Ezekiel 23:29

They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord God speaks through Ezekiel to the allegorical cities of Samaria and Jerusalem, pronouncing judgment at the moment their foreign alliances are about to be dismantled. This declaration follows the warning that God will deliver them into the hands of those they previously rejected.

The words — The Hebrew verb עָשׂוּ (‘a.Su, "they will deal with") and the noun שִׂנְאָה (sin.'Ah, "hatred") frame the active hostility of the nations God will hand over to them. The verb לָקְחוּ (la.ke.Chu, "they will take") paired with יְגִיעֵךְ (ye.gi.'E/kh, "your property") specifies the total seizure of their labor.

The thread — This pattern of divine delivery to former allies appears in Ezekiel 16:39 and Ezekiel 23:25, where lovers and jealous rage turn into instruments of judgment. Ezekiel 23:45 extends the sequence by noting that righteous men will execute the prescribed penalty for this adultery.

Why it lands — The text states that idolatrous compromise will be stripped away, leaving the shame of those actions fully exposed. The reader must acknowledge that covenant betrayal produces tangible loss and requires a sober assessment of where political or spiritual alliances ultimately lead.

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The Hebrew words

וְעָשׂ֨וּve./'a.Suand/ they will deal with אוֹתָ֜ךְ'o.Ta/khwith/ you בְּשִׂנְאָ֗הbe./sin.'Ahin/ hatred וְלָקְחוּ֙ve./la.ke.Chuand/ they will take כָּל־kol-all יְגִיעֵ֔ךְye.gi.'E/khproperty/ your וַעֲזָב֖וּךְva./'a.za.Vu/khand/ they will leave/ you עֵירֹ֣ם'ei.Romnakedness וְעֶרְיָ֑הve./'er.Yahand/ bareness וְנִגְלָה֙ve./nig.Lahand/ it will be uncovered עֶרְוַ֣ת'er.Vat[the] nakedness of זְנוּנַ֔יִךְze.nu.Na.yi/khprostitutions/ your וְזִמָּתֵ֖ךְve./zi.ma.Te/khand/ licentiousness/ your וְתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ve./taz.nu.Ta.yi/khand/ prostitution<s>/ your

King James Version

And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 16:39 Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
Ezekiel 23:25 And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be consumed by fire.
Ezekiel 23:45 But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.
Deuteronomy 28:47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
2 Samuel 13:15 Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
Ezekiel 16:36 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
Ezekiel 23:18 When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.