Ezekiel 23:49

“And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.”

"And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD." - Ezekiel 23:49
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What does Ezekiel 23:49 mean?

Ezekiel 23:49 (KJV) reads: "And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord God." The book of Ezekiel, from which this verse comes, is a prophetic book in the Old Testament. It is attributed to the…

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Ezekiel 23:49 - "And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD."
Genesis 49:23 - "The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:"
Ezekiel 20:49 - "Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?"
Luke 23:49 - "And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things."
Jeremiah 49:23 - "¶ Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet."
Ezekiel 16:49 - "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."
Ezekiel 40:49 - "The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side."
"The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:" - Genesis 49:23
"Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?" - Ezekiel 20:49
Ezekiel 41:23 - "And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors."
Ezekiel 22:23 - "¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 33:23 - "Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 23:1 - "The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 23:2 - "Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:"
Ezekiel 23:13 - "Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,"
"And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things." - Luke 23:49
Ezekiel 7:23 - "¶ Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence."
Ezekiel 30:23 - "And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries."
Ezekiel 27:23 - "Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants."
Luke 23:48-49 - "And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts. And all His acquaintances and the women who had followed Him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things."
Isaiah 49:23 - "And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me."
"¶ Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet." - Jeremiah 49:23
Ezekiel 23:23 - "The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses."
"And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors." - Ezekiel 41:23
Ezekiel 23:43 - "Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?"
Ezekiel 23:26 - "They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels."
Ezekiel 23:33 - "Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria."
Ezekiel 48:23 - "As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion."
Ezekiel 16:23 - "And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)"