Ezekiel 23:34

You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord GOD addresses the personified Oholibah immediately after pronouncing judgment over the cup of devastation in Ezekiel 23:33.

The words — The text highlights שָׁתִית (sha.Tit), meaning you will drink, and תְּנַתְּקִי (te.na.Te.ki), meaning you will tear out, describing the violent consumption of the cup and the subsequent self-mutilation.

The thread — This cup motif appears in Psalms 75:8 and Isaiah 51:17, while the physical details echo the earlier description of Oholibah's youthful exposure in Ezekiel 23:3.

Why it lands — The passage demands recognition that rejecting divine authority results in inescapable consequences that force the offender to confront the very instrument of their judgment.

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The Hebrew words

וְשָׁתִ֨יתve./sha.Titand/ you will drink אוֹתָ֜הּ'o.Ta/h<obj.>/ it וּמָצִ֗יתu./ma.Tzitand/ you will drain [it]וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>חֲרָשֶׂ֛יהָcha.ra.Sei./hafragments/ its תְּגָרֵ֖מִיte.ga.Re.miyou will break וְשָׁדַ֣יִךְve./sha.Da.yi/khand/ breasts/ your תְּנַתֵּ֑קִיte.na.Te.kiyou will tear out כִּ֚יkifor אֲנִ֣י'a.NiI דִבַּ֔רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI have spoken נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance of אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord יְהוִֽה׃ סYah.wehYahweh

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Psalms 75:8 For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
Isaiah 51:17 Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.
Ezekiel 23:3 and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.
Ezekiel 23:8 She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.
Revelation 18:7 As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’