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Ezekiel 33:26

33:25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

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You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and every one of you defiles his neighbor’s wife: and shall you possess the land?

Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?

You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and you defile every one his neighbor’s wife: and shall you possess the land?

33:27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. to be: Heb. to devour him

What does Ezekiel 33:26 mean?

Ezekiel 33:26 is a verse in the book of Ezekiel, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָמַד (ʻâmad), חֶרֶב (chereb), עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh). It connects to 9 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Ye
standעָמַדʻâmad/aw-mad'/H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
upon
your
sword,חֶרֶבchereb/kheh'-reb/H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
ye
workעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
abomination,תּוֹעֵבַהtôwʻêbah/to-ay-baw'/H8441properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
and
ye
defileטָמֵאṭâmêʼ/taw-may'/H2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
every
oneאִישׁʼîysh/eesh/H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
his
neighbour'sרֵעַrêaʻ/ray'-ah/H7453an associate (more or less close)
wife:אִשָּׁהʼishshâh/ish-shaw'/H802a woman
and
shall
ye
possessיָרַשׁyârash/yaw-rash'/H3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
the
land?אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Commentary on Ezekiel 33:26

HENRY_FULL · Ezekiel 33:26
order of time in which they were delivered. This is dated in the first year of Nebuchadrezzar, that remarkable year when the sword of the Lord began to be drawn and furbished. Here is, I. A review of the prophecies that had been delivered to Judah and Jerusalem for many years past, by Jeremiah himself and other prophets, with the little regard given to them and the little success of them, ver. 1-7 . II. A very express threatening of the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem, by the king of Babylon, for their contempt of God, and their continuance in sin ( ver. 8-11 ), to which is annexed a promise of their deliverance out of their captivity in Babylon, after 70 years, ver. 12-14 . III. A prediction of the devastation of divers other nations about, by Nebuchadrezzar, represented by a "cup of fury" put into their hands ( ver. 15-28 ), by a sword sent among them ( ver. 29-33 ), and a desolation made among the shepherds and their flocks and pastures ( ver. 34-38 ); so that we have here judgment beginning at the house of God, but not ending there. God's Remonstrances with the People. ( b. c. 607.) 1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiak

Cross-references

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Psalms 49:1

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: for: or, of

Psalms 49:2

Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

Ezekiel 18:11

And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

Ezekiel 19:14

And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

Ezekiel 26:2

Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:

Ezekiel 35:13

Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. boasted: Heb. magnified

Ezekiel 38:1

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 38:2

Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, the chief: or, prince of the chief

Mark 7:14

And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Ezekiel 33:26.

Exodus 32:27

And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

Exodus 36:6

And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

Genesis 34:14

And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

Genesis 39:11

And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

Judges 7:13

And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

Judges 8:10

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. men that: or, every one drawing a sword

Numbers 5:13

And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;

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Ezekiel 33:26 (King James Version) reads: "Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?"

Is Ezekiel 33:26 in the Old or New Testament?

Ezekiel 33:26 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Ezekiel.

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