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Ezekiel 16:1 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Ezekiel 16:2 open_in_new
Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.
Jerusalem is the subject of this chapter by interpretation. Note the Figure of speech Prosbpographia (App-6). Not the nation as such. By application, the reader may, by grace, refer it to himself.
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Ezekiel 16:3 open_in_new
the Lord GOD. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.
birth, &c.. excisions and kinships. Compare Isaiah 61:1. Only other occurrences, Ezekiel 21:30; Ezekiel 29:14.
thy father, &c. i.e. thy founder. This refers to the first builders of Jebus; not to Abraham and his seed. Jebus was. Canaanite city. See App-68. Thus Satan occupied in advance both land and capital as soon as the promise to Abraham was known. See App-23 and App-26.
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Ezekiel 16:4 open_in_new
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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Ezekiel 16:5 open_in_new
person. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
in the day. See App-18.
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Ezekiel 16:6 open_in_new
when. This word is not in the Hebrew text.
polluted. trodden under foot. Referring to the city, of course.
when thou... blood, &c. Note the Figure of speech Epizeneia (App-6), for emphasis. Canaanite cities were founded in blood, as proved to-day by human sacrifices discovered on the foundations. See note on. Kings Eze 9:15-17.
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Ezekiel 16:7 open_in_new
hast increased. didst increase. This does not refer to the increase in Egypt, but to the city. All the tenses in this verse should be past tenses.
fashioned. developed.
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Ezekiel 16:8 open_in_new
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
thy... thee: i.e. the city. Not the nation at Sinai,
thy time, &c. Of this covenant nothing has been recorded. The secret is here first revealed.
I spread My skirt, he. The symbolic act to-day, signifying the taking under one's protection. Common in the East for marrying. Compare Ruth 3:9.
saith the Lord God [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.
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Ezekiel 16:10 open_in_new
badgers' skin. Similarly so used to present day. Reference to Pentateuch Exodus 25:5; Exodus 26:14.Numbers 4:6. App-92. Occurs elsewhere, only here no reference to the tabernacle.
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Ezekiel 16:12 open_in_new
on thy forehead. in thy nose. Referring to the decorations, &c., of the city after being occupied by David.
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Ezekiel 16:13 open_in_new
fine flour, &c. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6, for all kinds of delicacies,
exceeding beautiful. Hebrew. me od meod. Figure of speech Epiz euxis (App-6), thus well rendered.
a kingdom. Hence the expression, "Judah and Jerusalem", the latter being reckoned as. separate kingdom.
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Ezekiel 16:14 open_in_new
heathen. nations.
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Ezekiel 16:15 open_in_new
trust. confide. Hebrew. batah. App-69.
playedst the harlot. All these expressions that follow are to be interpreted of idolatry, and not to sins of the flesh, to which they are likened.
fornications: i.e. idolatrous acts.
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Ezekiel 16:16 open_in_new
the like things. Supply the Ellipsis better thus: "thereupon: [saying] they (the curses) come not, and it (the threatened judgment) will not be. "
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Ezekiel 16:17 open_in_new
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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Ezekiel 16:19 open_in_new
meat. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6, for all kinds of food.
for. sweet savour. Reference to Pentateuch.. legal phrase, found only in Ezekiel outside the Pentateuch. But in Ezekiel four times: via Ezekiel 6:13; Ezekiel 16:19; Ezekiel 20:28; Ezekiel 20:41. See notes on Genesis 8:21.Leviticus 1:9. App-92.
thus it was. [so] it became.
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Ezekiel 16:20 open_in_new
sacrificed, &c. As offerings to idols. Compare Ezekiel 16:36; Ezekiel 20:26; Ezekiel 20:31; Ezekiel 23:39; 2 Kings 16:3.Psalms 106:37; Psalms 106:38; Isaiah 57:5.Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 32:35, &c.
whoredoms. idolatries. See notes on Ezekiel 16:15.
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Ezekiel 16:21 open_in_new
slain My children. See note on Ezekiel 16:20, above. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:21). App-92.
children. sons.
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Ezekiel 16:22 open_in_new
abominations. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for that which Jehovah abominated,
polluted. wallowing, or weltering.
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Ezekiel 16:23 open_in_new
wickedness. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
woe, woe. Note the Figures of speech Cataplace and Epiaeuxie (App-6), for emphasis.
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Ezekiel 16:24 open_in_new
eminent places. brothel house. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for the idol's temple.
