Ezekiel 16:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. JERUSALEM is the subject of this chapter by _interpretation._ Note the Figure of speech _Prosbpographia_ (App-6). Not the nation as such. By application, the reader may, by grace, refer it to himself.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. BIRTH, &c.. excisions and kinships. Compare Isaiah 61:1. Only other occurrences, Ezekiel 21:30; Ezekiel 29:14. THY FATHER, &c. i.e. thy founder. This refers to the first builders of Jebus; not to Abraham and his seed. Jebus was. Cana... [ Continue Reading ]
TO SUPPLE. to cleanse. SALTED: i.e., rubbed, or washed with salt. This is the custom in the Land to. day.... [ Continue Reading ]
PERSON. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. IN THE DAY. See App-18.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. This word is not in the Hebrew text. POLLUTED. trodden under foot. Referring to the city, of course. WHEN THOU... BLOOD, &c. Note the Figure of speech _Epizeneia_ (App-6), for emphasis. Canaanite cities were founded in blood, as proved to-day by human sacrifices discovered on the foundations... [ Continue Reading ]
HAST INCREASED. didst increase. This does not refer to the increase in Egypt, but to the city. All the tenses in this verse should be past tenses. FASHIONED. developed.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. THY... THEE: i.e. the city. Not the nation at Sinai, THY TIME, &c. Of this covenant nothing has been recorded. The secret is here first revealed. I SPREAD MY SKIRT, he. The symbolic act to-day, signifying the taking under one's protection. Common in t... [ Continue Reading ]
BADGERS' SKIN. Similarly so used to present day. Reference to Pentateuch Exodus 25:5; Exodus 26:14.Numbers 4:6. App-92. Occurs elsewhere, only here no reference to the tabernacle.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THY FOREHEAD. in thy nose. Referring to the decorations, &c., of the city after being occupied by David.... [ Continue Reading ]
FINE FLOUR, &c. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for all kinds of delicacies, EXCEEDING BEAUTIFUL. Hebrew. _me od meod._ Figure of speech _Epiz euxis_ (App-6), thus well rendered. A KINGDOM. Hence the expression, "Judah and Jerusalem", the latter being reckoned as. separa... [ Continue Reading ]
HEATHEN. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUST. CONFIDE. Hebrew. _batah_. App-69. PLAYEDST THE HARLOT. All these expressions that follow are to be interpreted of idolatry, and not to sins of the flesh, to which they are likened. FORNICATIONS: i.e. idolatrous acts.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LIKE THINGS. Supply the Ellipsis better thus: "thereupon: [saying] they (the curses) come not, and it (the threatened judgment) will not be. ... [ Continue Reading ]
OF MEN. of the male: i.e. the _Phallus,_ referring to the _Asherah._ See App-42. WHOREDOM. idolatry. THEM. i.e. these images.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEAT. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for all kinds of food. FOR. SWEET SAVOUR. Reference to Pentateuch.. legal phrase, found only in Ezekiel outside the Pentateuch. But in Ezekiel four times: via Ezekiel 6:13; Ezekiel 16:19; Ezekiel 20:28; Ezekiel 20:41. See notes on Gen... [ Continue Reading ]
SACRIFICED, &c. As offerings to idols. Compare Ezekiel 16:36; Ezekiel 20:26; Ezekiel 20:31; Ezekiel 23:39; 2 Kings 16:3.Psalms 106:37; Psalms 106:38; Isaiah 57:5.Jeremiah 7:31;... [ Continue Reading ]
SLAIN MY CHILDREN. See note on Ezekiel 16:20, above. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:21). App-92. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABOMINATIONS. Put by _Figure of speech Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for that which Jehovah abominated, POLLUTED. wallowing, or weltering.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _ra'a'_. App-44. WOE, WOE. Note the Figures of speech _Cataplace_ and _Epiaeuxie_ (App-6), for emphasis.... [ Continue Reading ]
EMINENT PLACES. brothel house. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for the idol's temple.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE STRETCHED OUT MY HAND, &c. Reference to Petit. (Exodus 7:19, &c.) App-92. OVER. against. ORDINARY FOOD. allowance. Referring to food as measured out to captives or slaves. WILL. desire. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
