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Ezekiel 23:30

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Ezekiel 23:30 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast played the harlot after the nations, and because thou art polluted with their idols.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast played the harlot after the nations, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
Ezekiel 23:30 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezekiel 23

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
27Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom [brought] from the land of Egypt; so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
28For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy soul is alienated;
29and they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take away all thy labor, and shall leave thee naked and bare; and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be uncovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
30These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast played the harlot after the nations, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
31Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thy hand.
32Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister`s cup, which is deep and large; thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
33Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And I will do these things unto thee, &c.] What the Chaldeans did God is said to do, because he suffered them to do these things, as a punishment for their sins; yea, it was according to his will, and by his orders. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it, “they have done these things unto thee”; that is, the Chaldeans. The Targum is, “thy sins are the cause of these things unto thee;” that is, their idolatry and other iniquities. Hence the Syriac version is very particular, “for thy whoredoms these things shall be done unto thee;” and the Arabic version, “thy whoredom hath done (or is the cause of) these things unto thee,” as follows: because thou hast gone a whoring after the…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“thou hast: Eze 23:12-21, Eze 6:9; Psa 106:35-38; Jer 2:18-20, Jer 16:11, Jer 16:12, Jer 22:8, Jer 22:9 because thou art: Eze 23:7, Eze 23:17 Ezekiel 23:31”
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