Ezekiel - 23:30

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30 These things shall be done to you, because you have played the prostitute after the nations, and because you are polluted with their idols.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 23:30.

Differing Translations

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I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast played the harlot after the nations, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
They have done these things to thee, because thou hast played the harlot with the nations among which thou wast defiled with their idols.
These things shall be done unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the nations, because thou hast defiled thyself with their idols.
I will do these things to thee, because thou hast gone astray after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
To do these things to thee, In thy going a-whoring after nations, Because thou hast been defiled with their idols,
They will do these things to you because you have been untrue to me, and have gone after the nations, and have become unclean with their images.
These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast gone astray after the nations, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
They have done these things to you, because you have fornicated after the Gentiles, among whom you were defiled by their idols.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And I will do these things unto thee,.... What the Chaldeans did God is said to do, because he suffered them to do these things, as a punishment for their sins; yea, it was according to his will, and by his orders. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it, "they have done these things unto thee"; that is, the Chaldeans. The Targum is,
"thy sins are the cause of these things unto thee;''
that is, their idolatry and other iniquities. Hence the Syriac version is very particular,
"for thy whoredoms these things shall be done unto thee;''
and the Arabic version,
"thy whoredom hath done (or is the cause of) these things unto thee,''
as follows:
because thou hast gone a whoring after the Heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols; imitated them in their idolatries; worshipped the same dunghill gods as they did, as the word signifies; with which it was no wonder they should be polluted, and become abominable unto God.

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