Ezechielis 4:18

Nova Vulgata

Transiit convivium eorum, fornicatione fornicati sunt, diligunt vehementer ignominiam impudicitiae.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Hoc somnium vidi ego Nabuchodonosor rex : tu ergo Baltassar interpretationem narra festinus, quia omnes sapientes regni mei non queunt solutionem edicere mihi : tu autem potes, quia spiritus deorum sanctorum in te est.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Separatum est convivium eorum;
fornicatione fornicati sunt:
dilexerunt afferre ignominiam protectores ejus.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

drink: Deuteronomy 32:32, Deuteronomy 32:33, Isaiah 1:21, Isaiah 1:22, Jeremiah 2:21

sour: Heb. gone

committed: Hosea 4:2, Hosea 4:10, 2 Kings 17:7-17

her: Exodus 23:8, Deuteronomy 16:19, 1 Samuel 8:3, 1 Samuel 12:3, 1 Samuel 12:4, Proverbs 30:15, Proverbs 30:16, Amos 5:12, Micah 3:11, Micah 7:3

rulers: Heb. shields, Psalms 47:9

Reciprocal: Proverbs 28:21 - for Isaiah 1:23 - every Hosea 5:3 - thou Acts 24:26 - hoped Romans 1:24 - God

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Their drink is sour,.... In their stomachs, having drank so much that they cannot digest it; hence nauseous eructations, with a filthy stench, are belched out; so it is a charge of drunkenness which Ephraim or the ten tribes were addicted to, and are accused of,

Isaiah 28:1 or "their drink is gone" y; it has lost its colour, brightness, smell, and flavour; it is turned to vinegar; expressive of the general corruption and depravity of manners and religion among them; see Isaiah 1:22 or "their drink departeth", or "causeth to depart"; or "is refractory" z; that is, it made them refractory, like a refractory belief, as before; caused them to depart from God and his worship, and led them into all sin and irreligion, particularly what follows:

they have committed whoredom continually; corporeal whoredom, which drunkenness leads to; and spiritual whoredom or idolatry, which they had committed, and continued in, ever since the days of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and increased therein:

her rulers with shame do love, give ye; or "her shields" a; those that should have been the protectors of Israel, compared before to a heifer; and preserved them not only from their external enemies, but from all innovations in religion; and which we rightly enough render "rulers", civil and ecclesiastic, kings, princes, and priests; see

Psalms 47:9, these "loved, give ye", which was a "shame" to them: the sense is, either they loved gifts and bribes, and were continually saying, "give, give", when causes were to be tried, and so perverted justice and judgment, which was very shameful; or they loved wine and strong drink, and therefore required it to be continually given them, which was very scandalous in rulers more especially, Proverbs 30:4; or they loved whoredom, both in a corporeal and spiritual sense, and desired more harlots and more idols, and added to their old ones, which was very abominable and ignominious. So the Targum,

"they turned themselves after fornication they loved, which brought shame unto them;''

and these may be considered as so many reasons why Judah should have nothing to do with Israel.

y סר סבאם "recessit potus eorum", Montanus, Drusius; "recessit vinum eorum", Schmidt. z "Recedere fecit inerum eorum", Tarnovius; "refractarium est merum eorum", Junius Tremellius, Piscator. a מגניה "clypei ejus", Montanus, Vatablus "scuta ejus", Drusius, Tarnovius; "cujus clypei", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their drink is sour - Literally, “turned,” as we say of milk. So Isaiah says, “Thy silver is become dross; thy wine is mingled,” i. e., adulterated, “with water” Isaiah 1:22; and our lord speaks of “salt which had lost its savor.” The wine or the salt, when once turned or become insipid, is spoiled, irrecoverably, as we speak of “dead wine.” They had lost all their life, and taste of goodness.

Her rulers with shame do love, give ye - Avarice and luxury are continually banded together according to the saying, “covetous of another’s, prodigal of his own.” Yet it were perhaps more correct to render, “her rulers do love, do love, shame.” They love that which brings shame, which is bound up with shame, and ends in it; and so the prophet says that they “love the shame” itself. They act, as if they were in love with the shame, which, all their lives long, they are unceasingly and, as it were, by system, drawing upon themselves. They chase diligently after all the occasions of sins and sinful pleasures which end in shame; they omit nothing which brings it, do nothing which can avoid it. What else or what more could they do, if they “loved the shame” for its own sake?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hosea 4:18. Their drink is sour — Or rather, he is gone after their wine. The enticements of idolatry have carried them away.

Her rulers with shame do love — Rather, have loved shame; they glory in their abominations.

Give ye. — Perhaps it would be better to read, Her rulers have committed, &c. They have loved gifts. What a shame! These were their rulers, literally, their shields. Justice and judgment were perverted.