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Ezekiel 16:27 open_in_new
I have stretched out My hand, &c. Reference to Petit. (Exodus 7:19, &c.) App-92.
over. against.
ordinary food. allowance. Referring to food as measured out to captives or slaves.
will. desire. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Ezekiel 16:28 open_in_new
great of flesh. lustful. Referring to their idolatries.
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Ezekiel 16:29 open_in_new
unto Chaldea. Assyrian idolatry as well as Egyptian (Ezekiel 16:26). See the Structure, above.
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Ezekiel 16:30 open_in_new
imperious. headstrong, or without shame.
woman. wife. Compare Ezekiel 16:32.
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Ezekiel 16:31 open_in_new
hire. See note on "reward", Ezekiel 16:34.
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Ezekiel 16:32 open_in_new
But as. [Thou halt been].
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Ezekiel 16:33 open_in_new
give gifts. give fees.
gifts. presents.
hirest. bribest.
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Ezekiel 16:34 open_in_new
reward. hire. Used especially for the hire of fornication. Hebrew. ethnan. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 23:18). App-92. Used outside the Pentateuch only in Ezekiel 16:31 (hire), Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 16:41.Isaiah 23:17 (hire), Isaiah 23:18 (hire). Hosea 9:1 (reward). Micah 1:7 (hire).
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Ezekiel 16:35 open_in_new
harlot. idolatress.
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Ezekiel 16:36 open_in_new
filthiness. Hebrew. brass. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6,
for money's worth: i.e. the money of the brothel. See Ezekiel 16:31.
idols. manufactured gods.
and by. even as.
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Ezekiel 16:37 open_in_new
gather. gather out.
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Ezekiel 16:38 open_in_new
as. with the judgments meted out to: i.e. by death (Leviticus 20:20; 2 John 1:8; 2 John 1:8; 2 John 1:8 :5). Compare Genesis 38:24.
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Ezekiel 16:40 open_in_new
a company. a military host.
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Ezekiel 16:41 open_in_new
women: i.. idolaters, or idolatrous cities.
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Ezekiel 16:43 open_in_new
fretted Me. chafed at Me: i.e. at my laws. Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "enraged Me". thou shalt not, &c.: i.e.. will not allow this greatest evil by suffering it to go unpunished, and thus conniving at it (referring to Leviticus 19:29. App-92.
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Ezekiel 16:44 open_in_new
proverb. derisive proverb. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6.
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Ezekiel 16:46 open_in_new
thine elder: or, thy greater.
daughters. Put by Figure of speech Prosopopoeia (App-6), for villages or neighbouring towns.
younger: or, lesser.
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Ezekiel 16:47 open_in_new
as if that were... thing. The Ellipsis is wrongly supplied. See further note
a very little. a very little time, or quickly. See note on "almost" (Proverbs 5:14).
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Ezekiel 16:48 open_in_new
as thou hast done. Sodom does not mean Jerusalem here, but it refers to the Sodom of Genesis 19. Sodom had not Jerusalem's privileges: hence her transgression was less. Compare Ezekiel 16:46, and Matthew 11:20-24.
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Ezekiel 16:49 open_in_new
was. came to be.
abundance of. luxurious: i.e. security of ease. Compare Deuteronomy 11:21.
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Ezekiel 16:50 open_in_new
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.
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Ezekiel 16:51 open_in_new
sins. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.
they: i.e. Samaria and Sodom,
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Ezekiel 16:53 open_in_new
When I: or, When therefore I.
bring again their captivity. restorethem; referring not to any return of captives, but to. restoration of prosperity. See notes on Deuteronomy 30:3; Job 42:10; Psalms 126:1.
Sodom. If the waters of the Dead Sea are to be healed, there is no reason why there should not be. restoration as here stated. Compare Ezekiel 47:8; Zechariah 14:8.
will. bring again. Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate read these words in the text.
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Ezekiel 16:57 open_in_new
discovered. unveiled.
as at the time of thy. Septuagint and Vulgate read "as now [thou] art". Compare Ezekiel 23:43.
Syria. Hebrew. aram. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read " adam ". men (Daleth. D), being road for Resh. R).
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Ezekiel 16:58 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read " Adonai ". App-4.
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Ezekiel 16:59 open_in_new
oath... covenant. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:12; Deuteronomy 29:14). These words are thus found together here, and in Ezekiel 17:13; Ezekiel 17:16; Ezekiel 17:18; Ezekiel 17:19. but nowhere else in Scripture.
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Ezekiel 16:60 open_in_new
everlasting covenant. See notes on Genesis 9:16 and lsa. Ezekiel 44:7.
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Ezekiel 16:63 open_in_new
am pacified toward thee. have accepted. propitiatory covering for thee.