None eye pitied thee to do any of these unto thee, the acts customary in the case of a new-born infant, to have compassion upon thee; but thou was cast out in the open field, the exposure of infants being common in many ancient nations, to the loathing of thy person, as an object of loathing, in the day that thou wast born. Such, figuratively speaking, is the pitiful condition of all men by nature, objects of revulsion in the sight of the holy God.
Verse Ezekiel 16:5. _THOU WAST CAST OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD_] This is an allusion to the custom of some heathen and barbarous nations, who exposed those children in the open fields to be devoured by wil...
TO THE LOTHING OF THY PERSON - Or, “so abhorred was thy person.”...
Ezekiel 16:1. This chapter consists of four sections: 1. The parable of the abandoned child. 2. Jerusalem's idolatries and moral degradation (Ezekiel 16:15). 3. The doom of Jerusalem and the promise o...
EZEKIEL 16. JERUSALEM THE UNGRATEFUL, THE UNFAITHFUL. Again Ezekiel returns to the indictment which justifies the doom. This time it takes the form of a merciless exposure, in allegorical form, of her...
PERSON. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. IN THE DAY. See App-18....
The exposed child rescued and adopted by Jehovah his taking to himself the family of Israel in the early patriarchal times...
None of the offices necessary to preserve the life of the child were performed; no pitying eye looked on it, no affectionate hand did aught for it; it was even thrown out in the open field. It was too...
II. JERUSALEM: A FAITHLESS WIFE 16:1-43 Perhaps nowhere in the Bible is the faithlessness of God's people and the faithfulness of the Lord set in more stark contrast than in the present passage. In fo...
None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. BUT THOU W...
RITUAL OF THE DAY OF ATONEMENT (See also Leviticus 23:26; Numbers 29:7; Exodus 30:10.) This solemn ceremonial took place once a year on the tenth day of the seventh month (_Tishri_ = September). It w...
THE FOUNDLING CHILD WHO BECAME AN UNFAITHFUL WIFE From Hosea onwards the prophets spoke of idolatry under the figure of unchastity. God was the husband of Israel, but she proved unfaithful to Him. Thi...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 16 JERUSALEM IS LIKE A *PROSTITUTE – EZEKIEL 16:1-63 * Thr...
לֹא ־חָ֨סָה עָלַ֜יִךְ עַ֗יִן לַ עֲשֹׂ֥ות לָ֛ך
JERUSALEM-AN IDEAL HISTORY Ezekiel 16:1 IN order to understand the place which the sixteenth chapter occupies in this section of the book, we must remember that a chief source of the antagonism betwe...
The second figure was that of the adulteress, and this the prophet wrought out at great length. Jerusalem was arraigned on account of her abominations, which were described under the figure of that sp...
_Born, as it were in Egypt. He represents the Jews as a female from her infancy, till she be advanced in years._...
We have not only the weakness and helplessness of every man's state by nature here represented to us, but, what is more to the purpose, and indeed the great object intended to be shown from Ezekiel's...
In reading chapter 16 it must be remembered that Jerusalem is the subject, and not Israel. Moreover, the subject treated of is not redemption, but God's dealings. He had caused to live, He had cleanse...
NONE EYE PITIED THEE, TO DO ANY OF THESE UNTO THEE, TO HAVE COMPASSION UPON THEE,.... Or, "one of these" k; not so much as one of them: sad must be the case of an infant, when it meets with no tender...
_None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born._ Ver. 5. _No...
_None eye pitied thee_, &c. The cruelty of the Egyptians, who ought, in gratitude for the services they had received from Joseph, to have been as parents to the Israelites, seems to be here hinted at....
1-58 In this chapter God's dealings with the Jewish nation, and their conduct towards him, are described, and their punishment through the surrounding nations, even those they most trusted in. This i...
A confirmation of what was said EZEKIEL 16:4; no hand helped, because no eye pitied them; neither Terah's family to Abraham, nor the Egyptians to sojourning or departing Israel, showed any bowels of p...
Ezekiel 16:5 eye H5869 pitied H2347 (H8804) do H6213 (H8800) any H259 compassion H2550 (H8800) out...
“And as for your nativity, in the day that you were born your navel was not cut, nor were you washed in water to cleanse you. You were not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. No eye pitied you to do a...
In this very remarkable chapter, God describes his ancient people Israel under the figure of an infant which had been cast away, but which he had cared for and tended, and upon which he had lavished m...
CONTENTS: The harlotry of Jerusalem, and threatening of destroying judgments. Promises of future blessing under the new covenant. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Let not men flatter themselves...
Ezekiel 16:3. _Thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite,_ a Chittith, a family of immodesty. The Israelites gloried in their descent from the holy patriarchs, heirs of the promises; but the...
_None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee._ EZEKIEL’S DESERTED INFANT I. A survey of the misery of man’s estate. The verse presents to us an infant exposed to...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 16:1 Chapter Ezekiel 16:1 includes brutal violence and shocking sexual language. It shows that the infidelity of Jerusalem has brought upon it the just punishment of God. In no
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 16:4 CAST OUT. Leaving a newborn child outside implies an unwanted birth and certain death. The other actions that Ezekiel describes are the usual practice for welcoming a newb...
ISRAEL’S INGRATITUDE, PUNISHMENT, AND, IN THE END, FORGIVENESS. (Chap. 16) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The prophet surveys the entire development of the nation, past and future. Their original condition was mos...
EXPOSITION The section on which we now enter, with its companion picture in Ezekiel 23:1; forms the most terrible, one might almost say the most repellent, part of Ezekiel's prophetic utterances. We h...
CHAPTER 16. THE STORY OF ISRAEL'S GUILT AND PUNISHMENT. Ezekiel 16:1. _And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,_ Ezekiel 16:2. _Son of man, make Jerusalem know her abominations,_ Ezekiel 16:3....
Shall we turn in our Bibles at this time to the sixteenth chapter of Ezekiel. The prophecy of Ezekiel, chapter 16. Ezekiel declares, Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, cause...
Exodus 1:22; Ezekiel 2:6; Genesis 21:10; Isaiah 49:15; Jeremiah 22:19;
A STORY OF REDEMPTION Ezekiel 16:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We want to bring before you the natural inheritance of all men; that is, we want to discuss what we were by nature, before grace found us. 1. W...
To the loathing — In contempt of thee as unlovely and worthless; and in abhorrence of thee as loathsome to the beholder. This seems to have reference to the exposing of the male children of the Israel...