Ezekiel 16:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. ”

Ezekiel 16:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Perfect ... my comeliness - The comeliness was not natural, but the gift of God.
Ezekiel 16:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty: for it [was] perfect through my (i) comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. (i) He declares where the dignity of Jerusa...
Ezekiel 16:14 - 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...
Ezekiel 16:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

heathen . nations.
Ezekiel 16:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here the Prophet still continues to recite those blessings of God by which he had bound the people to himself. As to his saying, that its name had gone forth, it cannot be restricted to a sho...
Ezekiel 16:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 16:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. Thy renown went forth among the heathen. T...
Ezekiel 16:14 - 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 =...
Ezekiel 16:14 - 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...
Ezekiel 16:14 - 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...
Ezekiel 16:14 - 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...
Ezekiel 16:14 - 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,...
Ezekiel 16:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thy renown went forth among the Heathen for thy beauty ,.... Which consisted of the above things: with this compare Deuteronomy 6:4 Psalms 48:2 ; the church's beauty lies in the righteousnes...
Ezekiel 16:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it [was] perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 14. And thy renown went forth. ] Pliny s...
Ezekiel 16:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thus wast thou decked with gold , &c. With ornaments the most costly and splendid. And thy raiment was of fine linen , &c. Which was of the manufacture of Egypt, and one of the principal or...
Ezekiel 16:14 - 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...
Ezekiel 16:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy renown; thy name was great and honoured. Among the heathen; not only next neighbours, but the uttermost ends of the earth, as it is said of the queen of Sheba, heard thereof. For thy beauty;...
Ezekiel 16:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ “And your renown went forth among the nations for your beauty, for it was perfect through my majesty which I had put on you,” says the Lord Yahweh.' Their covenant with Yahweh, and His faithfulnes...
Ezekiel 16:14 - 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...
Ezekiel 16:14 - 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...
Ezekiel 16:14 - 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...
Ezekiel 16:14 - 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...
Ezekiel 16:14 - 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...
Ezekiel 16:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Early Grace upon his People
Ezekiel 16:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:7 ; 1 Kings 10:1-13 ; 1 Kings 10:24 ; 2 Chronicles 2:11 ; 2 Chronicles 2:12 ; 2 Chronicles 9:23 ; Deuteronomy 4:32-38 ; Deuteronomy 4:6-8 ; Joshua 2:9-11 ; Joshua 9:6-9 ; L...
Ezekiel 16:14 - 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...
Ezekiel 16:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My comeliness — "That is, thro' the beauty of their holiness, as they were a people devoted to God. This was it that put a lustre upon all their other honours, and was indeed the perfection of thei...

Ezekiel 16:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 16:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 16:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 16:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 16:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 16:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 16:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 16:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 16:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 16:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 16:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 16:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 16:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 16:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 16:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 16:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 16:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 16:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 16:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 16:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ezekiel 16:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 16:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 16:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 16:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 16:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 16:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ezekiel 16:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes