Bible Commentary

None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the loathing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. 5. None of the offices necessary to preserve the life of the child were performed; no pitying … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:5”

And [as for] thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple [thee]; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. 4. as for thy nativity ] The circumstances of thy birth were these, as follows. The family of Israel, represented … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:4”

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity [is] of the land of Canaan; thy father [was] an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite. 3. Thy birth land of Canaan ] of the Canaanite. “Birth” is origin (ch. Eze 21:30, Eze 29:14), the figure being taken from a mine … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:3”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:2”

Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 1 7. The exposed child rescued and adopted by Jehovah his taking to himself the family of Israel in the early patriarchal times Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Idolatry is frequently represented by the prophets under the figure of a wifes unfaithfulness … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 16:1”

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD. 8. The figure of “burning” in the fire is expressed in literal language: the land shall be made a desolation. Like his predecessor Jeremiah, the prophet sets little store by the existence of Israel as a state or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 15:8”

And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I set my face against them. 7. go out from one fire ] Rather: they have come out of the fire, but the fire … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 15:7”

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 6 8. Application of the figure to Jerusalem 6. which I have given ] The reference is to the supposition in Eze … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 15:6”

Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for [any] work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? 5. meet for no work ] Lit., it could not be made into, or, used for any work; how much less, when the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 15:5”

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for [any] work? 4. A hypothetical sentence: Behold, when it hath been cast into the fire for fuel, when the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 15:4”