Ezekiel 16:2

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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