Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Ezekiel 16:50
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.
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.
AS I SAW GOOD - Or, “as soon as I saw it.” Omit “good.” God saw and punished. Compare Genesis 18:21....
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...
The depravity of Jerusalem exceeded that of either of her sisters: Sodom (Ezekiel 16:48), Samaria (Ezekiel 16:51)....
_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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
וַֽ תִּגְבְּהֶ֔ינָה וַ תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה תֹועֵבָ֖ה לְ...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
THE PUNISHMENT OF THE LORD ANNOUNCED...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 16:50 haughty H1361 (H8799) committed H6213 (H8799) abomination H8441 before H6440 away H5493 (H8686) saw
“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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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
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....
(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...
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...
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....
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...
Jeremiah 3:8; Luke 12:47; Luke 12:48; Matthew 12:41; Matthew 12:42;...