Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Because you have forgotten Me
New American Standard Bible
Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because you have
King James Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
International Standard Version
"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Because you abandoned me and threw me behind your back, you will bear the consequences of your obscene conduct and sexual immorality.'"
A Conservative Version
Therefore thus says lord LORD: Because thou have forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore thou also bear thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
American Standard Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
Amplified
Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, therefore bear now [the consequences of] your lewdness and prostitution.’”
Bible in Basic English
So this is what the Lord has said: Because you have not kept me in your memory, and because your back has been turned to me, you will even undergo the punishment of your evil designs and your loose ways.
Darby Translation
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy fornications.
Julia Smith Translation
For this, thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because thou didst forget me, and thou wilt cast me behind thy back, and also bear thou thy wickedness and thy fornications
King James 2000
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore bear you also your lewdness and your harlotries.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because you have forgotten me, and you threw me behind your back, now in turn you bear your obscene conduct and your whorings."
Modern King James verseion
So the Lord Jehovah says this: Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, therefore bear also your wickedness and your adulteries.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as thou hast forgotten me, and cast me aside, so bear now thy own filthiness and whoredom."
NET Bible
"Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have forgotten me and completely disregarded me, you must bear now the punishment for your obscene conduct and prostitution."
New Heart English Bible
"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore you also bear your lewdness and your prostitution.'"
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh, Because thou hast forgotten me, and has cast me behind thy back, Thou also thyself, bear thou thy lewdness and thine unchaste doings.
Webster
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy prostitutions.
World English Bible
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore you also bear your lewdness and your prostitution.
Youngs Literal Translation
Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten Me, And thou dost cast Me behind thy back, Even thou also bear thy wickedness and thy whoredoms.'
Themes
Adultery » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Forgetting God » Punishment of
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Adultery of
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 23:35
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Judgment On The Younger Sister
34
then you will gnaw its broken pieces,
and tear your breasts.
For I have spoken.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.
Names
Cross References
1 Kings 14:9
You behaved more wickedly than all who were before you.
Isaiah 17:10
and you have failed to remember
the rock of your strength;
therefore you will plant beautiful plants
and set out cuttings from exotic vines.
Jeremiah 3:21
the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy,
for they have perverted their way;
they have forgotten the Lord their God.
Ezekiel 22:12
People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood.
Jeremiah 2:32
or a bride her wedding sash?
Yet My people have forgotten Me
for countless days.
Jeremiah 32:33
They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again,
Hosea 8:14
Judah has also multiplied fortified cities.
I will send fire on their cities,
and it will consume their citadels.
Hosea 13:6
they became satisfied;
they were satisfied,
and their hearts became proud.
Therefore they forgot Me.
Leviticus 24:15
And tell the Israelites: If anyone curses his God, he will bear the consequences of his sin.
Numbers 14:34
You will bear the consequences of your sins 40 years based on the number of the 40 days that you scouted the land, a year for each day.
Numbers 18:22
The Israelites must never again come near the tent of meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.
Nehemiah 9:26
They flung Your law behind their backs
and killed Your prophets
who warned them
in order to turn them back to You.
They committed terrible blasphemies.
Jeremiah 13:25
what I have decreed for you—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
because you have forgotten Me
and trusted in Falsehood.
Jeremiah 23:27
Through their dreams that they tell one another, they plan to cause My people to forget My name as their fathers forgot My name through Baal worship.
Ezekiel 7:4
but I will punish you for your ways
and for your detestable practices within you.
Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”
Ezekiel 23:45-49
But righteous men will judge them the way adulteresses
Ezekiel 44:10
Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who strayed from Me after their idols,
Romans 1:28
And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong.