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Ezekiel 16:44

A taunting proverb in regard to Jerusalem, the adulteress and child-murderer: she is the true daughter of her mother the Canaanite. The proverb or saying is probably to be restricted to the words: "As is her mother, so is her daughter." In Ezekiel 16:45 seq. the prophet speaks and addresses Jerusalem.

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See also Ezekiel 16:44 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 16:44. _AS_ IS _THE MOTHER_, SO IS _HER DAUGHTER._] כאמה בתה _keimmah bittah_, "As the mother, her daughter." As is the _cause_, so is the _effect_. As is the _breeding_, so is the _pra...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The Jews prided themselves on being under the special protection of Yahweh. In the downfall of their neighbors, they found only additional grounds for confidence in their own security. Ezekiel now in...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PROVERB. derisive proverb. Figure of speech _Paroemia._ App-6....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    EVERY ONE THAT USETH PROVERBS— They who love to apply the memorable sayings of former ages to the present times, shall apply that common proverb to thee, "That the daughter followeth the mother's step...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. AS IS THE MOTHER SO IS HER DAUGHTER Is and so is are not in the original; th...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    16:44 proverbs (d-6) Or 'parable,' as Numbers 23:7 . see chs. 12.22-23; 14.8; 17.2; 18.2,3; 20.49; 24.3....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AS IS THE MOTHER. — The sin of the people had become so notorious as to attract general attention, and lead to the application of this proverb. The nativity of Israel described in Ezekiel 16:3 is here...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הִנֵּה֙ כָּל ־הַ מֹּשֵׁ֔ל עָלַ֥יִךְ יִמְשֹׁ֖ל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use [this] proverb against thee, saying, As [is] the mother, (x) [so is] her daughter. (x) As the Canaanites, the Hittites and others were your predecessor...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Daughter. They too commonly (Calmet) follow bad parents. (Juvenal vi. 239., and xiv. 25.) --- Jerusalem is more wicked than the Cethite, (Haydock) her mother, ver. 3. (Calmet) --- Even this nation ha...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here the Prophet uses another form of speech; for he says that the Jews deserved to be subject to the taunting proverbs of those who delight in wickedness. The sense is, that they were worthy of extre...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BEHOLD, EVERYONE THAT USETH PROVERBS,.... That affects a proverbial way of sneaking that is witty and facetious, and has a talent at satirizing and scoffing, as some have had; such were Lucian and oth...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use [this] proverb against thee, saying, As [is] the mother, [so is] her daughter. Ver. 44. _Behold, every one that useth proverbs._] _Omnis paraemiator pa...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Every one that useth proverbs_ They who love to apply proverbial sayings, shall apply that common saying to thee, _As is the mother, so is her daughter_ The inhabitants of Jerusalem are just such a p...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PUNISHMENT OF THE LORD ANNOUNCED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, rightly applying it to the children of Israel, SAYING, AS IS THE MOTHER, SO IS HER DAUGHTER, Jerusalem being considered here...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THAT USETH PROVERBS; that delights to make parables, and useth to taunt at the vices of notorious sinners. SHALL USE THIS PROVERB AGAINST THEE: this might be read with the former phrase, and render us...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 16:44 proverbs H4911 (H8802) proverb H4911 (H8799) you H559 (H8800) mother H517 daughter H1323...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “Behold every one who uses proverbs will use a proverb against you, saying, ‘As is the mother, so is her daughter.' You are your mother's daughter, who loathes her husband and her children, and you ar...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    (Ezekiel 16:43) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 16:43. “HAST FRETTED ME IN ALL THESE THINGS.” Instead of regarding their calamaties as the just punishment of their sin, they raged against the Lord. The jud...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    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....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 12:31; Deuteronomy 5:9; Ezekiel 16:15; Ezekiel 16:20;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The mother — Old Jerusalem, when the seat of the Jebusites, or the land of Canaan, when full of the idolatrous, bloody, barbarous nations. Her daughter — Jerusalem, or the Jews who are more like those...

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