KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Ezekiel 23:32 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Thus saith the Lord God; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Thus” | כֹּ֤ה | Properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now | Thus |
| “saith” | אָמַר֙ | To say (used with great latitude) | saith |
| “the Lord” | אֲדֹנָ֣י | The Lord (used as a proper name of God only) | Lord |
| “God;” | יְהוִֹ֔ה | God | God |
| “Thou shalt drink” | תִּשְׁתִּ֔י | To imbibe (literally or figuratively) | drink |
| “of thy sister's” | אֲחוֹתֵךְ֙ | A sister (used very widely [like H0251], literally and figuratively) | sisters |
| “cup” | כּ֤וֹס | A cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion) | cup |
| “deep” | הָעֲמֻקָּ֖ה | Deep (literally or figuratively) | deep |
| “and large:” | וְהָרְחָבָ֑ה | Roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively | large |
| “thou shalt be” | תִּהְיֶ֥ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | thou shalt be |
| “laughed to scorn” | לִצְחֹ֛ק | Laughter (in pleasure or derision) | laughed scorn |
| “and had in derision;” | וּלְלַ֖עַג | Derision, scoffing | derision |
| “it containeth” | לְהָכִֽיל׃ | Properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses) | containeth |
| “much.” | מִרְבָּ֥ה | Abundance, i.e., a great quantity | much |
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30 I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.
32 Thus saith the Lord God; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
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