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Verse Ezekiel 16:2. _CAUSE JERUSALEM TO KNOW HER ABOMINATIONS_] And
such a revelation of impurity never was seen before or since. Surely
the state of the Jews, before the Babylonish captivity, was th...
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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...
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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...
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SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.
JERUSALEM is the subject of this chapter by _interpretation._ Note the
Figure of speech _Prosbpographia_ (App-6). Not the nation as such. By
application, the read...
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The exposed child rescued and adopted by Jehovah his taking to himself
the family of Israel in the early patriarchal times...
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_cause Jerusalem to know_ The object of the chapter is to impress on
Israel the necessity of the Divine judgment because of her persistent
idolatry through all her history (ch. Ezekiel 20:4; Ezekiel 2...
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CAUSE JERUSALEM TO KNOW, &C.— This order was probably performed by
way of letter, as Jeremiah signified the will of the Almighty to the
captives of Babylon. God here particularly upbraids the city of...
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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...
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Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
CAUSE JERUSALEM TO KNOW HER ABOMINATIONS. Men often are so blind as
not to perceive their guilt, which is patent to all. "Jerusalem"
represent...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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בֶּן ־אָדָ֕ם הֹודַ֥ע אֶת
־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אֶת ־
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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...
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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...
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The Prophet is still preaching to Jerusalem, though himself in
Babylon. He is commissioned by the Lord to trace the history of the
Church from her birth; and that she might not vaunt herself over the...
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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...
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SON OF MAN, CAUSE JERUSALEM TO KNOW HER ABOMINATIONS. That is, the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, as the Targum; these are mentioned instead
of the whole body of the people, because that Jerusalem was the...
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Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
Ver. 2. _Cause Jerusalem to know her abominations._] Which as yet she
taketh no knowledge of. Rebuke her therefore sharply, that she may be
sound...
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_Cause Jerusalem to know her abominations_ Her foul sins and
multiplied transgressions, especially her idolatries, or spiritual
adulteries, and unexampled folly in her lewdness. “This might
probably b...
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Son of man, cause Jerusalem, where the remnant of the Lord's people
were now concentrated, TO KNOW HER ABOMINATIONS, an open exposure of
Jerusalem and a frank discussion of her guilt being intended to...
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GOD'S EARLY GRACE UPON HIS PEOPLE...
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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...
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Declare to them that are with thee, and to them that are at Jerusalem,
to these declare by letter, to those by word of mouth, what state
theirs was in their infancy what I did for them, for the whole...
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Ezekiel 16:2 Son H1121 man H120 Jerusalem H3389 know H3045 (H8685)
abominations H8441
cause -...
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‘Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, “Son of man, cause
Jerusalem to know her abominations.” '
God will now recount Israel's great sin and apostasy, to show her the
greatness of the sin that...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations._
VILE INGRATITUDE
I. Let us consider our iniquities--I mean those committed since
conversion, those committed yesterday, and the day before, an...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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Ezekiel 20:4; Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 23:36; Ezekiel 33:7; Ezekiel 8:9
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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...