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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
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SINS. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44.
THEY: i.e. Samaria and Sodom,...
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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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_hast justified_ Jeremiah 3:11, "Backsliding Israel hath justified
herself more than treacherous Judah." The abominations of Judah set
Samaria and Sodom in a comparatively righteous light....
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AND HAST JUSTIFIED THY SISTERS, &C.— _And hast made thy sisters
innocent, in comparison of the crimes which thou hast committed._
Ezekiel 16:52. Thou therefore shalt bear thine own shame, since by thy...
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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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Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast
multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy
sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.
NEITHER H...
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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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HAST JUSTIFIED THY SISTERS. — The same expression is repeated in the
following verse. In both it is evidently used in a comparative sense.
By the greatness of Judah’s sins even Sodom and Samaria were...
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וְ שֹׁ֣מְרֹ֔ון כַּ חֲצִ֥י
חַטֹּאתַ֖יִךְ לֹ֣א...
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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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Neither (c) hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast
multiplied thy abominations more than they, and hast (d) justified thy
sisters in all thy abominations which thou hast done.
(c) Whi...
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_Justified, as they are comparatively innocent. (St. Augustine, contra
Faust. xxii. 61.) --- They had not the like advantages, (Matthew xi.
23.) nor the example of others' punishment to open their eye...
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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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God now pronounces the same thing concerning Samaria, whom he had
formerly called the younger sister. By Samaria, as we said, he means
the Israelites, because that city was the head of the Kingdom of...
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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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NEITHER HATH SAMARIA COMMITTED HALF OF THY SINS,.... The sins of
Samaria, or the ten tribes, of which Samaria was the metropolis, were
the worshipping of the calves at Dan and Bethel; but the gods of...
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Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast
multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy
sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.
Ver. 51. _N...
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_Neither hath Samaria_ The kingdom of the ten tribes, founded in
rebellion and idolatry; _committed half of thy sins_ The sin of
Jerusalem was greater than that of Samaria, because God had placed his...
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THE PUNISHMENT OF THE LORD ANNOUNCED...
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Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins, it was, in fact, not
particularly conspicuous in its heathenism after the time of Ahab; BUT
THOU HAST MULTIPLIED THINE ABOMINATIONS MORE THAN THEY AND...
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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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SAMARIA; the ten tribes, or kingdom of Israel, founded in rebellion
and idolatry. COMMITTED HALF OF THY SINS; a proverbial speech, usual
in comparison to set forth the lesser part, as 1 KINGS 10:7. BU...
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Ezekiel 16:51 Samaria H8111 commit H2398 (H8804) half H2677 sins H2403
multiplied H7235 (H8686) abominations H8441
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“Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins. But you have
multiplied your abominations more than they, and put your sisters in
the right by all your abominations which you have done. You also bea...
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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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_Neither hath Samaria committed half thy sins._
SINNERS COMPARED
The sins of one people may be greater than the sins of another; all
sins are not equal, nor all sinners equally guilty. Jerusalem’s s...
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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 16:49 Jerusalem’s crimes include social
justice issues (v. Ezekiel 16:49), not just idolatry. She mistreats
other people and God....
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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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1 Kings 2:32; 1 Samuel 24:17; Ezekiel 16:54; Ezekiel 16:56; Eze
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Hast justified — Not made them righteous, but declared them less
unrighteous, than thou; of the two they are less faulty....