Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women. I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay your lovers. New Living Translation They will burn your homes and punish you in front of many women. I will stop your prostitution and end your payments to your many lovers. English Standard Version And they shall burn your houses and execute judgments upon you in the sight of many women. I will make you stop playing the whore, and you shall also give payment no more. Berean Standard Bible Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers. King James Bible And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. New King James Version They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will make you cease playing the harlot, and you shall no longer hire lovers. New American Standard Bible And they will burn your houses with fire and execute judgments against you in the sight of many women. Then I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will also no longer pay your lovers. NASB 1995 “They will burn your houses with fire and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women. Then I will stop you from playing the harlot, and you will also no longer pay your lovers. NASB 1977 “And they will burn your houses with fire and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women. Then I shall stop you from playing the harlot, and you will also no longer pay your lovers. Legacy Standard Bible They will burn your houses with fire and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women. Then I will make you cease from playing the harlot, and you will also no longer give your earnings to your lovers. Amplified Bible They will burn down your houses with fire and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women (Gentile nations). Then I will make you cease your prostitution, and you will no longer hire your lovers. Christian Standard Bible They will burn your houses and execute judgments against you in the sight of many women. I will stop you from being a prostitute, and you will never again pay fees for lovers. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgments against you in the sight of many women. I will stop you from being a prostitute, and you will never again pay fees for lovers. American Standard Version And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou shalt also give no hire any more. Contemporary English Version and burn down your houses. Other women will watch these terrible things happen to you. I promise to stop you from being a prostitute and paying your lovers for sex. English Revised Version And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou shalt also give no hire any more. GOD'S WORD® Translation They will burn your houses and punish you in the presence of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay others. Good News Translation They will burn your houses down and let crowds of women see your punishment. I will make you stop being a prostitute and make you stop giving gifts to your lovers. International Standard Version Then they'll burn your houses and carry out my sentence against you in the sight of many women. "That's how I'll make you stop your prostitution so you won't pay any prostitute's fees anymore. Majority Standard Bible Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers. NET Bible They will burn down your houses and execute judgments on you in front of many women. Thus I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer give gifts to your clients. New Heart English Bible They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will cause you to cease from playing the prostitute, and you shall also give no hire any more. Webster's Bible Translation And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. World English Bible They will burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women. I will cause you to cease from playing the prostitute, and you will also give no hire any more. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd burned your houses with fire, "" And done judgments in you before the eyes of many women, "" And I have caused you to cease from going whoring, "" And also, you no longer give a wage. Young's Literal Translation And burnt thy houses with fire, And done in thee judgments before the eyes of many women, And I have caused thee to cease from going a-whoring, And also a gift thou givest no more. Smith's Literal Translation And they burnt thy houses with fire, and they did judgments upon thee before the eyes of many women: and I caused thee to cease from a harlot, and also thou shalt no more give hire. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims Bible41And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and shall execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and thou shalt cease from fornication, and shalt give no hire any more. Catholic Public Domain Version And they will burn up your houses with fire, and they will carry out judgments against you in the sight of many women. And you will cease from fornication, and no longer give payment. New American Bible They shall set fire to your homes and inflict punishments on you while many women watch. Thus I will put an end to your prostitution, and you shall never again offer payment. New Revised Standard Version They shall burn your houses and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; I will stop you from playing the whore, and you shall also make no more payments. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd they shall burn you in the midst of fire, and execute judgments upon you in the sight of many women; and I will cause you to cease from playing the harlot, and you also shall give no hire to your lovers any more. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they shall burn you in fire and they shall execute judgment from you before the eyes of many women, and I shall stop you from fornication, and you shall not give hire again OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou shalt also give no hire any more. Brenton Septuagint Translation And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and shall execute vengeance on thee in the sight of many women: and I will turn thee back from harlotry, and I will no more give thee rewards. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgment on Jerusalem…40They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords. 41Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers. 42So I will lay to rest My wrath against you, and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer angry.… Cross References Jeremiah 4:30 And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life. 