Reference

Ezekiel 23:34

Literal Fulfillment Destruction / Perishing Language Prophetic Methods of Communication

“Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.”

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.

Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

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.

The Lord said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;

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Literal Fulfillment

Semantic Discovery

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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Destruction / Perishing Language

Semantic Discovery

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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

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Literal Fulfillment

The imagery of "drinking it and sucking it out," "breaking the sherds," and "plucking off thine own breasts" is highly metaphorical and symbolic, describing a state of utter degradation and punishment rather than a literal sequence of physical actions to be fulfilled. The verse uses vivid, hyperbolic language to convey a message of judgment, which is not necessarily intended to be understood as a literal, physical event.

Destruction / Perishing Language

While the verse describes harsh actions and consequences, it does not explicitly use words like "destroy," "perish," or "consume" to describe the fate of the wicked, but rather focuses on the actions taken by the subject.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes a consequence ("thou shalt even drink it and suck it out...") and attributes it to divine speech ("for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God"), but it does not describe the *method* by which this divine speech was communicated to the prophet Ezekiel, nor does it detail any specific prophetic method of communication.

Literal Fulfillment

Related Verses

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.”

Ezekiel 23:46

“For thus saith the Lord God; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.”

Ezekiel 23:33

“Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.”

Ezekiel 23:31

“Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.”

Ezekiel 16:36

“Thus saith the Lord God; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;”

Thematic Connections

Literal Fulfillment Destruction / Perishing Language Prophetic Methods of Communication

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