Ezekiel 23:26

Translations

Modern

They will strip off your clothes and take your fine jewelry.

Traditional

They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.

Literal

And they will strip you of your clothes, and they will take away the articles of your beauty.

Latin

…et denudabunt te vestimentis tuis, et tollent vasa gloriæ tuæ.

Original

Hebrew

English

They will strip off your clothes and take your fine jewelry.

Notes

Ezekiel 23:25–29

In the ancient world, people sometimes punished an adulterous wife by stripping her naked. This public act exposed in public what she had done in private (her unfaithfulness in marriage). This was meant to bring shame as punishment for adultery (see study note on Ezekiel 16:35–38).

In a similar way, the Babylonians took away everything valuable from Jerusalem and Judah. They left the people exposed and ashamed before other nations.

Ezekiel 23:1–49

This chapter, like chapter 16, tells the history of the northern and southern kingdoms of Israel and Judah. It does this through an extended metaphor (a comparison that continues through many verses).

In this comparison, Samaria and Jerusalem, the capital cities, are described as two immoral women. The language is strong and direct.

This metaphor shows that their judgment was certain and deserved.

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 16:39
Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
Jeremiah 13:22
And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.
Ezekiel 23:29
They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity
Hosea 2:9–10
Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.
Revelation 18:14–17
And they will say: “The fruit of your soul’s desire has departed from you; all your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be seen again.”
Hosea 2:3
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.
Ezekiel 16:16
You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!
Isaiah 3:17–24
…the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
Ezekiel 16:37
…therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.
Revelation 17:16
And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
1 Peter 3:3–4
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

Glossary

Aholah Aholibah Ezekiel, Book of Oholah and Oholibah

Topics

Captive: Cruelty to Robbed Idolatry: Wicked Practices of Licentiousness of Prophecies Concerning Israel: Captivity of Great Wickedness is the Cause of Their Adversity Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments

Ezekiel 23:26

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