Ezekiel 16:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I put a jewel on thy forehead,f and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. ”

• Ezekiel 16:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  A jewel on thy forehead - literally, “a nose-ring on thy nostril” ( Genesis 24:22 note).

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And I put a jewel in thy nose, and earrings in thy ears, and a beautiful (h) crown upon thy head. (h) By this he shows how he saved his Church, enriched it, and gave it power and dominion to reign.

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  on thy forehead . in thy nose. Referring to the decorations, &c., of the city after being occupied by David.

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. I put a jewel on thy forehead - על אפך al appech, upon thy nose. This is one of the most common o...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  I put a jewel on thy forehead— I put thee on a nose-jewel. See Genesis 24:47 and Houbigant. See also Song of Solomon 3:11 .

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. I put a jewel on thy forehead - rather, 'a ring in thy nose' ( Isaiah 3:21 ). A crown...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Ritual of the Day of Atonement (See also Leviticus 23:26-32 ; Numbers 29:7-11 ; Exodus 30:10 .) This solemn ceremonial took place once a year on the tenth day of the seventh month ( Tishri =...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (9-14) These verses describe the purifications and preparations for marriage to one of high rank (comp. Esther 2:9 ; Esther 2:12 ). The reality corresponding to the figure is, of course, the Divine...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  JERUSALEM-AN IDEAL HISTORY Ezekiel 16:1-63 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 antagon...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 s...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Let the Reader mark, one by one, the several precious things here said by the Lord, and explain the whole by gospel language, and what will it amount to but this, that when Jesus passed by, that is,...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And I put a jewel on thy forehead ,.... The same with the nose jewel, which was hung upon the forehead, and reached down to the nose and mouth; and, however disagreeable it may seem to us, was recko...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. Ver. 12. And I put a jewel on thy forehead. ] Heb., On thy nose. See on Genesis 24:47 .

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Now when I passed by thee , &c. This second passing by may be understood of God's visiting them in Egypt, and calling them out. Behold, thy time , &c. The time of thy misery was the time...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  God's Kindness to Israel. B. C. 593.       6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee pollute...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  A jewel; it was many times of silver, but most commonly of gold, and was of circular figure, hanging by a string fastened above the forehead in such a manner that it lay or rested on the nose, much...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “Then I washed you with water, yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil. I clothed you also with embroidered work and shod you with sealskin, and I girded you ab...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 m...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I clothed thee also with broidered work. The clothing of God’s people See with what matchless generosity the Lord provides for His people’s apparel. 1. They are so arrayed that the Divine sk...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION The section on which we now enter, with its companion picture in Ezekiel 23:1-26 ; forms the most terrible, one might almost say the most repellent, part of Ezekiel's prophetic utter...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  God's Early Grace upon his People

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Esther 2:17 ; Exodus 32:2 ; Exodus 35:22 ; Genesis 24:22 ; Genesis 35:4 ; Hosea 2:13 ; Isaiah 28:5 ; Isaiah 3:21 ; Job 42:11 ; Judges 19:2 ; Judges 8:24 ; Lamentations 5:16 ; Leviticus 8...

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• Ezekiel 16:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  A Story of Redemption Ezekiel 16:1-17 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...

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