Ezekiel 23:30-32
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
30 brought these things upon you because you served as a prostitute for the nations, defiling yourself with their idols.(A)
31 Because you followed your sister’s path, I will put her cup into your hand.[a](B)
32 Thus says the Lord God:(C)
The cup of your sister you shall drink,
deep and wide;
It brings ridicule and mockery,
it holds so much;
Footnotes
- 23:31 The cup is a metaphor for divine punishment, the lot of all who rebel against the Lord (cf. Ps 75:9; Jer 25:15–16; 51:7; Is 51:21–23; Lam 4:21; Hb 2:15–16).
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