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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
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IMPERIOUS. headstrong, or without shame.
WOMAN. wife. Compare Ezekiel 16:32....
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HOW WEAK IS THINE HEART, &C.— _How shall I circumcise thine heart,_
&c. Houbigant....
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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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How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all
these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;
HOW WEAK IS THINE HEART! Sin weakens the intellect ("heart"), as, on
the co...
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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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WEAK. — The English word scarcely expresses the force of the
original : — languishing with desire. The word _heart_ occurs here
only in the feminine....
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מָ֤ה אֲמֻלָה֙ לִבָּתֵ֔ךְ נְאֻ֖ם
אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה...
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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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The Prophet seems at variance with himself when he compares the Jews
to a robust or very strong woman, and yet says that their heart was
dissolute. For those who translate an obstinate heart are witho...
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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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HOW WEAK IS THINE HEART, SAITH THE LORD GOD,.... Through sin; and
being destitute of the grace of God, and so unable to resist any
temptation, or oppose any corruption or lust, but carried away with
e...
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How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all
these [things], the work of an imperious whorish woman;
Ver. 30. _How weak is thine heart._] Weak as water, melted in
spiritual lust...
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_How weak is thy heart_ Not only unstable as to good resolutions, but
even restless and unsettled in evil practices, still hankering after
some new kind of idolatry, and resolved to indulge a wanderin...
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How weak is thine heart, withered and languishing with idolatrous
love, SAITH THE LORD GOD, speaking in a holy, but bitter sarcasm,
SEEING THOU DOEST ALL THESE THINGS, THE WORK OF AN IMPERIOUS WHORISH...
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The Horrible Unfaithfulness of the Lord's People...
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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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WEAK; unstable, like water that melts away. Neither hast strength of
judgment to discern the truth and purity of religion, nor hast
strength of resolution to hold fast to it. DOEST ALL THESE THINGS;
c...
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Ezekiel 16:30 degenerate H535 (H8802) heart H3826 says H5002 (H8803)
Lord H136 GOD H3069 do H6213 ...
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“How weak is your heart,” says the Lord Yahweh, “seeing you do
all these things, the work of an imperious, whorish woman, in that you
build your eminent place at the head of every way, and make your l...
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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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_How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all
these things._
THE WEAK PLACE
Three great errors of the day will stand corrected if due attention be
paid to our text.
I. That a m...
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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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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 16:30 This summary of vv. Ezekiel 16:15
accuses Jerusalem of being uniquely promiscuous. It draws together the
two preceding metaphors. The marriage metaphor relates to i
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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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Ezekiel 16:24; Ezekiel 16:25; Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 16:34; E
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How weak — Unstable, like water. An imperious woman — A woman,
that knows no superior, nor will be neither guided nor governed....