Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked. New Living Translation Then I will give you to these many nations who are your lovers, and they will destroy you. They will knock down your pagan shrines and the altars to your idols. They will strip you and take your beautiful jewels, leaving you stark naked. English Standard Version And I will give you into their hands, and they shall throw down your vaulted chamber and break down your lofty places. They shall strip you of your clothes and take your beautiful jewels and leave you naked and bare. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. New King James Version I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your shrines and break down your high places. They shall also strip you of your clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and leave you naked and bare. New American Standard Bible I will also hand you over to your lovers, and they will tear down your shrines, demolish your high places, strip you of your clothing, take away your jewels, and will leave you naked and bare. NASB 1995 “I will also give you into the hands of your lovers, and they will tear down your shrines, demolish your high places, strip you of your clothing, take away your jewels, and will leave you naked and bare. NASB 1977 “I shall also give you into the hands of your lovers, and they will tear down your shrines, demolish your high places, strip you of your clothing, take away your jewels, and will leave you naked and bare. Legacy Standard Bible I will also give you into the hands of your lovers, and they will pull down your shrines, tear down your high places, strip you of your clothing, take away your splendid jewelry, and will leave you naked and bare. Amplified Bible I will also hand you over to your lovers, and they will tear down your shrines, demolish your high places, strip you of your clothing, take away your jewels, and they will leave you naked and bare. Christian Standard Bible I will hand you over to them, and they will demolish your mounds and tear down your elevated places. They will strip off your clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and leave you stark naked. Holman Christian Standard Bible I will hand you over to them, and they will level your mounds and tear down your elevated places. They will strip off your clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and leave you stark naked. American Standard Version I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thy vaulted place, and break down thy lofty places; and they shall strip thee of thy clothes, and take thy fair jewels; and they shall leave thee naked and bare. Contemporary English Version Then I will hand you over to your lovers, who will tear down the places where you had sex. They will take your clothes and jewelry, leaving you naked and empty-handed. English Revised Version I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and break down thy lofty places; and they shall strip thee of thy clothes, and take thy fair jewels: and they shall leave thee naked and bare. GOD'S WORD® Translation I will hand you over to your lovers. They will destroy your platforms and tear down your illegal worship sites. They will tear off your clothes, take away your beautiful jewelry, and leave you naked and bare. Good News Translation I will put you in their power, and they will tear down the places where you engage in prostitution and worship idols. They will take away your clothes and jewels and leave you completely naked. International Standard Version "I'll also deliver you into their control, and they'll break down your mounds, tear down your high places, strip off your clothes, remove your fine jewels, and then they'll leave you stark naked! NET Bible I will give you into their hands and they will destroy your chambers and tear down your pavilions. They will strip you of your clothing and take your beautiful jewelry and leave you naked and bare. New Heart English Bible I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places; and they shall strip you of your clothes, and take your beautiful jewels; and they shall leave you naked and bare. Webster's Bible Translation And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thy eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleThen 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. World English Bible I will also give you into their hand, and they will throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places. They will strip you of your clothes and take your beautiful jewels. They will leave you naked and bare. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd I have given you into their hand, "" And they have thrown down your arch, "" And they have broken down your high places, "" And they have stripped you of your garments, "" And they have taken your beautiful vessels, "" And they have left you naked and bare. Young's Literal Translation And I have given thee into their hand, And they have thrown down thine arch, And they have broken down thy high places, And they have stript thee of thy garments, And they have taken thy beauteous vessels, And they have left thee naked and bare. Smith's Literal Translation And I gave thee into their hand, and they pulled down thy brothel, and they broke down thy heights, and they stripped thee of thy garments, and they took all thy glory, and they left thee naked and nakedness. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd I will deliver thee into their hands, and they shall destroy thy brothel house, and throw down thy stews: and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take away the vessels of thy beauty: and leave thee naked, and full of disgrace. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will deliver you into their hands. And they will destroy your brothel and demolish your place of prostitution. And they will strip you of your vestments. And they will take away the ornaments of your beauty. And they will leave you behind, naked and full of disgrace. New American Bible I will hand you over to them to tear down your platform and demolish your high place, to strip you of your garments and take away your splendid ornaments, leaving you stark naked. New Revised Standard Version I will deliver you into their hands, and they shall throw down your platform and break down your lofty places; they shall strip you of your clothes and take your beautiful objects and leave you naked and bare. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd I will also deliver you into their hands, and shall demolish your brothels and tear down the houses of your idols; they shall strip you also of your clothes, and shall take your precious jewels and leave you naked and bare. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And I shall deliver you into their hands, and they shall destroy the houses of your vaults, and they shall tear down your idols and they shall strip off your clothes, and they shall take the garments of your glory and they shall leave you naked OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and break down thy lofty places; and they shall strip thee of thy clothes, and take thy fair jewels; and they shall leave thee naked and bare. Brenton Septuagint Translation And I will deliver thee into their hands, and they shall break down thy house of harlotry, and destroy thine high place; and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take thy proud ornaments, and leave thee naked and bare. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgment on Jerusalem…38And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy. 39Then 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. 40They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.… Cross References Hosea 2:3 Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. Hosea 2:10 And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands. Jeremiah 13:22 And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed. Jeremiah 13:26 So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen. Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away. Lamentations 1:9 Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed! Isaiah 47:2-3 Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” Nahum 3:5 “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms. 2 Kings 23:7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah. Micah 1:7 All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute. Revelation 17:16 And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. Revelation 18:16-17 saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! / For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance Revelation 18:19 Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.” Matthew 23:37-38 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. Luke 19:43-44 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. / They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.” Treasury of Scripture And I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your eminent place, and shall break down your high places: they shall strip you also of your clothes, and shall take your fair jewels, and leave you naked and bore. And I. they shall throw Ezekiel 16:24,25,31 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street… Ezekiel 7:22-24 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it… Isaiah 27:9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. shall strip Ezekiel 16:10-20 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk… Ezekiel 23:26,29 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels… Isaiah 3:16-24 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: … Jump to Previous Bare Beautiful Break Chamber Clothes Clothing Demolish Destroy Eminent Fair Fine Hand Hands High Jewelry Jewels Lofty Mounds Naked Places Shrines Strip Tear Throw VaultedJump to Next Bare Beautiful Break Chamber Clothes Clothing Demolish Destroy Eminent Fair Fine Hand Hands High Jewelry Jewels Lofty Mounds Naked Places Shrines Strip Tear Throw VaultedEzekiel 16 1. Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem6. God's extraordinary love toward her, 15. Her grievous judgment 35. Her sin, equal to her mother, 46. and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria, 59. calls for judgments 60. Mercy is promised her in the end Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers This phrase indicates a divine judgment where God allows Israel to face the consequences of their alliances and idolatry. Historically, Israel often sought political and military alliances with surrounding nations, which God viewed as spiritual adultery. These "lovers" refer to the nations Israel turned to for help, such as Egypt and Assyria. Theologically, this reflects the principle of sowing and reaping, where turning away from God leads to being handed over to the very things or people one trusted instead of God. 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 Persons / Places / Events 1. EzekielA prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the author of the book and serves as God's messenger to the Israelites, conveying messages of judgment and restoration. 2. Jerusalem The city represents the people of Israel, often depicted as an unfaithful wife in Ezekiel 16, symbolizing their spiritual adultery and idolatry. 3. Lovers This term refers to the foreign nations and false gods with whom Israel has formed alliances and engaged in idolatry, betraying their covenant with God. 4. Mounds and Lofty Shrines These are the high places where Israel engaged in idolatrous worship, which God condemns and promises to destroy. 5. Judgment The event of divine judgment is depicted as God allowing Israel's "lovers" to turn against her, stripping her of her false securities and exposing her sin. Teaching Points The Consequences of IdolatryIdolatry leads to spiritual and often physical ruin. Just as Israel's alliances with foreign nations led to her downfall, so too can our misplaced trusts lead us away from God. God's Righteous Judgment God's judgment is just and serves as a corrective measure. It is a call to repentance and a return to faithfulness. The Danger of False Security Trusting in anything other than God—be it wealth, relationships, or status—can leave us vulnerable and exposed. Repentance and Restoration While judgment is severe, it is not the end. God desires repentance and offers restoration to those who turn back to Him. Spiritual Adultery Spiritual unfaithfulness is akin to adultery. We are called to be faithful to God, who is our true covenant partner. Lists and Questions Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 16What does God desire? If God is just, why does He threaten severe punishment in Ezekiel 16:37-41, yet allow similar injustices elsewhere in the Bible to go unpunished? How do interpreters harmonize the restoration promises in Ezekiel 39:21-29 with other Old Testament passages that describe different outcomes for Israel? Ezekiel 4:1-3: Does archaeological or historical data confirm a siege of Jerusalem that matches the precise details of Ezekiel's prophecy?(39) Eminent places.--See Note on Ezekiel 16:24. The destruction of her idolatries as well as the desolation of Israel herself is foretold.Verse 39. - (For eminent place and high place, see notes on ver. 24.) These the Chaldean conqueror treated as local sanctuaries, and laid them waste. The clothes and the jewels are, of course, all outward tokens of stateliness and prosperity. The (or a) holy city, the perfection of beauty, should be as "some forlorn and desperate castaway" (comp. Lamentations 1:1-10 for a companion picture). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then I will hand you overוְנָתַתִּ֨י (wə·nā·ṯat·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set to [your lovers], בְּיָדָ֗ם (bə·yā·ḏām) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3027: A hand and they will level וְהָרְס֤וּ (wə·hā·rə·sū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2040: To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy your mounds גַבֵּךְ֙ (ḡab·bêḵ) Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 1354: The back, the top, rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks and tear down וְנִתְּצ֣וּ (wə·nit·tə·ṣū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5422: To pull down, break down your lofty shrines. רָמֹתַ֔יִךְ (rā·mō·ṯa·yiḵ) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 7413: Height, high place They will strip off וְהִפְשִׁ֤יטוּ (wə·hip̄·šî·ṭū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6584: To strip off, make a dash, raid your clothes, בְּגָדַ֔יִךְ (bə·ḡā·ḏa·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage take וְלָקְח֖וּ (wə·lā·qə·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3947: To take your fine תִפְאַרְתֵּ֑ךְ (ṯip̄·’ar·têḵ) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 8597: Beauty, glory jewelry, כְּלֵ֣י (kə·lê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus and leave you וְהִנִּיח֖וּךְ (wə·hin·nî·ḥūḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | second person feminine singular Strong's 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place, naked עֵירֹ֥ם (‘ê·rōm) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5903: Naked, nakedness and bare. וְעֶרְיָֽה׃ (wə·‘er·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6181: Nakedness Links Ezekiel 16:39 NIVEzekiel 16:39 NLT Ezekiel 16:39 ESV Ezekiel 16:39 NASB Ezekiel 16:39 KJV Ezekiel 16:39 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 16:39 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 16:39 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 16:39 French Bible Ezekiel 16:39 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:39 I will also give you into their (Ezek. 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