Egyptian idolatry, a worship of the powers of nature, was eminently sensual. The idolatry here spoken of is not so much that which Israel brought with them from Egypt, as the idolatry introduced in the time of Solomon and Rehoboam.
Verse Ezekiel 16:26. _GREAT OF FLESH_] The most extensive idolaters. Bene vasatis-longa mensura incognita nervy - Juv. _Sat_. ix. 34. This is the allusion....
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...
Egyptian idolatry. _hast also committed_ AND thou DIDST COMMIT. The narrative tense should be used throughout. _great of flesh_ In an obscene sense. Cf. ch. Ezekiel 23:20. The expression is chosen p...
Her infidelities with strangers from abroad, i.e. her alliances with idolatrous nations and adoption of their religious rites: Egypt (Ezekiel 16:23), Assyria (Ezekiel 16:28), and Chaldea (Ezekiel 16:2...
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...
THOU HAST ALSO COMMITTED FORNICATION WITH THE EGYPTIANS— The prophet objects to the Jews the three principal superstitions described chap. Ezekiel 8:15, &c. Fornication, adultery, and whoredom, are th...
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...
Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. THOU HAST ALSO COMMITTED FORNICATION WITH THE EGYP...
16:26 Egyptians (c-8) Lit. 'sons of Egypt.'...
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...
THE EGYPTIANS... GREAT OF FLESH. — The Egyptians are properly named first, because, even in the golden calf of the wilderness, the Israelites turned with avidity to the worship of Egypt. This tendency...
וַ תִּזְנִ֧י אֶל ־בְּנֵֽי ־מִצְרַ֛יִם שְׁכֵנַ֖יִךְ...
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...
Thou hast also committed harlotry with the (p) Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast multiplied thy harlotry, to provoke me to anger. (p) He notes the great impiety of this people, who f...
_Bodies. Literally, "flesh." (Haydock) (Juvenal ix. 34.) (Menochius) --- The Egyptians are tall, but meagre. (Valle. Ep. xi.) --- They were the most dissolute in their worship, and corrupted most othe...
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...
I Mentioned at the beginning of the chapter, that the Prophet blames the Jews not for one single kind of fornication, but for two different kinds. Interpreters do not observe this, but think that the...
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...
THOU HAST ALSO COMMITTED FORNICATION WITH THE EGYPTIANS,.... By entering into leagues and alliances with them, and seeking to them for help and assistance against their enemies; from whose bondage the...
Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. Ver. 26. _Great of flesh._] _Torosi,_ _scil., _ _prop...
_Thou hast also built thee an eminent place in every street _ Manasseh filled Jerusalem with idols, 2Ch 33:4-5; 2 Chronicles 33:15; the altars of many of which were placed upon high or eminent places....
Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians, thy neighbors, political aspirations, in this case, leading to idolatry, GREAT OF FLESH, of brutal lowness, AND HAST INCREASED THY WHOREDOMS PR...
The Horrible Unfaithfulness of the Lord's People...
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...
COMMITTED FORNICATION; both figuratively and literally understood; worshipped Egypt's gods, made covenants with them, kept up a commerce of trade with them, and prostituted themselves to their lusts t...
Ezekiel 16:26 harlotry H2181 (H8799) Egyptians H1121 H4714 very H1432 fleshly H1320 neighbors H7934 increased H7235
“You have committed fornication with the Egyptians, your neighbours, great of flesh, and have multiplied your whoredom to provoke me to anger.” It began when Solomon took Pharaoh's daughter as his wif...
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 16:23 Jerusalem’s “whorings” included multiple partners. ⇐ ⇔...
ISRAEL’S APOSTACY FROM GOD (Ezekiel 16:15) EXEGETICAL NOTES. Its origin and nature (Ezekiel 16:15); its magnitude and extent (Ezekiel 16:23)....
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...
2 Chronicles 28:18; 2 Chronicles 28:19; 2 Kings 24:2; Deuteronomy 28:48;...
Great of flesh — Naturally of a big, make, and men of great stature....