My comeliness — "That is, thro' the beauty of their holiness, as they were a people devoted to God. This was it that put a lustre upon all their other honours, and was indeed the perfection of their beauty. Sanctified souls are truly beautiful in God's sight, and they themselves may take the comfort of it. But God must have all the glory for whatever comeliness they have, it is that which God has put upon them."
PERFECT ... MY COMELINESS - The comeliness was not natural, but the gift of God....
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...
EZEKIEL 16. JERUSALEM THE UNGRATEFUL, THE UNFAITHFUL. Again Ezekiel returns to the indictment which justifies the doom. This time it takes the form of a merciless exposure, in allegorical form, of her...
HEATHEN. nations....
Her renown spread among the nations because of her beauty. In this is included partly the prosperity and success of the state, not without reference perhaps to the beauty of the city (Lamentations 2:1...
B. The Marriage and Adornment 16:8-14 TRANSLATION (8) Now when I passed by You, and saw You, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread My skirt over You, and covered your nakedness; and I...
And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. THY RENOWN WENT FORTH AMONG THE HEATHEN. The the...
16:14 magnificence, (c-18) As 'lordliness,' Isaiah 53:2 ....
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...
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...
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...
(9-14) These verses describe the purifications and preparations for marriage to one of high rank (comp. Esther 2:9; Esther 2:12). The reality corresponding to the figure is, of course, the Divine care...
(11-14) In these verses the Divinely-given prosperity and glory of Israel is set forth under the sustained figure of the ornaments and food of a royal eastern bride. The various particulars mentioned...
וַ יֵּ֨צֵא לָ֥ךְ שֵׁ֛ם בַּ † גֹּויִ֖ם...
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...
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...
And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty: for it [was] perfect through my (i) comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. (i) He declares where the dignity of Jerusal...
Let the Reader mark, one by one, the several precious things here said by the Lord, and explain the whole by gospel language, and what will it amount to but this, that when Jesus passed by, that is, c...
Here the Prophet still continues to recite those blessings of God by which he had bound the people to himself. As to his saying, _that its name had gone forth_, it cannot be restricted to a short peri...
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...
AND THY RENOWN WENT FORTH AMONG THE HEATHEN FOR THY BEAUTY,.... Which consisted of the above things: with this compare Deuteronomy 6:4 Psalms 48:2; the church's beauty lies in the righteousness of Ch...
And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it [was] perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 14. _And thy renown went forth._] Pliny sai...
_Thus wast thou decked with gold_, &c. With ornaments the most costly and splendid. _And thy raiment was of fine linen_, &c. Which was of the manufacture of Egypt, and one of the principal ornaments o...
GOD'S EARLY GRACE UPON HIS PEOPLE...
And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty, the glory of Israel being spoken of in wondering terms by heathen nations everywhere; FOR IT WAS PERFECT THROUGH MY COMELINESS WHICH I HAD P...
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...
THY RENOWN; thy name was great and honoured. AMONG THE HEATHEN; not only next neighbours, but the uttermost ends of the earth, as it is said of the queen of Sheba, heard thereof. FOR THY BEAUTY; the e...
Ezekiel 16:14 fame H8034 out H3318 (H8799) nations H1471 beauty H3308 perfect H3632 splendor H1926 bestowed H7760
‘ “And your renown went forth among the nations for your beauty, for it was perfect through my majesty which I had put on you,” says the Lord Yahweh.' Their covenant with Yahweh, and His faithfulness...
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...
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...
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...
_I clothed thee also with broidered work._ THE CLOTHING OF GOD’S PEOPLE See with what matchless generosity the Lord provides for His people’s apparel. 1. They are so arrayed that the Divine skill is...
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
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 16:14 God asserts that Jerusalem’s RENOWN and beauty were entirely of his making (THAT I HAD BESTOWED)....
ISRAEL’S INGRATITUDE, PUNISHMENT, AND, IN THE END, FORGIVENESS. (Chap. 16) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The prophet surveys the entire development of the nation, past and future. Their original condition was mos...
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...
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....
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...
1 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Kings 10:1; 1 Kings 10:24; 2 Chronicles 2:11;...
A STORY OF REDEMPTION Ezekiel 16:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We want to bring before you the natural inheritance of all men; that is, we want to discuss what we were by nature, before grace found us. 1. W...