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Verse Ezekiel 16:4. AS FOR _THY NATIVITY, C._] This verse refers to
what is ordinarily done for every infant on its birth. The _umbilical
cord_, by which it received all its nourishment while in the...
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TO SUPPLE THEE - i. e., to cleanse thee....
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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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TO SUPPLE. to cleanse.
SALTED: i.e., rubbed, or washed with salt. This is the custom in the
Land to. day....
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as for _thy nativity_ The circumstances of thy birth were these, as
follows. The family of Israel, represented by Jerusalem, is compared
to an exposed infant, for whom the things absolutely necessary...
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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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AND AS FOR THY NATIVITY— "Thou wast abandoned like an infant,
whereof no care is taken, and which is about to be exposed." The
expressions used in this verse allude to the customs observed by
eastern...
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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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And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not
cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not
salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
IN THE DAY THOU WAST BO...
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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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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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WASHED IN WATER TO SUPPLE THEE. — The various particulars of this
and the following verse describe a child cast out into the field
immediately upon its birth, unpitied by any one, and in a condition i...
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וּ מֹולְדֹותַ֗יִךְ בְּ יֹ֨ום
הוּלֶּ֤דֶת אֹתָךְ֙...
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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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Cut. By this the infant received nourishment in the womb. Now it seems
to be exposed by its parents. (Calmet) --- The Jews in Egypt were
abandoned to idolatry and distress. (Theodoret, in Canticle of...
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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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Here the Prophet metaphorically describes that most miserable state in
which God found the Jews. For we know that scarcely any nation was
ever so cruelly and disgracefully oppressed. For when they wer...
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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 [AS FOR] THY NATIVITY, IN THE DAY THOU WAST BORN,.... Which refers
either to the time when Abraham was called out of Ur of the Chaldeans,
who had before been an idolater; or rather to the time whe...
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_And [as for] thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was
not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple [thee]; thou wast
not salted at all, nor swaddled at all._
Ver. 4. _Thy navel...
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_As for thy nativity_, &c. “Jerusalem is here represented under the
image of an exposed infant, whom God preserved from destruction,
brought up, espoused and exalted in sovereignty. But she proved
fai...
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And as for thy nativity, concerning the manner of Jerusalem's birth:
IN THE DAY THAT THOU WAST BORN THY NAVEL WAS NOT CUT, NEITHER WAST
THOU WASHED IN WATER TO SUPPLE THEE, for the purpose of a thorou...
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GOD'S EARLY GRACE UPON HIS PEOPLE...
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SUPPLE THEE:
Or, when I looked upon thee...
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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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IN THE DAY THOU WAST BORN; either in the day I called Abraham to leave
his idolatry; or when in Egypt you began to multiply into a nation; or
when you were brought out of Egyptian bondage. Or whether...
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Ezekiel 16:4 nativity H4138 day H3117 born H3205 (H8715) cord H8270
cut H3772 (H8795) washed H7364 ...
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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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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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Acts 7:6; Acts 7:7; Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 5:6; Exodus 1:11;...
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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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In the day — In the day I called Abraham to leave his idolatry.
Salted — Salt was used to purge, dry, and strengthen the new —
born child. Nor swaddled — So forlorn was the state of the Jews in
their...