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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 16 - Introduction

* A parable showing the first low estate of the Jewish nation, its prosperity, idolatries, and punishment.

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See also Ezekiel 16 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The foundling child who became the faithless wife The prophet continues to pursue his demonstration of the inevitableness of Jerusalem's destruction. In ch. 13, 14 he swept away the delusive hopes wi...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _UNDER THE SIMILITUDE OF A WRETCHED INFANT, IS SHEWED THE NATURAL STATE OF JERUSALEM. GOD'S EXTRAORDINARY LOVE TOWARDS HER: HER MONSTROUS WHOREDOM: HER GRIEVOUS JUDGMENT: HER SIN, MATCHING HER MOTHER,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. What comparisons did Ezekiel see between Judah and a vine tree? 2. In what sense had Jerusalem already passed through the fire of judgment prior to the 587 B.C. destruction? 3...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 (c-0) (The title of this book, 'Ezekiel'), Meaning, 'Strength of God.' captives (d-25) Lit. 'captivity.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XVI. In the magnificent allegory which occupies this chapter, the sin and consequent rejection of Israel is set forth in still stronger terms than in anything which has gone before. There are three ma...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 16 In this chapter the Jewish nation is represented under the simile of a female infant, whose birth, breeding, marriage, grandeur, and conduct, are described, in order to sho...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 16 A FURTHER DEPICTION OF JERUSALEM - AN UNWANTED FOUNDLING. Having depicted Jerusalem as a wild and useless vine, it is now depicted as having been an unwanted foundling, wallowing in its dis...

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