King James Version

Ezekiel 23:48

Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

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וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥יvehishbatiand ceaseשָׁבַתconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and cease”, a completed action in a sequenceH7673to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)(cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.זִמָּ֖הzimahheinous crimeזִמָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “heinous crime”, the ordinary formH2154a plan, especially a bad oneheinous crime, lewd(-ly, -ness), mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind, -ness).מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וְנִֽוַּסְּרוּ֙venivasrvand chastiseיָסַרconjunction, verb, nithpael, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and chastise”, a completed action in a sequenceH3256to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instructbind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הַנָּשִׁ֔יםhanashimthe eachאִשָּׁהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.וְלֹ֥אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תַעֲשֶׂ֖ינָהtaaseynahdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “do”, an unfinished actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…כְּזִמַּתְכֶֽנָהkezimatkhenahas heinous crimeזִמָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, plural — “as heinous crime”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2154a plan, especially a bad oneheinous crime, lewd(-ly, -ness), mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind, -ness).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I have caused wickedness to cease from the land, And instructed have been all the women, And they do not according to your wickedness.

World English Bible

“‘Thus I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to be lewd like you.

Darby Translation

And I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land, and all women shall receive instruction and shall not do according to your lewdness.

Douay-Rheims

And I will take away wickedness out of the land: and all women shall learn, not to do according to the wickedness of them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will remove ungodliness out of the land, and all the women shall be instructed, and shall not do according to their ungodliness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀποστρέψω ἀσεβείαν ἐκ τῆς γῆς, καὶ παιδευθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ γυναῖκες, καὶ οὐ μὴ ποιήσουσι κατὰ τὰς ἀσεβείας αὐτῶν.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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