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Compare the marginal reference. Idolatry, spiritual adultery,
invariably accompanied these unholy alliances, and brought with it
disaster and ruin....
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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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GREAT OF FLESH. lustful. Referring to their idolatries....
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The wife's infidelities Israel's idolatries and idolatrous alliances
with foreign nations
The idolatries of Israel are represented figuratively as a wife's
infidelities against her husband, as had be...
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Her infidelities with strangers from abroad, i.e. her alliances with
idolatrous nations and adoption of their religious rites: Egypt
(Ezekiel 16:23), Assyria (Ezekiel 16:28), and Chaldea (Ezekiel 16:2...
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Infidelity with Assyria.
The historical tense "didst play" is better. Already Amos 5:26 appears
to mention the names of Assyrian gods, for the passage can hardly
refer to any time but his own. Jeremi...
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C. The Infidelity of the Bride 16:15-34
TRANSLATION
(15) But you trusted in your beauty, and committed harlotry because of
your reputation, and poured out your harlotries upon all who passed
by; it b...
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Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast
unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet
couldest not be satisfied.
THOU HAST PLAYED THE WHORE ALSO WIT...
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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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WITH THE ASSYRIANS. — The Assyrians and Egyptians were for many
centuries in deadly hostility against each other, and it would seem
that Israel could hardly have formed alliances with and adopted the...
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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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_Assyrians, adoring the sun, Baal, &c. (Calmet)_...
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We have here, under the same figure, carried on, of the sad departures
which, even after grace, is too often discoverable in the Church.
Israel, of old, to whom the Prophet is speaking, was remarkable...
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I interpret this verse also of the covenant by which the Jews had
entangled themselves, when they willingly joined themselves to the
Assyrians; for this was a sure sign of distrust, when they so desir...
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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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THOU HAST PLAYED THE WHORE ALSO WITH THE ASSYRIANS,.... By entering
into alliances with them, and worshipping their idols; which was done
in the times of Ahaz, who sent to Tiglathpileser king of Assyr...
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Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast
unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet
couldest not be satisfied.
Ver. 28. _Thou hast played the whore a...
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_Behold, therefore_ Open thine eyes, thou secure and foolish
adulteress, see what has been done against thee, and consider it is
for thy lewdness. _I have stretched out my hand over thee_ I have
chast...
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The Horrible Unfaithfulness of the Lord's People...
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Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, to whom Israel as
well as Judah made overtures at a later date, BECAUSE THOU WAST
UNSATIABLE, not satisfied with the chaste intercourse of an honora...
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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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THOU HAST courted their friendship and alliance, and to obtain it hast
entertained their religion, manners, and impieties, been all
idolatress with them, and committed adulteries with them, though the...
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Ezekiel 16:28 harlot H2181 (H8799) Assyrians H1121 H804 because H1115
insatiable H7646 (H8804) harlot H2181 ...
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“You have played the prostitute also with the Assyrians because you
were insatiable, yes, you have played the prostitute with them, and
yet you were not satisfied.”
The resume of their history continu...
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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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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
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 16:23 Jerusalem’s “whorings” included
multiple partners.
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ISRAEL’S APOSTACY FROM GOD (Ezekiel 16:15)
EXEGETICAL NOTES. Its origin and nature (Ezekiel 16:15); its magnitude
and extent (Ezekiel 16:23)....
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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 21:9; Ezekiel 13:14; Ezekiel 23:14; Judges 2:12...