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Ezekiel 23:31 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.’ "

Ezekiel 23:31

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29 They will deal with you in hatred, and will take away all your labor, and will leave you naked and bare. The nakedness of your prostitution will be uncovered, both your lewdness and your prostitution.

30 These things will be done to you because you have played the prostitute after the nations, and because you are polluted with their idols.

31 You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.’

32 “The Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink of your sister’s cup, which is deep and large. You will be ridiculed and held in derision. It contains much.

33 You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of your sister Samaria.

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From This Chapter

Ezekiel 23:1

"The LORD’s word came again to me, saying,"

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"They played the prostitute in Egypt. They played the prostitute in their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their youthful nipples were caressed there."

Ezekiel 23:4

"Their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister. They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah."

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