Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 16:46
And thy elder sister [is] Samaria, she and her (z) daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, [is] Sodom and her daughters.
(z) That is, her cities.
And thy elder sister [is] Samaria, she and her (z) daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, [is] Sodom and her daughters.
(z) That is, her cities.
Verse Ezekiel 16:46. _THINE ELDER SISTER_ IS _SAMARIA, SHE AND HER DAUGHTERS_ _THAT DWELL AT THY LEFT_] It is supposed that the prophet by _Sodom_ in this place means the Israelites that dwelt beyond...
The temple looked to the east. Samaria was on its left, and Sodom on its right hand....
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...
THINE ELDER: or, thy greater. DAUGHTERS. Put by Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia_ (App-6), for villages or neighbouring towns. YOUNGER: or, lesser....
_elder sister_ "elder" is lit. greater, and the reference is to the greater political importance and wider territory of Samaria; as on the other hand Sodom was smaller than Judah. In estimating the qu...
THINE ELDER SISTER IS SAMARIA— Samaria is called the _elder sister_ of Jerusalem, as being the capital city of the ten tribes, a much larger kingdom than that of Judah: she also led the way to that id...
III. JUDAH: THE FALLEN SISTER 16:44-63 TRANSLATION (44) Behold every one who employs proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As the mother, so the daughter. (45) You are the daughter of...
And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. THINE ELDER SISTER IS SAMA...
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...
SAMARIA] the capital of the kingdorn of the Ten Tribes, standing for the whole of that kingdom. LEFT HAND.. RIGHT HAND mean north and south respectively: see John 10:3. ELDER.. YOUNGER] refer not to...
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THINE ELDER SISTER. — The words _elder_ and _younger_ mean, literally, _greater_ and _smaller._ They thus come, like the Latin _major_ and _minor,_ to be used for _older_ and _younger;_ but still thei...
וַ אֲחֹותֵ֨ךְ הַ גְּדֹולָ֤ה שֹֽׁמְרֹון֙ הִ֣יא...
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...
_Right: southward. --- Sodom. The city was more ancient than Jerusalem. Hence it here designates Ruben, (Haydock) and the Jews east of the Jordan; (Prado) or rather Moab and Ammon, (ver. 55.; Calmet)...
What is here said comes in as the suitable conclusion of such daring rebellion as Israel had, in the preceding paragraph, been accused of. If Israel hath thus played the harlot, what shall arise, or w...
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 THINE ELDER SISTER [IS] SAMARIA,.... The metropolis of the ten tribes; "sister" to the Jews, because of the same descent, having one and the same father; the "elder" or "greater" x, because more i...
And thine elder sister [is] Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, [is] Sodom and her daughters. Ver. 46. _She and her da...
_Thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters_ That is, her lesser towns. “Samaria is called the _elder_, or _greater_ sister, because it was a much larger city and kingdom, greater for power,...
THE PUNISHMENT OF THE LORD ANNOUNCED...
And thine elder sister is Samaria, so called because she was in a moral respect more nearly related to Judah, SHE AND HER DAUGHTERS THAT DWELL AT THY LEFT HAND, to the north; AND THY YOUNGER SISTER, t...
YOUNGER: _ Heb._ lesser than thou...
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...
THINE ELDER SISTER, i.e. the greater for power, riches, and numbers of people, not the elder for years. SAMARIA; metropolis, or mother city, of the revolted and idolatrous ten tribes. HER DAUGHTERS; l...
Ezekiel 16:46 elder H1419 sister H269 Samaria H8111 dwells H3427 (H8802) daughters H1323 north H8040 younger H6996
“Behold every one who uses proverbs will use a proverb against you, saying, ‘As is the mother, so is her daughter.' You are your mother's daughter, who loathes her husband and her children, and you ar...
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 16:43) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 16:43. “HAST FRETTED ME IN ALL THESE THINGS.” Instead of regarding their calamaties as the just punishment of their sin, they raged against the Lord. The jud...
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 5:1; 1 Kings 16:31; 2 Kings 21:16; 2 Kings 21:9;...
Thine elder sister — The greater for power, riches, and numbers of people. Her daughters — The lesser cities of the kingdom of Israel. Thy left hand — Northward as you look toward the east. Thy younge...