Ezekiel 16:42Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And my indignation shall rest in thee: and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will cease and be angry no more.
Douay-Rheims

וַהֲנִחֹתִ֤י חֲמָתִי֙ בָּ֔ךְ וְסָ֥רָה קִנְאָתִ֖י מִמֵּ֑ךְ וְשָׁ֣קַטְתִּ֔י וְלֹ֥א אֶכְעַ֖ס עֽוֹד׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

He spoke once more in a metaphorical manner, likening it to the jealousy of a husband whose wife has been unfaithful. He declared that He would put a stop to your shameful behavior through this punishment, and thus He would be released from His concerns for you; your paramours will no longer provoke His jealousy. This discipline will be applied to you.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Ezek 5:13And I will accomplish my fury, and will cause my indignation to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I shall have accomplished my indignation in them.
Ezek 21:17And I will clap my hands together, and will satisfy my indignation: I the Lord have spoken.
Ezek 39:29And I will hide my face no more from them, for I have poured out my spirit upon all the house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
Isa 40:1Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God.
Isa 40:2Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.
Zech 6:8And he called me, and spoke to me, saying: Behold they that go forth into the land of the north, have quieted my spirit in the land of the north.
Isa 54:9This thing is to me as in the days of Noe, to whom I swore, that I would no more bring in the waters of Noe upon the earth: so have I sworn not to be angry with thee, and not to rebuke thee.
Isa 54:10For the mountains shall be moved, and the hills shall tremble; but my mercy shall not depart from thee, and the covenant of my peace shall not be moved: said the Lord that hath mercy on thee.