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Verse Ezekiel 16:17. _AND MADEST TO THYSELF IMAGES OF MEN_] צלמי
זכר _tsalmey_ _zachar, male images_. _Priapi_ are here meant, which
were carried about in the ceremonies of Osiris, Bacchus, and Adonis...
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Possibly an allusion to the custom of bearing about shrines. Compare
Amos 5:26; Acts 7:43....
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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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OF MEN. of the male: i.e. the _Phallus,_ referring to the _Asherah._
See App-42.
WHOREDOM. idolatry.
THEM. i.e. these images....
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All the gifts of Jehovah to her she took and bestowed on idols: her
raiment (Ezekiel 16:16_; Ezekiel 16:18_), her gold and silver (Ezekiel
16:17), and her delicate fare (Ezekiel 16:19). And as if this...
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IMAGES OF MEN— _Idol images,_ or _images for worship._...
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C. The Infidelity of the Bride 16:15-34
TRANSLATION
(15) But you trusted in your beauty, and committed harlotry because of
your reputation, and poured out your harlotries upon all who passed
by; it b...
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Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver,
which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst
commit whoredom with them,
THOU HAST ALSO TAKEN THY FAIR JE...
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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
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Th...
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וַ תִּקְחִ֞י כְּלֵ֣י תִפְאַרְתֵּ֗ךְ
מִ זְּהָבִ֤י וּ מִ כַּסְפִּי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
נָתַ֣תִּי לָ֔ךְ וַ תַּעֲשִׂי...
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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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Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver,
which I had given thee, and hast (n) made to thyself images of men,
and hast committed harlotry with them,
(n) You have converted my...
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_My gold, for the temple, or thy most precious ornaments, which were
sacrificed to gratify thy lubricity, (Calmet) or to form the golden
calf, &c., Exodus xxxii. (Haydock) --- Obscene representations...
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We have here, under the same figure, carried on, of the sad departures
which, even after grace, is too often discoverable in the Church.
Israel, of old, to whom the Prophet is speaking, was remarkable...
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The Prophet reproves them because they used silver and gold in making
idols for themselves. He not only condemns idolatry, but ingratitude,
since they turned to God’s dishonor the gifts which he had b...
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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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THOU HAST ALSO TAKEN THY FAIR JEWELS OF MY GOLD, AND OF MY SILVER,
WHICH I HAD GIVEN THEE,.... Or "thy glorious vessels of gold and
silver" h; meaning either the vessels of gold and silver in the
temp...
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Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver,
which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst
commit whoredom with them,
Ver. 17. _Images of men._] To be th...
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_But thou didst trust in thine own beauty_ Houbigant translates this,
“But thou, trusting in thy beauty, didst play the harlot,
degenerating from thy renown:” as if he had said, Thou didst abuse
those...
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The Horrible Unfaithfulness of the Lord's People...
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OF MEN:
_ Heb._ of a male...
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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 is...
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THY FAIR JEWELS; she forgot the property was in God, she reckoned them
her own. The word in Hebrew is of larger extent, and includes vessels,
instruments, furniture of all sorts, with which, she was a...
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Ezekiel 16:17 taken H3947 (H8799) beautiful H8597 jewelry H3627 gold
H2091 silver H3701 given H5414 (H8804) made H6213 (H8799) male H2145
images H6754 harlot H2181 (H8799)
hast also - Ezekiel 7:19,...
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“You took your fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had
given you, and made for yourself male images, and played the
prostitute with them.”
The picture is vivid. It was as though they had...
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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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_Thou hast also taken thy fair Jewels of My gold._
THE DEGRADING NATURE OF SIN
Manton says, “If you saw a man labouring in filthy ditches, and
soiling himself as poor men do, would you believe that h...
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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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ISRAEL’S APOSTACY FROM GOD (Ezekiel 16:15)
EXEGETICAL NOTES. Its origin and nature (Ezekiel 16:15); its magnitude
and extent (Ezekiel 16:23).
Ezekiel 16:15. The apostacy of Israel is described under...
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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 32:1; Ezekiel 16:10; Ezekiel 23:14; Ezekiel 7:19; Hosea 10:1;
Hosea 2:13; Isaiah 44:19; Isaiah 44:20; Isaiah 57:7; Isaiah 57:8;...
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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....
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Images — Statues, molten and graven images. Commit whoredom —
Idolatry, spiritual adultery. And possibly here is an allusion to the
rites of Adonis, or the images of Priapus....