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Verse Ezekiel 16:5. _THOU WAST CAST OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD_] This is an
allusion to the custom of some heathen and barbarous nations, who
exposed those children in the open fields to be devoured by wil...
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TO THE LOTHING OF THY PERSON - Or, “so abhorred was thy person.”...
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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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PERSON. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.
IN THE DAY. See App-18....
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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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None of the offices necessary to preserve the life of the child were
performed; no pitying eye looked on it, no affectionate hand did aught
for it; it was even thrown out in the open field. It was too...
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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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None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have
compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the
lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
BUT THOU 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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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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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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לֹא ־חָ֨סָה עָלַ֜יִךְ עַ֗יִן לַ
עֲשֹׂ֥ות לָ֛ך
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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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_Born, as it were in Egypt. He represents the Jews as a female from
her infancy, till she be advanced in years._...
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We have not only the weakness and helplessness of every man's state by
nature here represented to us, but, what is more to the purpose, and
indeed the great object intended to be shown from Ezekiel's...
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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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NONE EYE PITIED THEE, TO DO ANY OF THESE UNTO THEE, TO HAVE COMPASSION
UPON THEE,.... Or, "one of these" k; not so much as one of them: sad
must be the case of an infant, when it meets with no tender...
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_None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have
compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the
lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born._
Ver. 5. _No...
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GOD'S EARLY GRACE UPON HIS PEOPLE...
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None eye pitied thee to do any of these unto thee, the acts customary
in the case of a new-born infant, TO HAVE COMPASSION UPON THEE; BUT
THOU WAS CAST OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD, the exposure of infants b...
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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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A confirmation of what was said EZEKIEL 16:4; no hand helped, because
no eye pitied them; neither Terah's family to Abraham, nor the
Egyptians to sojourning or departing Israel, showed any bowels of p...
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Ezekiel 16:5 eye H5869 pitied H2347 (H8804) do H6213 (H8800) any H259
compassion H2550 (H8800) out...
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“And as for your nativity, in the day that you were born your navel
was not cut, nor were you washed in water to cleanse you. You were not
salted at all, nor swaddled at all. No eye pitied you to do a...
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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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_None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have
compassion upon thee._
EZEKIEL’S DESERTED INFANT
I. A survey of the misery of man’s estate. The verse presents to us
an infant exposed to...
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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 16:4 CAST OUT. Leaving a newborn child
outside implies an unwanted birth and certain death. The other actions
that Ezekiel describes are the usual practice for welcoming a newb...
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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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Exodus 1:22; Ezekiel 2:6; Genesis 21:10; Isaiah 49:15; Jeremiah 22:19;
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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...
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To the loathing — In contempt of thee as unlovely and worthless; and
in abhorrence of thee as loathsome to the beholder. This seems to have
reference to the exposing of the male children of the Israel...