The Meaning of Ezekiel 23:32 Explained

Ezekiel 23:32

KJV: Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

YLT: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The cup of thy sister thou dost drink, The deep and the wide one, (Thou art for laughter and for scorn,) Abundant to contain.

Darby: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large; thou shalt be for a laughing-stock and a derision, for it containeth much.

ASV: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup, which is deep and large; thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thus saith  the Lord  GOD;  Thou shalt drink  of thy sister's  cup  deep  and large:  thou shalt be laughed to scorn  and had in derision;  it containeth  much. 

What does Ezekiel 23:32 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 23

1  The unfaithfulness of Aholah and Aholibah
23  Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers
36  The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both
45  and shows their judgments

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 23:32 mean?

Thus says the Lord GOD of cup of your sister You shall drink the deep and wide one You shall be laughed to scorn and held in derision much it contains
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֔ה כּ֤וֹס אֲחוֹתֵךְ֙ תִּשְׁתִּ֔י הָעֲמֻקָּ֖ה וְהָרְחָבָ֑ה תִּהְיֶ֥ה לִצְחֹ֛ק וּלְלַ֖עַג מִרְבָּ֥ה לְהָכִֽיל

כֹּ֤ה  Thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֹּה  
Sense: thus, here, in this manner.
אָמַר֙  says 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֲדֹנָ֣י  the  Lord 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲדֹנָי  
Sense: my lord, lord.
יְהֹוִ֔ה  GOD 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
כּ֤וֹס  of  cup 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: כֹּוס 
Sense: cup.
אֲחוֹתֵךְ֙  of  your  sister 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person feminine singular
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.
תִּשְׁתִּ֔י  You  shall  drink 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person feminine singular
Root: שָׁתָה  
Sense: to drink.
הָעֲמֻקָּ֖ה  the  deep 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: עָמֹק  
Sense: deep, mysterious, depths.
וְהָרְחָבָ֑ה  and  wide  one 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: רָחָב  
Sense: broad, wide.
תִּהְיֶ֥ה  You  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לִצְחֹ֛ק  laughed  to  scorn 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: צְחֹק  
Sense: laughter, laughing stock.
וּלְלַ֖עַג  and  held  in  derision 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לָעַג  
Sense: to mock, deride, ridicule.
מִרְבָּ֥ה  much 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִרְבָּה  
Sense: much.
לְהָכִֽיל  it  contains 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: כּוּל  
Sense: to seize, contain, measure.