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AS I SAW GOOD - Or, “as soon as I saw it.” Omit “good.” God
saw and punished. Compare Genesis 18:21....
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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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AS. SAW GOOD. Some codices read "when. saw it", with margin "as thou
sawest". Better to omit "good". Compare Genesis 18:21.
AS. according to what....
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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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_as I saw good_ Or, WHEN I SAW it. Genesis 18:21, I "will go down and
see whether they have done according to the cry which is come up unto
me....
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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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And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore
I took them away as I saw good.
THEY WERE HAUGHTY - puffed up with prosperity.
AND COMMITTED, ABOMINATION BEFORE ME. Compare...
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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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AS I SAW GOOD. — The word _good_ is not in the original, and should
be omitted, and the particle translated _when:_ “Therefore I took
them away when I saw this.” Punishment followed upon the
manifesta...
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וַֽ תִּגְבְּהֶ֔ינָה וַ תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה
תֹועֵבָ֖ה לְ...
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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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_Seen. This would seem to allude to the Israelites beyond the Jordan,
who had been led away into Assyria. The Moabites, &c., beheld the
downfall of Jerusalem, (Haydock) and were treated in like manner...
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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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We must diligently attend to this passage; for God does not here
excuse the wickedness of Sodom; but, abominable as that people was, he
says that the Jews were yet more abandoned. We know why God infl...
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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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AND THEY WERE HAUGHTY,.... Sodom and her daughters, the inhabitants of
that place, and the cities adjacent; they lifted up themselves above
God and man; they were above regarding the poor and needy; a...
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And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore
I took them away as I saw [good].
Ver. 50. _And they were haughty._] This sin of theirs is once more
instanced as the root of the...
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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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And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me, their
transgression being so heinous as to call out to the Lord for
punishment; THEREFORE I TOOK THEM AWAY AS I SAW GOOD, by the terrible
cat...
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THE PUNISHMENT OF THE LORD ANNOUNCED...
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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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HAUGHTY; insufferably arrogant in their deportment towards good men,
they vexed the soul of righteous Lot; and towards the angels, whom
they assaulted in Lot's house; and towards God himself, as both...
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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—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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Jeremiah 3:8; Luke 12:47; Luke 12:48; Matthew 12:41; Matthew 12:42;...