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Verse 49. _THIS WAS THE INIQUITY OF THY SISTER SODOM_] If we are to
take this place literally, _Sodom_ was guilty of other crimes besides
that for which she appears to have been especially punished; i...
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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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WAS. came to be.
ABUNDANCE OF. luxurious: i.e. security of ease. Compare Deuteronomy
11:21....
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The depravity of Jerusalem exceeded that of either of her sisters:
Sodom (Ezekiel 16:48), Samaria (Ezekiel 16:51)....
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_abundance of idleness_ PROSPEROUS EASE, as R.V., lit. prosperity of
quiet. Sodom lived in security and suffered no calamities, as Jeremiah
48:11 says of Moab, "Moab has been at ease from his youth, a...
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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...
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Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of
bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters,
neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
BEH...
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16:49 poor (e-33) Or 'afflicted;' see ch. 18.12,17; Psalms 9:18 ....
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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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PRIDE, FULNESS OF BREAD, AND ABUNDANCE OF IDLENESS. — The
description strikes at the causes rather than the overt acts of sin,
and the unnatural crimes which are always associated in our minds with
th...
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הִנֵּה ־זֶ֣ה הָיָ֔ה עֲוֹ֖ן סְדֹ֣ם
אֲחֹותֵ֑ךְ...
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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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Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, (b) pride, fulness
of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters,
neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
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Sodom, &c. That is, these were the steps by which the Sodomites came
to fall into those abominations for which they were destroyed. For
pride, gluttony, and idleness, are the high road to all kinds of...
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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...
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Here God begins to show the reason why he extenuated the wickedness of
Sodom in comparison with that of his own people: for if he had spoken
generally, without explaining the counsel of God, his langu...
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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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BEHOLD, THIS WAS THE INIQUITY OF THY SISTER SODOM,.... Namely, the
first after mentioned, the source and spring of the rest; the causes
and means of which are declared; and the same, as is suggested,...
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Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of
bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters,
neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Ver....
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Eze. 16:49. "Poor and needy." Hence we learn that the poor, though
wicked, are the objects of our charity. For it is not probable that
the poor and needy in Sodom here spoken of were only godly person...
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_Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, pride, fulness of bread_, &c.
The inhabitants of Sodom “abused that plenty which God gave them to
pride and idleness, which gave rise to those enormities that...
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THE PUNISHMENT OF THE LORD ANNOUNCED...
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Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, in these forms of
transgression she excelled: PRIDE, Cf Genesis 18:21, FULLNESS OF
BREAD, that is, more than an abundance of material wealth, AND
ABU...
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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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THE INIQUITY; iniquity, either for iniquities, or the fountain and
occasion of all amongst the Sodomites. PRIDE; a haughty mind, swelled
with the excellency, beauty, and grandeur of their state, and v...
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Ezekiel 16:49 iniquity H5771 sister H269 Sodom H5467 daughter H1323
pride H1347 fullness H7653 food H3899 abundance H7
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“As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “Sodom your sister has not
done, she nor her daughters, as you have done, you and your daughters.
Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom; pride, fullness...
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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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_Pride, fulness of head, and abundance of idleness._
THE CONFLICT IN A LUXURIOUS AGE
1. We must be on our guard against the suggestions of pride and
self-complacency, by endeavouring to form as humb...
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(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...
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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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2 Kings 23:7; 2 Peter 2:6; Amos 4:11; Deuteronomy 23:17; Deuteron
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This was — The fountain and occasion of all. Fulness of bread —
Excess in eating and drinking. Strengthen — She refused to help
strangers....
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Was the sin of Sodom selfishness rather than homosexuality?
PROBLEM: Ezekiel described the sin of Sodom as selfishness: “Now
this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were
arrogant...