Ezekiel 16:43 “Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me wi…”

Ezekiel 16:43

Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other abominations?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.

World English Bible

“‘“Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring your way on your head,” says the Lord GOD: “and you shall not commit this lewdness with all your abominations.

American Standard Version

Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring thy way upon thy head, saith the Lord Jehovah: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness with all thine abominations.

Geneva Bible 1599

Because thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth, but hast prouoked me with all these things, behold, therefore I also haue brought thy way vpon thine head, sayeth the Lord God: yet hast not thou had consideration of all thine abominations.

Darby Translation

Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast raged against me in all these [things], behold, therefore, I also will recompense thy way upon [thy] head, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou shalt not commit this lewdness besides all thine abominations.

Young's Literal Translation

Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, And dost give trouble to Me in all these, Lo, even I also thy way at first gave up, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I did not this thought for all thine abominations.

Bible in Basic English

Because you have not kept in mind the days when you were young, but have been troubling me with all these things; for this reason I will make the punishment of your ways come on your head, says the Lord, because you have done this evil thing in addition to all your disgusting acts.

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Cross references

“thou hast”

Ezekiel 16:22 Psalm 78:42 Psalm 106:13 Jeremiah 2:32

Ezekiel 16:22 · BSB

And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.

Psalm 78:42 · BSB

They did not remember His power — the day He redeemed them from the adversary,

Psalm 106:13 · BSB

Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

Jeremiah 2:32 · BSB

Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.

“but hast”

Ezekiel 6:9 Isaiah 63:10 Deuteronomy 32:21 Psalm 78:40 Psalm 95:10 Amos 2:13

Ezekiel 6:9 · BSB

Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they…

Isaiah 63:10 · BSB

But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.

Deuteronomy 32:21 · BSB

They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understandin…

Psalm 78:40 · BSB

How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

Psalm 95:10 · BSB

For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”

Amos 2:13 · BSB

Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.

“I also”

Ezekiel 11:21 Ezekiel 22:31 Ezekiel 9:10 Ezekiel 7:3 Ezekiel 7:4 Ezekiel 7:8

Ezekiel 11:21 · BSB

But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 22:31 · BSB

So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 9:10 · BSB

But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”

Ezekiel 7:3 · BSB

The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.

Ezekiel 7:4 · BSB

I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

Ezekiel 7:8 · BSB

Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

42So I will lay to rest My wrath against you, and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer angry.

44Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’

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