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Ezekiel 23:32

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.

KJV

Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Calicem sororis tuæ bibes profundum et latum : eris in derisum et in subsannationem quæ est capacissima.

Vulgate

τάδε λέγει Κύριος Τὸ ποτήριον τῆς ἀδελφῆς σου πίεσαι, τὸ βαθὺ καὶ τὸ πλατὺ καὶ τὸ πλεονάζον τοῦ συντελέσαι μέθην,

LXX

Thus 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.

ASV

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהֹוִ֔ה כּ֤וֹס אֲחוֹתֵ/ךְ֙ תִּשְׁתִּ֔י הָ/עֲמֻקָּ֖ה וְ/הָ/רְחָבָ֑ה תִּהְיֶ֥ה לִ/צְחֹ֛ק וּ/לְ/לַ֖עַג מִרְבָּ֥ה לְ/הָכִֽיל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 440×
י
y
noun · 119×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוִ֔ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 305×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
verb · 37×
כּ֣וֹס
kvs
noun · 34×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
לַּ֥עַג
l'g
noun · 7×
מִרְבָּ֥ה
mrbh
noun · 1×
עָמֹ֖ק
'mq
adjective · 17×
צְחֹ֛ק
tschq
noun · 2×
רַחֲבַ֣ת
rchbt
adjective · 21×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 22:4 — Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: the
  • Hos 7:16 — They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
  • Isa 51:17 — Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
  • Jer 25:16 — And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
  • Ps 60:3 — Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.