Ezekiel Chapter 23 verse 47 Holy Bible

ASV Ezekiel 23:47

And the company shall stone them with stones, and despatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
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BBE Ezekiel 23:47

And the meeting, after stoning her with stones, will put an end to her with their swords; they will put her sons and daughters to death and have her house burned up with fire.
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DARBY Ezekiel 23:47

And the assemblage shall stone them with stones, and despatch them with their swords; they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire.
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KJV Ezekiel 23:47

And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
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WEB Ezekiel 23:47

The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
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YLT Ezekiel 23:47

And they have cast at them the stone of the assembly, And cut them with their swords, Their sons and their daughters they do slay, And their houses with fire they burn.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(47) With stones . . . with swords.--The figure and the reality are here designedly mixed. Stoning was the legal punishment of adultery, but the actual overthrow of Jerusalem was by the sword.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThe mobקָהָ֔ל (qā·hāl)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 6951: Assembly, convocation, congregationwill stoneוְרָגְמ֨וּ (wə·rā·ḡə·mū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 7275: To cast together, to lapidatethemעֲלֵיהֶ֥ן (‘ă·lê·hen)Preposition | third person feminine pluralStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstand cut themאֶ֙בֶן֙ (’e·ḇen)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 68: A stonedownוּבָרֵ֥א (ū·ḇā·rê)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absoluteStrong's 1254: To create, to cut down, select, feedwith their swords.בְּחַרְבוֹתָ֑ם (bə·ḥar·ḇō·w·ṯām)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, swordThey will killיַהֲרֹ֔גוּ (ya·hă·rō·ḡū)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 2026: To smite with deadly intenttheir sonsבְּנֵיהֶ֤ם (bə·nê·hem)Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 1121: A sonand daughtersוּבְנֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ (ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯê·hem)Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 1323: A daughterand burn downיִשְׂרֹֽפוּ׃ (yiś·rō·p̄ū)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 8313: To be, on firetheir houses.וּבָתֵּיהֶ֖ן (ū·ḇāt·tê·hen)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine pluralStrong's 1004: A houseJump to PreviousAssemblage Assembly Burn Burned Company Cut Daughters Death Dispatch End Fire Host House Houses Kill Meeting Mob Slay Stone Stones Stoning Swords