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Ezekiel 23:32

Ezekiel 23:32
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thus saith the Lord God, thou shall drink of thy sister's cup deep and large,.... That is, partake of the same punishment, which was very great, signified by a deep and large cup, which holds much:…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup - Thou shalt be ruined and desolated as Samaria was.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 23:22-49

Jerusalem stands indicted by the name of Aholibah, for that she, as a false traitor to her sovereign Lord the God of heaven, not having his fear before her eyes, but moved by the instigation of the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

sister's cup deep i.e. which is deep. The words "thou shalt … derision" are parenthetical; LXX. omits.