Ezekiel 16:17

Images of men— Idol images, or images for worship.

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 16:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Possibly an allusion to the custom of bearing about shrines. Compare Amos 5:26 ; Acts 7:43 .
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and hast (n) made to thyself images of men, and hast commit...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

of men . of the male: i.e. the Phallus, referring to the Asherah. See App-42. whoredom . idolatry. them . i.e. these images.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet reproves them because they used silver and gold in making idols for themselves. He not only condemns idolatry, but ingratitude, sin...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whore...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit w...
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...
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...
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

We have here, under the same figure, carried on, of the sad departures which, even after grace, is too often discoverable in the Church. Israel, of o...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold, and of my silver, which I had given thee ,.... Or "thy glorious vessels of gold and silver" h; mean...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whore...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But thou didst trust in thine own beauty Houbigant translates this, “But thou, trusting in thy beauty, didst play the harlot, degenerating from thy...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ingratitude of Israel; Shameful Idolatry of Israel. B. C. 593....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy fair jewels; she forgot the property was in God, she reckoned them her own. The word in Hebrew is of larger extent, and includes vessels, instr...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“You took your fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images, and played the prostitute with them...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ISRAEL’S APOSTACY FROM GOD ( Ezekiel 16:15-34 ) EXEGETICAL NOTES. Its origin and nature ( Ezekiel 16:15-22 ); its magnitude and extent ( Ezekiel 16:...
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 Biblical Illustrator

Thou hast also taken thy fair Jewels of My gold. The degrading nature of sin Manton says, “If you saw a man labouring in filthy ditches, and so...
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 Horrible Unfaithfulness of the Lord's People
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of My gold and of My silver which I had given thee, for all of this was still the Lord's, all the wealth given t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 32:1-4 ; Ezekiel 16:10 ; Ezekiel 23:14-21 ; Ezekiel 7:19 ; Hosea 10:1 ; Hosea 2:13 ; Isaiah 44:19 ; Isaiah 44:20 ; Isaiah 57:7 ; Isa...
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 d...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Images — Statues, molten and graven images. Commit whoredom — Idolatry, spiritual adultery. And possibly here is an allusion to the rites of Adonis...

¹⁷ Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men,g and didst commit whoredom with them,

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 16:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ezekiel 16:17