Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Ezekiel 16:58
Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the Lord, suffering the well-deserved punishment of her sins, especially of her pride.
Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the Lord, suffering the well-deserved punishment of her sins, especially of her pride.
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...
THE _ LORD._ Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read " _Adonai_ ". App-4....
This and the preceding verses assume the destruction of Jerusalem, of which the prophet was fully assured....
FOR THY SISTER SODOM WAS NOT MENTIONED, &C.— _Nor shalt thou any more mention thy sister with reproach, as in the day of thy pride._ Ezekiel 16:57. _Namely, before thy wickedness was discovered; and t...
III. JUDAH: THE FALLEN SISTER 16:44-63 TRANSLATION (44) Behold every one who employs proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As the mother, so the daughter. (45) You are the daughter of...
Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD. THOU HAST BORNE THY LEWDNESS - i:e., the punishment of it (). I do not treat thee with excessive rigour. Thy sin and punishment ar...
16:58 saith (b-9) Some add 'the Lord.'...
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...
אֶת ־זִמָּתֵ֥ךְ וְ אֶת ־תֹּועֲבֹותַ֖יִךְ אַ֣תְּ...
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...
What is here said comes in as the suitable conclusion of such daring rebellion as Israel had, in the preceding paragraph, been accused of. If Israel hath thus played the harlot, what shall arise, or w...
Here God repeats what we saw before, that the Jews were deprived of all excuse. We know how bold they were in their expostulations, and how they always cried out when God treated them severely. Becaus...
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...
THOU HAST BORNE THY LEWDNESS AND THINE ABOMINATIONS,.... Openly and publicly; their abominable iniquities were written as it were upon their foreheads, and were to be seen of all men; their sin was to...
Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD. Ver. 58. _Thou hast borne thy lewdness,_] _i.e., _ The punishment of it, and yet art little the better. See Isaiah 9:13 ....
_As at the time of thy reproach_, &c. These words appear to begin a new sentence; which may be translated more intelligibly thus, by joining them to the following verse: “But when it was the time of t...
BORNE: _ Heb._ borne them...
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...
What thou hast done I have imputed to thee; thou wilt not repent, therefore I account thee guilty, and I have in part punished thee; and though what I have done seem grievous, yet worse is behind, as...
Ezekiel 16:58 paid H5375 (H8804) lewdness H2154 abominations H8441 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 hast -...
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...
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 16:53 Here judgment is assumed and a future restoration is envisioned. Both here and in the conclusion (vv. Ezekiel 16:59), the people feel shame at their previous acts.
(Ezekiel 16:53.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 16:53. “WHEN I SHALL BRING AGAIN THEIR CAPTIVITY, THE CAPTIVITY OF SODOM AND HER DAUGHTERS, AND THE CAPTIVITY OF SAMARIA AND HER DAUGHTERS, THEN WILL I BRIN...
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...
2 Chronicles 34:31; 2 Chronicles 34:32; Deuteronomy 29:10; Deuteronomy 29:25;...
Thy lewdness — The punishment thereof....