Ezekiel 33:26

Translations

Modern

You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’

Traditional

Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?

Literal

You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and each man defiles the wife of his neighbor—and you would possess the land?’

Latin

…stetistis in gladiis vestris, fecistis abominationes, et unusquisque uxorem proximi sui polluit: et terram hæreditate possidebitis?

Original

Hebrew

English

You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’

Notes

Ezekiel 33:23–26

Those who stayed in the ruined cities of Judah saw the Exile as a chance for personal gain, not repentance. They claimed to be the only heirs of Abraham's promise and sought to own all the land. Their actions showed they were not truly Abraham's children. They ignored laws against eating meat with blood (see Deuteronomy 12:23), worshiped idols, and killed innocent people. Their lives denied Abraham's faith, and they would not inherit his promise.

Ezekiel 33:23–33

People in Judah (Ezekiel 33:23–29) and those in exile (33:30–33) continued to act as they had before Jerusalem fell.

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

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Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
Genesis 27:40
You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
Revelation 21:27
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Psalm 94:20–21
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?
1 Peter 4:3
For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
Psalm 50:16–20
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
Leviticus 20:22
You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
Leviticus 18:25–30
Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
Ezekiel 18:15
He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.
Jeremiah 5:8–9
They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

Glossary

Ezekiel (Person) Ezekiel, Book of

Topics

Adultery: Israelites Jerusalem: Catalogue of Abominations In Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Self-Righteousness: General Scriptures Concerning Sin: The Israelites

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