GREAT OF FLESH. lustful. Referring to their idolatries.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO CHALDEA. Assyrian idolatry as well as Egyptian (Ezekiel 16:26). See the Structure, above.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMPERIOUS. headstrong, or without shame. WOMAN. wife. Compare Ezekiel 16:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIRE. See note on "reward", Ezekiel 16:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT AS. [Thou halt been].... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVE GIFTS. give fees. GIFTS. presents. HIREST. bribest.... [ Continue Reading ]
REWARD. hire. Used especially for the hire of fornication. Hebrew. _ethnan_. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 23:18). App-92. Used outside the Pentateuch only in Ezekiel 16:31 (hire), Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 16:41.Isaiah 23:17 (hire), Isaiah 23:18 (hire). Hosea 9:1 (reward). Micah 1:7 (hire).... [ Continue Reading ]
HARLOT. idolatress.... [ Continue Reading ]
FILTHINESS. Hebrew. brass. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, FOR MONEY'S WORTH: i.e. the money of the brothel. See Ezekiel 16:31. IDOLS. manufactured gods. AND BY. even as.... [ Continue Reading ]
GATHER. gather out.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. with the judgments meted out to: i.e. by death (Leviticus 20:20; 2 John 1:8; 2 John 1:8; 2 John 1:8 :5). Compare Genesis 38:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
A COMPANY. a military host.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOMEN: i.. idolaters, or idolatrous cities.... [ Continue Reading ]
FRETTED ME. chafed at Me: i.e. at my laws. Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "enraged Me". thou shalt not, &c.: i.e.. will not allow this greatest evil by suffering it to go unpunished, and thus conniving at it (referring to Leviticus 19:29. App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERB. derisive proverb. Figure of speech _Paroemia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THINE ELDER: or, thy greater. DAUGHTERS. Put by Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia_ (App-6), for villages or neighbouring towns. YOUNGER: or, lesser.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS IF THAT WERE... THING. The _Ellipsis_ is wrongly supplied. See further note A VERY LITTLE. a very little time, or quickly. See note on "almost" (Proverbs 5:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
AS THOU HAST DONE. Sodom does not mean Jerusalem here, but it refers to the Sodom of Genesis 19. Sodom had not Jerusalem's privileges: hence her transgression was less. Compare Ezekiel 16:46, and Matthew 11:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS. came to be. ABUNDANCE OF. luxurious: i.e. security of ease. Compare Deuteronomy 11:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
SINS. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. THEY: i.e. Samaria and Sodom,... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE. will prove. MORE RIGHTEOUS. See note on Ezekiel 16:49. SISTERS. Samaria and Sodom.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN I: or, When therefore I. BRING AGAIN THEIR CAPTIVITY. restorethem; referring not to any return of captives, but to. restoration of prosperity. See notes on Deuteronomy 30:3; Job 42:10; Psalms 126:1. SODOM. If the waters of the Dead Sea are to be healed, there is no reason why there should not... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOVERED. unveiled. AS AT THE TIME OF THY. Septuagint and Vulgate read "as now [thou] art". Compare Ezekiel 23:43. SYRIA. Hebrew. _aram._ Some codices, with two early printed editions, read " _adam_ ". men (Daleth. D), being road for Resh. R).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE _ LORD._ Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read " _Adonai_ ". App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
OATH... COVENANT. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:12; Deuteronomy 29:14). These words are thus found together here, and in Ezekiel 17:13; Ezekiel 17:16; Ezekiel 17:18; Ezekiel 17:19. but nowhere else in Scripture.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERLASTING COVENANT. See notes on Genesis 9:16 and lsa. Ezekiel 44:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
AM PACIFIED TOWARD THEE. have accepted. propitiatory covering for thee.... [ Continue Reading ]