:

English Revised Version
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD spoke his word to me. He said,

Good News Translation
The LORD spoke to me.

International Standard Version
This message came to me from the LORD:

Majority Standard Bible
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

NET Bible
The word of the LORD came to me:

New Heart English Bible
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying, “Son of man,

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, 'Son of man,

Smith's Literal Translation
The word of Jehovah will come to me, saying,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

New American Bible
The word of the LORD came to me:

New Revised Standard Version
The word of the LORD came to me:
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
THE word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the word of LORD JEHOVAH was upon me, saying:
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Adultery of Oholah and Oholibah
1Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,…

Cross References
Jeremiah 3:6-10
Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. / I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. / She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. ...

Hosea 2:2-5
Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts. / Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. / I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery. ...

Isaiah 1:21
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

Jeremiah 2:20
“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

Hosea 1:2
When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”

Jeremiah 13:27
Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”

Isaiah 57:3-8
“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! / Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit, / who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? ...

Jeremiah 31:32
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.

Hosea 9:1
Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

2 Kings 23:7
He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.

Revelation 17:1-5
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ...

Revelation 18:3
All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”

2 Corinthians 11:2
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

James 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

Matthew 12:39
Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.


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The word of the LORD
This phrase signifies divine communication, emphasizing the authority and sacredness of the message. In Hebrew, "word" is "dabar," which implies not just spoken words but also actions and events. The phrase underscores the prophetic nature of Ezekiel's message, as he serves as a conduit for God's revelation. Historically, prophets were seen as God's mouthpieces, delivering messages that were often challenging and called for repentance and transformation.

came to me
This indicates a personal and direct encounter with the divine. The Hebrew verb "bo" (to come) suggests an active movement towards the prophet, highlighting the intentionality of God's communication. Ezekiel's role as a prophet is affirmed through this personal reception of God's word, which is a hallmark of his prophetic ministry. The phrase also suggests a sense of immediacy and urgency, as the message is not just for Ezekiel but for the people of Israel.

saying
This word introduces the content of the divine message. In Hebrew, "amar" (to say) is used, which is a common verb for speech but here denotes the solemnity and importance of what follows. The use of "saying" prepares the audience for a message that is not merely informative but transformative, calling for a response from the hearers. It sets the stage for the prophetic oracle that follows, emphasizing that these are not Ezekiel's words but God's.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Again the word
דְבַר־ (ḏə·ḇar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

came
וַיְהִ֥י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to me,
אֵלַ֥י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

saying,
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say


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