Ezekiel 23:33

“With drunkenness and sorrow you will be filled, a cup of horror and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.”

Ezekiel 23:33 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 23:33, word by word

With drunkennessשִׁכָּרוֹןshikaron

drunkenness

Drunkenness.

Where else “shikaron” appears
and sorrowיָגוֹןyagon

sorrow, grief

Deep sorrow, grief.

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you will be filledתִּמָּלֵאִיtimalei

fill

To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.

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a cupכּוֹסkos

cup

A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.

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of horrorשַׁמָּהshama

horror

Something that horrifies everyone.

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and desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama

desolation

Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.

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of your sisterאֲחוֹתֵachote

sister

A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.

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Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron

Samaria

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Places in this verse

JerusalemSamaria
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Samaria

    Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)

    A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.

    Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).

    1 Kings 16:242 Kings 17:6John 4:4Acts 8:5

The context

32Thus says Adonai YHWH: The cup of your sister you will drink, the deep and the wide; you will be for laughter and for derision; it holds much.

33 · This verse (above)

34And you will drink it and drain it, and its shards you will gnaw, and your breasts you will tear, for I have spoken, declares Adonai YHWH.

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