What does Ezekiel 16:9 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy bloode from thee, and I anointed thee with oil."
The usual purifications for marriage....
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...
Purifications before marriage. Whether "blood" be used somewhat generally to indicate the uncleanness of her infancy still cleaving to her, or in a more specific sense, may be uncertain (Ezekiel 16:7)...
THEN WASHED I THEE WITH WATER, &C.— "I added every thing which had the least tendency to contribute to thy beauty and ornament." The anointing with oil was reckoned a necessary ingredient in a festiva...
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...
Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. THEN WASHED I THEE - as brides used to pass through a preparatory purification (). So...
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...
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...
(9-14) These verses describe the purifications and preparations for marriage to one of high rank (comp. Esther 2:9; Esther 2:12). The reality corresponding to the figure is, of course, the Divine care...
וָ אֶרְחָצֵ֣ךְ בַּ † מַּ֔יִם וָ אֶשְׁטֹ֥ף דָּמַ֖יִךְ מֵֽ עָלָ֑יִךְ וָ אֲסֻכֵ֖ךְ בַּ † שָּֽׁמֶן
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...
Then I washed thee with (f) water; yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I (g) anointed thee with oil. (f) I washed away your sins. (g) I sanctified you with my Holy Spirit....
_Oil, used after bathing, or with perfume. (Calmet)_...
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...
Here God more clearly explains what had been formerly touched upon, namely, that he then married the people, as a young man marries his bride. But he here states that he endowed her; for they would no...
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...
THEN WASHED I THEE WITH WATER,.... Brought the Israelites out of the mean, abject, servile, and sordid state in which they were, when among the mortar, bricks, and pots, into a state of liberty; so th...
Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. Ver. 9. _Then washed I thee with water._] I cleansed thee from all thy pollutions by the...
_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...
BLOOD: _ Heb._ bloods...
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 is...
THEN, Heb. _And_: this continueth the allegory, and declareth what more was done to prepare this virgin for advancement by this marriage covenant. WASHED I THEE: it was a very ancient custom among tho...
Ezekiel 16:9 washed H7364 (H8799) water H4325 washed H7857 (H8799) blood H1818 anointed H5480 (H8799) oil H8081 washed - Ezekiel 16:4, Ezekiel 36:25; Psalms 51:7; Isaiah 4:4;...
“Then I washed you with water, yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil. I clothed you also with embroidered work and shod you with sealskin, and I girded you abo...
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...
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 mo...
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 10:2; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27; 1 John 5:8; 2 Corinthians 1:21; Ezekiel 16:4; Ezekiel 16:6; Ezekiel 36:25;...
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....
Washed — It was a very ancient custom among the eastern people, to purify virgins who were to be espoused. And I anointed — They were anointed that were to be married, as Ruth 3:3....