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. Lamentations 1:8-9 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. / 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 47:3 Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” Nahum 3:5-6 “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. / I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you. 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. 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. Isaiah 3:16-17 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— / the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.” Jeremiah 13:26 So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen. Micah 1:8 Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich. 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 18:8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” 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 19:2 For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.” 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. Treasury of Scripture And they shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women: and I will cause you to cease from playing the harlot, and you also shall give no hire any more. burn Deuteronomy 13:16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. 2 Kings 25:9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. Jeremiah 39:8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. and execute Ezekiel 5:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. Ezekiel 23:10,48 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her… Deuteronomy 13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. and I Ezekiel 23:27 Thus 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. Ezekiel 37:23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. Isaiah 1:25,26 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: … Jump to Previous Burn Burned Burnt Cause Cease End Execute Eyes Fire Great Harlot Hire Houses Inflict Judgments Longer Numbers Pay Payment Playing Prostitute Punishment Punishments Reward Sending Sight Stop WomenJump to Next Burn Burned Burnt Cause Cease End Execute Eyes Fire Great Harlot Hire Houses Inflict Judgments Longer Numbers Pay Payment Playing Prostitute Punishment Punishments Reward Sending Sight Stop WomenEzekiel 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 they will burn down your houses This phrase reflects the severe judgment that God pronounces on Jerusalem for its unfaithfulness. In the ancient Near East, burning a city or its houses was a common practice during conquest, symbolizing total destruction and divine judgment. This imagery is consistent with the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 BC, as recorded in 2 Kings 25:9. The burning of houses signifies the end of security and the loss of identity for the people. and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers. Persons / Places / Events 1. EzekielA prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He conveyed God's messages of judgment and restoration. 2. Jerusalem The city symbolically represented as an unfaithful wife in this chapter, illustrating Israel's spiritual adultery through idolatry and alliances with pagan nations. 3. Babylonian Exile The historical context of Ezekiel's prophecies, where the Israelites were taken captive due to their disobedience and idolatry. 4. God's Judgment The divine retribution that comes upon Jerusalem for her unfaithfulness, depicted through the metaphor of a harlot being punished. 5. Prostitution Used metaphorically to describe Israel's idolatry and unfaithfulness to God, akin to a wife being unfaithful to her husband. Teaching Points The Seriousness of IdolatryIdolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but includes anything that takes the place of God in our hearts. We must examine our lives for modern-day idols. God's Righteous Judgment God's judgment is just and serves as a warning to turn away from sin. It is a call to repentance and a return to faithfulness. The Consequences of Unfaithfulness Spiritual unfaithfulness leads to destruction and loss. We are called to remain faithful to God, who is our true source of life and blessing. God's Desire for Restoration Despite judgment, God's ultimate desire is to restore and renew His people. He offers forgiveness and a new beginning to those who repent. Living as a Testimony Our lives should reflect God's holiness and faithfulness, serving as a testimony to others of His grace and truth.(41) Shall burn thine house.--Comp. Deuteronomy 13:16. The figurative and the literal sense here blend together; the house of the unfaithful wife shall be destroyed, and the houses of Jerusalem shall be burned.Verse 41. - They shall burn thine houris with fire, etc. (comp. 2 Kings 25:9 and Jeremiah 52:13, for the fulfilment of the prediction). The women stand for the "cities" which looked on, with awe or exultation, at the destruction of the guilty. Possibly, however, the words may include a literal sense, as in Lamentations 2:10. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then they will burn downוְשָׂרְפ֤וּ (wə·śā·rə·p̄ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8313: To be, on fire your houses בָתַּ֙יִךְ֙ (ḇāt·ta·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 1004: A house and execute וְעָשׂוּ־ (wə·‘ā·śū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6213: To do, make judgment שְׁפָטִ֔ים (šə·p̄ā·ṭîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8201: A sentence, infliction against you בָ֣ךְ (ḇāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew in the sight לְעֵינֵ֖י (lə·‘ê·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - cdc Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain of many רַבּ֑וֹת (rab·bō·wṯ) Adjective - feminine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great women. נָשִׁ֣ים (nā·šîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female I will put an end וְהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ֙ (wə·hiš·bat·tîḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular Strong's 7673: To repose, desist from exertion to your prostitution, מִזּוֹנָ֔ה (miz·zō·w·nāh) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry and you will never לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no again וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and pay תִתְּנִי־ (ṯit·tə·nî-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set your lovers. אֶתְנַ֖ן (’eṯ·nan) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 868: The wages (of a harlot) Links Ezekiel 16:41 NIVEzekiel 16:41 NLT Ezekiel 16:41 ESV Ezekiel 16:41 NASB Ezekiel 16:41 KJV Ezekiel 16:41 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 16:41 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 16:41 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 16:41 French Bible Ezekiel 16:41 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:41 They shall burn your houses with fire (Ezek. 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