Ezekiel 16:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

I clothed thee also with broidered work. Psalms 45:13-14, similarly describes the Church (Israel, the appointed mother of Christendom) adorned as a bride (so Isaiah 61:10). It is Messiah who provides the wedding garment (Revelation 3:18; Revelation 19:8).

Badgers' skin, х taachash (H8476)] - others translate, seal skins. They formed the over-covering of the tabernacle, which was as it were the nuptial tent of God and Israel (Exodus 26:14), and were the material of the shoes worn by the Hebrews on festival days.

I girded thee about with fine linen - used by the priests (Leviticus 6:10); emblem of purity.

Ezekiel 16:10

10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.