Ezekiel 23:48
New International Version
“So I will put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not imitate you.

New Living Translation
In this way, I will put an end to lewdness and idolatry in the land, and my judgment will be a warning to all women not to follow your wicked example.

English Standard Version
Thus will I put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not commit lewdness as you have done.

Berean Standard Bible
So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior.

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

New King James Version
Thus I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness.

New American Standard Bible
So I will eliminate outrageous conduct from the land, so that all women will take warning and not commit outrageous sin as you have done.

NASB 1995
‘Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished and not commit lewdness as you have done.

NASB 1977
‘Thus I shall make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished and not commit lewdness as you have done.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be chastised and not commit lewdness as you have done.

Amplified Bible
Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished and taught not to commit immoral acts as you have done.

Christian Standard Bible
So I will put an end to depravity in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your depraved behavior.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your indecent behavior.

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

Contemporary English Version
I will get rid of sinful prostitution in this country, so that women everywhere will be warned not to act as you have.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So I will put a stop to the sinning in the land, and all the women will be warned not to sin as they do.

Good News Translation
Throughout the land I will put a stop to immorality, as a warning to every woman not to commit adultery as they did.

International Standard Version
I'll cause obscene conduct to stop throughout the land, because all the women will be admonished not to practice their obscene conduct.

Majority Standard Bible
So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior.

NET Bible
I will put an end to the obscene conduct in the land; all the women will learn a lesson from this and not engage in obscene conduct.

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

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

World English Bible
“‘Thus I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to be lewd like you.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And I have caused wickedness to cease from the land, "" And all the women have been instructed, "" And they do not do according to your wickedness.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have caused wickedness to cease from the land, And instructed have been all the women, And they do not according to your wickedness.

Smith's Literal Translation
And I caused wickedness to cease from the land, and all the women were instructed, and they shall not do according to your wickedness.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will take away wickedness out of the land: and all women shall learn, not to do according to the wickedness of them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And I will take away wickedness from the land. And all women shall learn not to act according to their wickedness.

New American Bible
Thus I will put an end to depravity in the land, and all women will be warned not to imitate your depravity.

New Revised Standard Version
Thus will I put an end to lewdness in the land, so that all women may take warning and not commit lewdness as you have done.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Thus will I put an end to lewdness from the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your whoredom.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And I shall destroy the evil from the land, and all the women shall be instructed, and they shall not do according to your prostitution
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will remove ungodliness out of the land, and all the women shall be instructed, and shall not do according to their ungodliness.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Judgment on Both Sisters
47The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses. 48So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior. 49They will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’ ”…

Cross References
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?”

Hosea 4:11-14
to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding. / My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to 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!

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. ...

Jeremiah 3:1-3
“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD. / “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness. / Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.

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.

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. ...

Revelation 19:2
For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

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 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.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. / And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Leviticus 20:23
You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

Revelation 2:20-22
But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. / Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.

Jeremiah 5:7-9
“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes. / They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife. / Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

2 Peter 2:14
Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.


Treasury of Scripture

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

I cause

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 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 22:15
And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

that

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.

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.

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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Ezekiel 23
1. The unfaithfulness of Aholah and Aholibah
23. Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers
36. The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both
45. and shows their judgments














So I will put an end
This phrase signifies a decisive action by God, indicating His sovereign power to bring about a conclusion to the sinful practices of the people. The Hebrew root for "put an end" is "שָׁבַת" (shabat), which means to cease or rest. This is the same root used for the Sabbath, a day of rest, symbolizing a complete cessation. Here, it implies God's intervention to stop the idolatry and immorality that plagued Israel, reflecting His holiness and justice.

to lewdness
The term "lewdness" in Hebrew is "זִמָּה" (zimmah), which refers to wickedness or depravity, often associated with sexual immorality. In the context of Ezekiel, it highlights the moral corruption and idolatrous practices that Israel engaged in, akin to spiritual adultery. This word underscores the severity of Israel's sin, which was not just a breach of law but a violation of their covenant relationship with God.

in the land
This phrase emphasizes the geographical and communal aspect of the sin. "The land" refers to the Promised Land, a place meant to be holy and set apart for God's people. The defilement of the land through lewdness is a direct affront to God's purpose for Israel to be a light to the nations. Historically, the land was central to Israel's identity and covenant with God, making its defilement a serious transgression.

so that all women
The mention of "all women" serves as a representative group for the entire community. In ancient Israel, women often symbolized the state of the nation, and their conduct was seen as reflective of the nation's spiritual health. This phrase suggests that the judgment and its lessons are meant for everyone, not just a specific gender, indicating the pervasive nature of the sin and the comprehensive scope of God's corrective action.

may take warning
The Hebrew word for "warning" is "יִסַּר" (yissar), which means to instruct or discipline. This is not merely punitive but educational, aiming to bring about repentance and restoration. God's judgment serves as a cautionary tale, intended to lead the people back to righteousness. It reflects God's desire for His people to learn from their mistakes and return to Him.

and not imitate
The call to "not imitate" underscores the importance of distinctiveness for God's people. The Hebrew root "חָקָה" (chakah) means to mimic or follow. Israel was called to be holy and separate from the surrounding nations, whose practices were often idolatrous and immoral. This phrase is a reminder of the call to holiness and the dangers of conforming to worldly standards.

their lewdness
Reiterating the term "lewdness" emphasizes the specific sin that God is addressing. The repetition serves to highlight the gravity of the offense and the necessity of its eradication. It is a call to purity and faithfulness, urging the people to abandon their sinful ways and return to a covenant relationship with God. This reflects the consistent biblical theme of repentance and renewal.

(48) To cease.--By the removal of the sinners. "All women," in accordance with the allegory, means all nations. The judgments upon Israel should be then, and for all time, a conspicuous monument of God's righteous severity.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So I will put an end
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥י (wə·hiš·bat·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7673: To repose, desist from exertion

to indecency
זִמָּ֖ה (zim·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2154: A plan, device, wickedness

in
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the land,
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the women
הַנָּשִׁ֔ים (han·nā·šîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

will be admonished
וְנִֽוַּסְּרוּ֙ (wə·niw·was·sə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nithpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3256: To discipline, chasten, admonish

not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

to imitate
תַעֲשֶׂ֖ינָה (ṯa·‘ă·śe·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

your behavior.
כְּזִמַּתְכֶֽנָה׃ (kə·zim·maṯ·ḵe·nāh)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine plural
Strong's 2154: A plan, device, wickedness


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