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Allusion is here made to some rite like the Roman “Lectisternia,”
in which public tables were set forth for feasts in honor of idols....
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Ezekiel 16:1. This chapter consists of four sections: 1. The parable
of the abandoned child. 2. Jerusalem's idolatries and moral
degradation (Ezekiel 16:15). 3. The doom of Jerusalem and the promise
o...
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MEAT. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for
all kinds of food.
FOR. SWEET SAVOUR. Reference to Pentateuch.. legal phrase, found only
in Ezekiel outside the Pentateuch. But in...
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All the gifts of Jehovah to her she took and bestowed on idols: her
raiment (Ezekiel 16:16_; Ezekiel 16:18_), her gold and silver (Ezekiel
16:17), and her delicate fare ...
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The wife's infidelities Israel's idolatries and idolatrous alliances
with foreign nations
The idolatries of Israel are represented figuratively as a wife's
infidelities against her husband, as had be...
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_a sweet savour_ See on ch. Ezekiel 6:13. The words "_and_thus _it
was_" emphasize what was done, with a tone of reprobation....
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AND THUS IT WAS, &C.— Houbigant begins the next verse with this
clause, which he reads thus; _Nay, moreover, saith the Lord God;_ and
he ends the 20th verse with the word _devoured,_ and begins the 21...
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C. The Infidelity of the Bride 16:15-34
TRANSLATION
(15) But you trusted in your beauty, and committed harlotry because of
your reputation, and poured out your harlotries upon all who passed
by; it b...
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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
savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.
MY MEAT ... WHICH I...
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RITUAL OF THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
(See also Leviticus 23:26; Numbers 29:7; Exodus 30:10.)
This solemn ceremonial took place once a year on the tenth day of the
seventh month (_Tishri_ = September). It w...
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THE FOUNDLING CHILD WHO BECAME AN UNFAITHFUL WIFE
From Hosea onwards the prophets spoke of idolatry under the figure of
unchastity. God was the husband of Israel, but she proved unfaithful
to Him. Thi...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 16
JERUSALEM IS LIKE A *PROSTITUTE – EZEKIEL 16:1-63
* Thr...
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וְ לַחְמִי֩ אֲשֶׁר ־נָתַ֨תִּי לָ֜ךְ
סֹ֣לֶת וָ
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JERUSALEM-AN IDEAL HISTORY
Ezekiel 16:1
IN order to understand the place which the sixteenth chapter occupies
in this section of the book, we must remember that a chief source of
the antagonism betwe...
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The second figure was that of the adulteress, and this the prophet
wrought out at great length. Jerusalem was arraigned on account of her
abominations, which were described under the figure of that sp...
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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 old, to whom the Prophet is speaking, was remarkable...
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In reading chapter 16 it must be remembered that Jerusalem is the
subject, and not Israel. Moreover, the subject treated of is not
redemption, but God's dealings. He had caused to live, He had
cleanse...
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MY MEAT ALSO WHICH I GAVE THEE,.... Or "my bread" i; a general name
for all eatables. The Targum renders it,
"my good things.''
The Jews apply it to the manna, which, they say, descended the same
da...
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_But thou didst trust in thine own beauty_ Houbigant translates this,
“But thou, trusting in thy beauty, didst play the harlot,
degenerating from thy renown:” as if he had said, Thou didst abuse
those...
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My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour and oil and honey,
wherewith I fed thee, the rich fruit of the soil which the Lord
provided for His people in the Promised Land, THOU HAST EVEN SET IT
BEFORE...
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The Horrible Unfaithfulness of the Lord's People...
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A SWEET SAVOUR:
_ Heb._ a savour of rest...
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1-58 In this chapter God's dealings with the Jewish nation, and their
conduct towards him, are described, and their punishment through the
surrounding nations, even those they most trusted in. This i...
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MY MEAT ALSO; the bread, all that was necessary and proper for thy
sustentation in general, which I gave thee, thou hast fed thy
paramours withal. FINE FLOUR, & c: here are particularly recounted the...
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Ezekiel 16:19 food H3899 gave H5414 (H8804) flour H5560 oil H8081
honey H1706 fed H398 (H8689) set...
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“My bread also which I gave you, fine flour, and oil, and honey with
which I fed you, you even set it before them for a sweet savour. And
thus it was, says the Lord Yahweh.”
All the things which Yahwe...
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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 cared for and tended, and upon which he had lavished m...
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CONTENTS: The harlotry of Jerusalem, and threatening of destroying
judgments. Promises of future blessing under the new covenant.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel.
CONCLUSION: Let not men flatter themselves...
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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 from the holy patriarchs, heirs of the promises; but the...
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_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
soiling himself as poor men do, would you believe that h...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 16:1 Chapter Ezekiel 16:1 includes brutal
violence and shocking sexual language. It shows that the infidelity of
Jerusalem has brought upon it the just punishment of God. In no
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ISRAEL’S APOSTACY FROM GOD (Ezekiel 16:15)
EXEGETICAL NOTES. Its origin and nature (Ezekiel 16:15); its magnitude
and extent (Ezekiel 16:23)....
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EXPOSITION
The section on which we now enter, with its companion picture in
Ezekiel 23:1; forms the most terrible, one might almost say the most
repellent, part of Ezekiel's prophetic utterances. We h...
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CHAPTER 16.
THE STORY OF ISRAEL'S GUILT AND PUNISHMENT.
Ezekiel 16:1. _And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,_
Ezekiel 16:2. _Son of man, make Jerusalem know her abominations,_
Ezekiel 16:3....
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Shall we turn in our Bibles at this time to the sixteenth chapter of
Ezekiel. The prophecy of Ezekiel, chapter 16.
Ezekiel declares,
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, cause...
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2 Chronicles 33:6; 2 Kings 16:3; Deuteronomy 29:11; Deuteronomy 29:12;...
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For a sweet savour — To gain the favour of the idol. Thus it was —
All which is undeniable....