“For the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will deliver you into the hand of them whom you hate, into the hand of them from whom your soul is alienated.
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“For the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will deliver you into the hand of them whom you hate, into the hand of them from whom your soul is alienated.
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:
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For thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy soul is alienated;
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 23:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 34:20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.
- Ezekiel 16:37 therefore see, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those who you have loved, with all those who you have hated. I will even gather them against you on every side, and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.
- Ezekiel 23:17 The Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution. She was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.
- Ezekiel 23:22 “Therefore, Oholibah, the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom your soul is alienated, and I will bring them against you on every side:
- Jeremiah 21:7-10 Afterward,” says Yahweh, “I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, and the people, even those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life. He will strike them with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them, have pity, or have mercy.” ’ “You shall say to this people, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he will live, and he will escape with his life. For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good,” says Yahweh. “It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.” ’
- Jeremiah 24:8 “ ‘As the bad figs, which can’t be eaten, they are so bad,’ surely Yahweh says, ‘So I will give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem, who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 23:28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,…
Eze 23:28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand [of them] whom thou hatest, into the hand [of them] from whom thy mind is alienated:
Ver. 28. I will deliver thee.] God hath a holy hand in all the evils that befall his people, by whomsoever.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Deliver thee, give thee up,
Deliver thee, give thee up,
into the hand, to the power and will,
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of them whom thou hatest: those shall be the masters, and domineer over thee, whom of all men thou didst most desire might not. It is doubled for certainty of the thing, and to make deeper impression; they shall certainly lord it over thee, whom of all men thou dost most loathe.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For thus saith the Lord God, I will deliver…
For thus saith the Lord God, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest,.... The Chaldeans and Babylonians, before loved by her, and doted upon, but now hated and rebelled against; and to fall into such hands must be a sore judgment; and this the Lord threatens to bring upon the Jews for their sins; and he having said it, it might be depended upon it would be performed; and, for the greater certainty of it, it is repeated in different words:
into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated; See Gill on Eze 23:17.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Eze 23:28-30. Behold, I will deliver thee, &c. —…
Eze 23:28-30. Behold, I will deliver thee, &c. — I will give thee up into the power of the Chaldeans, whom thou wast formerly fond of, Eze 23:22; but since thou hast broken thy league and friendship with them, thy love is turned into hatred: see Eze 23:17. They shall deal with thee hatefully, &c. — As thou hast changed thy friendship for them into enmity, so shall they deal with thee; their hatred against thee shall be greater than their former love toward thee. This shall prompt them to take a full revenge upon thy perfidiousness, to consume all the fruits of thy labours, and to take away all the wealth thou hast gathered by thine industry. Thy whoredoms shall be discovered — All thy foul and shameful deeds shall be brought to light. I will do these things, because thou hast gone a whoring, &c. — I will cause all these things to be done unto thee by the Babylonians, who are the executioners of my anger.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain (Eze 23:17-18; Eze 16:37).
(Eze 23:17-18; Eze 16:37).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Once again with incisive sarcasm the prophet reiterates the…
Once again with incisive sarcasm the prophet reiterates the phrase of Ver. 17. The punishment should be all the more terrible as coming from those whom the adulteress had once loved with the love that had passed into loathing.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
General Information:
Yahweh continues his metaphor in which he speaks of the cities of Jerusalem and Samaria as if they were two prostitutes. This metaphor continues through Ezekiel 23:34. (See: Metaphor)
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Behold
"Pay attention, because what I am about to say is both true and important"
give you into the hand of the ones you hate ... into the hand of the ones from whom you had turned away
These two phrases have the same meaning. It means that they will be captured by the men they used to prostitute themselves to. AT: "allow you to be captured by those you hate and had turned away from" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
into the hand
Here the word "hand" refers to control. AT: "into the control" (See: Metonymy)
naked and bare
These two words mean the same thing and emphasize that she will be completely uncovered. (See: Doublet)
your nakedness will be uncovered
This can be stated in active form. AT: "They will reveal your nakedness" (See: Active or Passive)
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Lord Yahweh
hand
reveal
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