Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘“It has happened after all your wickedness. Woe, woe to you!” says the Lord Yahweh,
- KJV And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the LORD GOD;)
- NKJV “Then it was so, after all your wickedness—‘Woe, woe to you!’ says the Lord God—
- NASB “Then it came about after all your wickedness (‘Woe, woe to you!’ declares the Lord God),
- NLT “What sorrow awaits you, says the Sovereign Lord. In addition to all your other wickedness,
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Quick answer
After all her wickedness God pronounces a doubled 'Woe.' Her sin has reached a point demanding lament and judgment.
Overview
The repeated 'Woe, woe' signals the gravity of what follows and the certainty of coming judgment. It marks a transition from cataloging her idolatry to exposing her political harlotry with the nations. The lament tone shows that judgment grieves even as it is just.
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- Ezek 13:18and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?
- Zeph 3:1Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
- Ezek 2:10which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
- Jer 13:27Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
- Ezek 24:6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.
- Ezek 13:3This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, yet have seen nothing.
- Matt 23:13–29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
- Matt 11:21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
- Rev 12:12Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
- Rev 8:13And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”
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