Bible Commentary

Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. 25. thy high place ] See Eze 16:24. made to be abhorred ] This sense is doubtful; the word means … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:25”

[That] thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee a high place in every street. 24. an eminent place ] The term is used of the “back,” the “boss” of a buckler, and the like, and means something elevated to some extent and probably arched; R.V. marg. vaulted chamber. It … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:24”

And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;) 23. after all thy wickedness ] The wickedness described in preceding verses as idolatries of Canaan; after this followed foreign idolatry. LXX. omits the words “woe, woe unto thee.” Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 23 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:23”

And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, [and] wast polluted in thy blood. 22. So absorbed was Jerusalem in her infidelities that she remembered nothing of her early history, “the shame of her youth,” nor the compassion shewed her … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:22”

That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through [the fire] for them? 21. hast delivered them ] Or, didst deliver them up, in causing them, as R.V. The child passed into the possession of the deity when consumed in the fire. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:21”

Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. [Is this] of thy whoredoms a small matter, 20 seq. The sacrifice of children Jehovah is the husband of the idealized community, and the individual members are his children. Human … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:20”

My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, [wherewith] I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savor: and [thus] it was, saith the Lord GOD. 19. a sweet savour ] See on ch. Eze 6:13. The words “ and thus it was ” emphasize … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:19”

And tookest thine embroidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them. Mine oil and mine incense – The oil was the produce of the land, the incense received in exchange for such produce. Both were the gifts of Yahweh and belonged to Him; yet the oil Exo … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:18”

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 whoredom with them, 17. Cf. Hos 2:8, I multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. images of men ] Jerusalem being an … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:17”

And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colors, and playedst the harlot thereupon: [the like things] shall not come, neither shall it be [so]. 16. She took of her “garments,” the flax and the wool which Jehovah had given her to cover herself withal (Hos 2:9), and made … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:16”