Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 16:7
Thou art come — Thou wast adorned with the choicest blessings of Divine Providence. Thy breasts — Grown up and fashioned under God's own hand in order to be solemnly affianced to God.
Thou art come — Thou wast adorned with the choicest blessings of Divine Providence. Thy breasts — Grown up and fashioned under God's own hand in order to be solemnly affianced to God.
I caused “thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou” didst increase “and” wax “great, and thou” didst come “to excellent” beauty; “thy breasts” were “fashioned and thine hair” was grown, yet...
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...
HAST INCREASED. didst increase. This does not refer to the increase in Egypt, but to the city. All the tenses in this verse should be past tenses. FASHIONED. developed....
The exposed child rescued and adopted by Jehovah his taking to himself the family of Israel in the early patriarchal times...
_have caused … multiply_ Lit. as marg. _made thee a myriad_. This idea of multiplication in _number_deserts the figure, introducing the notion of the numerical increase of the people (Exodus 1:7; Deut...
I HAVE CAUSED, &C.— _I have caused thee to multiply as the grass of the field; and thou didst increase and grow up to maturity, and didst arrive to the perfection of beauty. Thy breasts were fashioned...
II. JERUSALEM: A FAITHLESS WIFE 16:1-43 Perhaps nowhere in the Bible is the faithlessness of God's people and the faithfulness of the Lord set in more stark contrast than in the present passage. In fo...
I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas...
16:7 multiply, (a-5) Or 'made thee into myriads.' beauty; (b-25) Lit. 'to the ornament of ornaments.'...
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...
THOU HAST INCREASED, etc.] RV 'thou didst increase,' etc. The past tense should be read throughout the verse. WHEREAS] RV 'yet.'...
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...
I HAVE CAUSED THEE. — Omit the “have,” and modify the tenses throughout the verse. “I caused thee... thou didst increase and wax tall... and came to beauty... were fashioned... was grown.” In the firs...
רְבָבָ֗ה כְּ צֶ֤מַח הַ שָּׂדֶה֙ נְתַתִּ֔יךְ ו
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...
CHAPTER XVI. _ Woman's. Hebrew, "the ornament of ornaments;" hadaiim instead of harim in Septuagint, "the city of cities," (Calmet) or the highest glory, being arrived at that age when decorations ar...
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 what I lately touched upon is now clearly expressed, that the people in their extreme distress were not only safe, but increased by God’s singular favor. For if the infant after exposure retains...
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...
I HAVE CAUSED THEE TO MULTIPLY AS THE BUD OF THE FIELD,.... Or, "made thee millions" m; like the spires of grass in the field. This refers to the multiplication of the children of Israel in Egypt, esp...
I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: [thy] breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas...
_And when I passed by thee_ While as yet no body took so much care of thee as to wash thee from thy native filthiness, I took pity on thee; as a traveller that passes by and sees an infant lie exposed...
GOD'S EARLY GRACE UPON HIS PEOPLE...
I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, like the flowers that spring up at the beginning of the rainy season, AND THOU HAST INCREASED AND WAXEN GREAT, AND THOU ART COME TO EXCELLENT OR...
CAUSED THEE TO MULTIPLY: _ Heb._ made thee a million EXCELLENT ORNAMENTS: _ Heb._ ornaments of ornaments...
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...
The Lord, who chose Abraham and his seed; by his blessing this people were increased as by millions. How inconsiderable is a clan of seventy-five persons! So many went with Jacob into Egypt, where in...
Ezekiel 16:7 made H5414 (H8804) thrive H7233 plant H6780 field H7704 grew H7235 (H8799) matured H1431 ...
“I caused you to multiply (literally ‘made you a myriad') as the bud of the field, and you increased and flourished (‘waxed great') and you attained to exceptional ornament (‘ornament of ornaments')....
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...
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 16:7 The story quickly moves from infancy to puberty. Still NAKED, the girl is vulnerable and in need of resources of all kinds. ⇐
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...
Acts 7:17; Deuteronomy 1:10; Deuteronomy 32:10; Deuteronomy 33:26;...
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...