What does Ezekiel 16:59 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant."
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...
OATH... COVENANT. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:12; Deuteronomy 29:14). These words are thus found together here, and in Ezekiel 17:13; Ezekiel 17:16; Ezekiel 17:18; Ezekiel 17:19. but nowhe...
The fall of Jerusalem, prophetically assumed in Ezekiel 16:58, is now directly threatened. On the "oath" cf. Deuteronomy 29:12; Deuteronomy 29:14....
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...
For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. I WILL EVEN DEAL WITH THEE AS THOU HAST DONE, WHICH HAST DESPISED...
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 * Th...
IN BREAKING THE COVENANT. — This was the especial point of the heinousness of the sin of the Jews, and the one which so greatly aggravated their guilt. The sin was necessarily proportioned to the ligh...
כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה _וְ_†_עָשִׂ֥יתִי_† אֹותָ֖ךְ כַּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֑ית אֲשֶׁר ־בָּזִ֥ית אָלָ֖ה...
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...
For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, who hast despised the (l) oath in breaking the covenant. (l) When you broke the covenant which was made between you and me,...
_Covenant at Sinai, or under Josue, [Josue] viii., and Exodus xix. 7._...
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...
Here, also, God meets the false objection by which the Jews might strive with him; for whatever they were, yet God had entered into covenant with them. They might, therefore, fly to this refuge, that...
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...
FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD,.... And what he says may be depended upon as truth, and what will certainly come to pass: I WILL EVEN DEAL WITH THEE AS THOU HAST DONE; reward them according to their wor...
For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. Ver. 59. _I will even deal with thee._] I will avenge upon thee the q...
_As at the time of thy reproach_, &c. These words appear to begin a new sentence; which may be translated more intelligibly thus, by joining them to the following verse: “But when it was the time of t...
MERCY PROMISED FOR THE LATTER END...
59-63 After a full warning of judgments, mercy is remembered, mercy is reserved. These closing verses are a precious promise, in part fulfilled at the return of the penitent and reformed Jews out of B...
This is ushered in with a most solemn and sacred asseveration. I WILL EVEN DEAL WITH THEE; either thus: Thou hast despised the laws and privileges of my covenant with thee, and I will despise all thy...
Ezekiel 16:59 says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 deal H6213 (H8804) done H6213 (H8804) despised H959 (H8804) oath H423 breaking H6565 (H8687) covenant H1285 I will - Ezekiel 7:4, Ezekiel 7:8-9,...
‘For thus says the Lord Yahweh, “I will even deal with you as you have done, who have despised the oath in the breaking of the covenant.” Because they have despised the oath they made to God, by brea...
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 16:53.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 16:53. “WHEN I SHALL BRING AGAIN THEIR CAPTIVITY, THE CAPTIVITY OF SODOM AND HER DAUGHTERS, AND THE CAPTIVITY OF SAMARIA AND HER DAUGHTERS, THEN WILL I BRIN...
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 Samuel 23:5; Ezekiel 16:8; Ezekiel 37:26; Ezekiel 37:27; Hebrews 12:24; Hebrews 13:20; Hebrews 8:10; Hosea 2:15; Hosea 2:19; Hosea 2:20;...
In breaking the covenant — So will I break my covenant with thee....