King James Version
Ezekiel 23:49 in the King James Version says “And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am ...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.”
Ezekiel 23:49 · KJV
And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. dispatch: or, single them out
Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And they shall recompense”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon you and ye shall bear”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“and ye shall know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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