Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:2
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
2. cause Jerusalem to know ] The object of the chapter is to impress on Israel the necessity of the Divine judgment because of her persistent idolatry through all her history (ch. Eze 20:4, Eze 22:2, Eze 23:36). Jerusalem, which is spoken to throughout, represents the kingdom of Judah, and even the whole family of Israel in its early history.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 2. Cause Jerusalem to know her abominations] And such a revelation of impurity never was seen before or since. Surely the state of the Jews, before the Babylonish captivity, was the most profligate and corrupt of all the nations of the earth. This chapter contains God’s manifesto against this most abominable people; and although there are many metaphors here, yet all is not metaphorical. Where there was so much idolatry, there must have been adulteries, fornications, prostitutions, and lewdness of every description. The description of the prophet is sufficiently clear, except where there is a reference to ancient and obsolete customs. What a description of crimes! The sixth satire of Juvenal is its counterpart. General remarks are all that a commentator is justified in bestowing on this very long, very circumstantial, and caustic invective. For its key, see on the thirteenth and sixty-third verses. See Clarke on Eze 16:13; “Eze 16:63“.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Declare to them that are with thee, and to them that are at Jerusalem, to these declare by letter, to those by word of mouth, what state theirs was in their infancy what I did for them, for the whole nation of the Jews, for so I take Jerusalem here to signify. Make them know: it was not in his power to give them understandings, and to enlighten their minds, but his declaring to them is here called making them to know, because it was sufficient to have brought it to their knowledge.
Her abominations; her multiplied transgressions, which were increased beyond number, and her great, foul sins, called here abominations, her idolatries spiritual adulteries, and unexemplified folly in her lewdness, changing her God and Husband, Jer 2:10-13.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
2. cause Jerusalem to knowMenoften are so blind as not to perceive their guilt which is patent toall. “Jerusalem” represents the whole kingdom of Judah.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations. That is, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as the Targum; these are mentioned instead of the whole body of the people, because that Jerusalem was the metropolis of the nation, whose sins were very many and heinous: called “abominations”, because abominable to God, and rendered them so to him; particularly their idolatries are meant; which, though committed by them, and so must be known to them, yet were not owned, confessed, and repented of by them, they not being convinced of the evil of them; in order to which the prophet is bid to set them before them, and show them the evil nature of them; and which he might do by writing to them, for he himself was now in Chaldea with the captives there. The Targum is,
“son of man, reprove the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and show them their abominations.”
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Eze 16:2. Cause Jerusalem to know, &c. This order was probably performed by way of letter, as Jeremiah signified the will of the Almighty to the captives of Babylon. God here particularly upbraids the city of Jerusalem for her iniquities, because it was the place that he had chosen for his peculiar residence; and yet the inhabitants had defiled that very place, nay, and even the temple itself, with idolatry; the sin particularly denoted by the word abominable. Nothing, says Calmet, can give us a greater horror of the crimes of Jerusalem, than the manner in which Ezekiel speaks here. This city must certainly have carried her impiety to the greatest height, to merit reproaches so lively and strong.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Eze 16:2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
Ver. 2. Cause Jerusalem to know her abominations. ] Which as yet she taketh no knowledge of. Rebuke her therefore sharply, that she may be sound in the faith, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Son of man. See note on Eze 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.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
cause: Eze 20:4, Eze 22:2, Eze 23:36, Eze 33:7-9, Isa 58:1, Hos 8:1
abominations: Eze 8:9-17
Reciprocal: Eze 2:1 – Son Mic 3:8 – to declare
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 16:2. This verse is a solemn charge to Ezekiel; lie was to cause Jerusalem to realize the greatness of her abominations and unfaithfulness.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Eze 16:2. Cause Jerusalem to know her abominations Her foul sins and multiplied transgressions, especially her idolatries, or spiritual adulteries, and unexampled folly in her lewdness. This might probably be done by way of letter, as Jeremiah signified the will of God to the captives at Babylon. God here particularly upbraids Jerusalem for her iniquities, because it was the place he had chosen for his peculiar residence; and yet the inhabitants had defiled that very place, nay, and the temple itself with idolatry; the sin particularly denoted by the word abomination. Nothing can give us a greater horror of the crimes of Jerusalem than the manner in which Ezekiel speaks here. This city must certainly have carried her impiety to the greatest height, to merit reproaches so lively and strong. See Lowth and Calmet.