^23:31You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment⁴³ in your hand. ^23:32“This is what the sovereign Lord says: “You will drink your sister’s deep and wide cup;⁴⁴ you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal. ^23:33You will be overcome by⁴⁵ drunkenness and sorrow. The cup of your sister Samaria is a cup of horror and desolation. ^23:34You will drain it dry,⁴⁶ gnaw its pieces,⁴⁷ and tear out your breasts,⁴⁸ for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.

^23:35“Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have forgotten me and completely disregarded me,⁴⁹ you must bear now the punishment⁵⁰ for your obscene conduct and prostitution.”

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Footnotes

43 Heb “her cup.” A cup of intoxicating strong drink is used, here and elsewhere, as a metaphor for judgment because both leave one confused and reeling. (See Jer 25:15, 17, 28; Hab 2:16.) The cup of wrath is a theme also found in the NT (Mark 14:36).
44 The image of a deep and wide cup suggests the degree of punishment; it will be extensive and leave the victim helpless.
45 Heb “filled with.”
46 Heb “You will drink it and drain (it).”
47 D. I. Block compares this to the idiom of “licking the plate” (Ezekiel [], 1:, n. 137). The text is difficult as the word translated “gnaw” is rare. The noun is used of the shattered pieces of pottery and so could envision a broken cup. But the Piel verb form is used in only one other place (Num 24:8), where it is a denominative from the noun “bone” and seems to mean to “break (bones).” Why it would be collocated with “sherds” is not clear. For this reason some emend the phrase to read “consume its dregs” (see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [], 2:) or emend the verb to read “swallow,” as if the intoxicated Oholibah breaks the cup and then eats the very sherds in an effort to get every last drop of the beverage that dampens them.
48 The severe action is more extreme than beating the breasts in anguish (Isa 32:12; Nah 2:7). It is also ironic for these are the very breasts she so blatantly offered to her lovers (vv. 3, 21).
49 Heb “and you cast me behind your back.” The expression pictures her rejection of the Lord (see 1 Kgs 14:9).
50 The word “punishment” is not in the Hebrew text but is demanded by the context.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You have gone the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand. Thus says the Lord God:

“You shall drink your sister’s cup

that is deep and large;

you shall be laughed at and held in derision,

for it contains much;

you will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow.

A cup of horror and desolation,

the cup of your sister Samaria;

you shall drink it and drain it out,

and gnaw its shards,

and tear your breasts;

for I have spoken, declares the Lord God. Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you yourself must bear the consequences of your lewdness and whoring.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You have gone the way of your sister; so I will put her cup into your hand.

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“You will drink your sister’s cup,

a cup large and deep;

it will bring scorn and derision,

for it holds so much.

You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,

the cup of ruin and desolation,

the cup of your sister Samaria.

You will drink it and drain it dry

and chew on its pieces—

and you will tear your breasts.

I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.

“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, you must bear the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You have followed the path of your sister, so I will put her cup in your hand.”

This is what the Lord God says:

“You will drink your sister’s cup,

which is deep and wide.

You will be an object of ridicule and scorn,

for it holds so much.

You will be filled with drunkenness and grief,

with a cup of devastation and desolation,

the cup of your sister Samaria.

You will drink it and drain it;

then you will gnaw its broken pieces,

and tear your breasts.

For I have spoken.”

This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and promiscuity.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Because you have followed in your sister’s footsteps, I will force you to drink the same cup of terror she drank.

“Yes, this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“You will drink from your sister’s cup of terror,

a cup that is large and deep.

It is filled to the brim

with scorn and derision.

Drunkenness and anguish will fill you,

for your cup is filled to the brim with distress and desolation,

the same cup your sister Samaria drank.

You will drain that cup of terror

to the very bottom.

Then you will smash it to pieces

and beat your breast in anguish.

I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!

“And because you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: You must bear the consequences of all your lewdness and prostitution.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You went in the same way of your sister, and I will give her cup into your hand.” ’

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “You will drink the deep and wide cup of your sister; you will be as laughter and as scorn; the cup holds so much! You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, for a cup of horror and desolation is the cup of your sister, Samaria. And you will drink it, and you will drain it, and its potsherds you will gnaw, and you will tear out your breasts, for I myself spoke,” declares the Lord Yahweh. 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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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

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