Ezekiel 16:44

proverb. derisive proverb. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Jews prided themselves on being under the special protection of Yahweh. In the downfall of their neighbors, they found only additional grounds...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use [this] proverb against thee, saying, As [is] the mother, (x) [so is] her daughter. (x) As the Canaan...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here the Prophet uses another form of speech; for he says that the Jews deserved to be subject to the taunting proverbs of those who delight in...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. As is the mother, so i...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Every one that useth proverbs— They who love to apply the memorable sayings of former ages to the present times, shall apply that common proverb to...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. As is the mother so...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Foundling Child who became an Unfaithful Wife From Hosea onwards the prophets spoke of idolatry under the figure of unchastity. God was the hu...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As is the mother. — The sin of the people had become so notorious as to attract general attention, and lead to the application of this proverb. The...
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, w...
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 abomination...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What is here said comes in as the suitable conclusion of such daring rebellion as Israel had, in the preceding paragraph, been accused of. If Israel...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, everyone that useth proverbs ,.... That affects a proverbial way of sneaking that is witty and facetious, and has a talent at satirizing and...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use [this] proverb against thee, saying, As [is] the mother, [so is] her daughter. Ver. 44. Behold, ev...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Every one that useth proverbs They who love to apply proverbial sayings, shall apply that common saying to thee, As is the mother, so is her daugh...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Wickedness of Jerusalem; Punishment of Jerusalem. B. C. 593....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That useth proverbs; that delights to make parables, and useth to taunt at the vices of notorious sinners. Shall use this proverb against thee: t...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Behold every one who uses proverbs will use a proverb against you, saying, ‘As is the mother, so is her daughter.' You are your mother's daughter, w...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

( Ezekiel 16:43-52 ) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 16:43 . “Hast fretted Me in all these things.” Instead of regarding their calamaties as the just...
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 car...
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 fro...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Punishment of the Lord Announced
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, rightly applying it to the children of Israel, saying, As is the mother,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The mother — Old Jerusalem, when the seat of the Jebusites, or the land of Canaan, when full of the idolatrous, bloody, barbarous nations. Her daug...

⁴⁴ Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 16:44

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ezekiel 16:44