Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 16:8
Now when ... - Or, Then I passed by thee ... and behold. The espousal of the damsel represents God’s entering into covenant with the people in the wilderness at Mt. Sinai Exodus 34:27.
Now when ... - Or, Then I passed by thee ... and behold. The espousal of the damsel represents God’s entering into covenant with the people in the wilderness at Mt. Sinai Exodus 34:27.
Verse Ezekiel 16:8. WAS _THE TIME OF LOVE_] Thou wast marriageable. _I SPREAD MY SKIRT OVER THEE_] I _espoused_ thee. This was one of their initiatory marriage ceremonies. See Ruth 3:9. _I-ENTERED...
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...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. THY... THEE: i.e. the city. Not the nation at Sinai, THY TIME, &c. Of this covenant nothing has been recorded. The secret is here first revealed. I SPR...
The child, now an adult virgin, taken to Himself in marriage by Jehovah: the redemption of the people from Egypt, and covenant with them at Sinai to be their God 8. _Now when I passed_ Better in cont...
BEHOLD, &C.— See Ruth 3:9. The Jews' deliverance out of Egypt is often described as the time of God's espousing them to himself; and his entering into covenant with them represented by a marriage-cont...
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...
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant...
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...
A COVENANT] a marriage covenant, probably with reference to the covenant at Sinai. FOR THE SCAPEGOAT] RV 'for Aaazel.' This word does not occur elsewhere in OT. The parallel, for the LORD, suggests th...
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...
NOW WHEN I PASSED BY THEE. — Here, as in Ezekiel 16:6, omit the _when,_ and render, “and I passed by thee.” Two separate visits are spoken of: the one in Israel’s infancy in Egypt, when God blessed an...
וָ אֶעֱבֹ֨ר עָלַ֜יִךְ וָ אֶרְאֵ֗ךְ וְ הִנֵּ֤ה
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...
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time [was] the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered (d) thy nakedness: yea, I swore to thee, and entered into a coven...
_Lovers. Hebrew dodim, "breasts, (Haydock) or espousals;" (Aquila) "loving." (Symmachus) --- Garment, as a husband, Ruth iii. 9., and Jeremias ii. 2._...
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...
God now reproaches the Jews with his kindness towards them, since he had clothed them in splendid ornaments, and yet they afterwards cast themselves into the vilest lusts, as we shall see. But we must...
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...
NOW WHEN I PASSED BY THEE, AND LOOKED UPON THEE,.... Which the Targum refers to the Lord's appearance to Moses in the bush; Ezekiel 16:6; BEHOLD, THY TIME [WAS] THE TIME OF LOVE; which the Targum ex...
_Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time [was] the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covena...
_Now when I passed by thee_, &c. This second _passing by_ may be understood of God's visiting them in Egypt, and calling them out. _Behold, thy time_, &c. The time of thy misery was the time of my lov...
GOD'S EARLY GRACE UPON HIS PEOPLE...
Now, when I passed by thee, at that stage of her history, AND LOOKED UPON THEE, BEHOLD, THY TIMES WAS THE TIME OF LOVE, that is, when marriage should have taken place, when some one should have taken...
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...
WHEN I PASSED BY THEE: see EZEKIEL 16:6, of the phrase. This second passing by may well be understood of God's visiting them and calling them out of Egypt. LOOKED UPON THEE: see the phrase EZEKIEL 16:...
Ezekiel 16:8 passed H5674 (H8799) looked H7200 (H8799) time H6256 time H6256 love H1730 spread H6566 ...
“Now when I passed by you and looked on you, behold your time was the time for love. And I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness. Yes, I swore to you and entered into a covenant with yo...
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...
_Yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest Mine._ TWO IMMUTABLE, THINGS Biographies are generally interesting, if they are biographies; that...
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 16:8 Now at a marriageable AGE, the girl is taken as a wife. SPREAD... MY GARMENT signals intent to marry (compare Ruth 3:9),
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 Samuel 12:22; Deuteronomy 4:31; Deuteronomy 7:6; Exodus 19:4;...
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...
When I passed — This second passing by, may be understood of God's visiting and calling them out of Egypt. Thy time — The time of thy misery was the time of love in me towards thee. I spread my skirt...