Thou hast committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbors, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. 27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. When the overplus is abused, it is just with God to diminish that which is for necessity. God said, "You are Mine. And they said, "Get out of here. 5 None eye pitied thee to doe any of these vnto thee, to haue compassion vpon thee, but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast borne. So God is saying that you were an outcast and there was no one to care for you. God made a covenant with them, "You are Mine." But when Jerusalem was born, none of this was done. Note, It should be an effectual check to our pride and sensuality to consider what we are and how much we are beholden to the free grace of God. They did all they could to seduce and debauch others, and to spread the contagion, by making the temptations to idolatry as strong as possibly they could; and hereby the ringleaders in idolatry did but make themselves vile, and even those that had courted them to it, finding themselves outdone by them, began to be surfeited with the abundance and violence of their idolatries: Thou hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, even by those that had admired it. When he says high places with different colors, some refer this to ornaments; yet it may be taken in a bad sense, since those high places were stained, so that they could be distinguished from chase and modest dwellings; as if he had said, If you had been a modest woman, you had remained in retirement at home, as honest matrons do, and you would not have done anything to attract men to thee; but you has erected thy high places, like conspicuous houses of ill fame, as if a female, forgetful of modesty and delicacy, should set up a sign, and show her house to be open to all, and especially to her own adulterers. You became famous, became renown throughout among the heathen. Ezekiel 16 is an extended metaphor containing an oracle of judgement and concludes with a promise of a future everlasting covenant (v. 59-63), which is the new covenant that Jesus inaugurated in his death and resurrection. Genesis 30:32; alluding to garments spotted with the flesh by adulterers. p. 993). 3And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. "You haven't remembered how you were naked and had nothing.". Read full chapter Ezekiel 16:6 in all English translations Ezekiel 15 Ezekiel 17 King James Version (KJV) Public Domain As, (1.) And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell in thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwells at thy right hand, in the south is Sodom and her daughters. We have phlegmatic, and we have different types of temperaments, and none of them really have any acceptance before God. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The ancient nation Israel began life in Canaan as a hated people of mixed blood and mixed culture. Before he brought such a famine upon them as broke the staff of bread he diminished their ordinary food, but them short before he cut them off. Today my gums were bleeding so I recited the verse, and I stopped bleeding. They adorned their idol-temples, and groves, and high places, with the fine rich clothing that God had given them (Ezekiel 16:16; Ezekiel 16:18): Thou deckedst thy high places with divers colours, with the coats of divers colours, like Joseph's, which God had given them as particular marks of his favour, and hast played the harlot (that is, worshipped idols) thereupon. The Lord in looking at it looks behind it, and He said it was: pride, [it was] fullness of bread [prosperity], the abundance of idleness was in her and her daughters, and neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and the needy ( Ezekiel 16:49 ). Note, Spiritual lusts, those of the mind, such as theirs after idols were, are often as strong and impetuous as any carnal lusts are. And they begin to attribute the strength to such foolish things as free enterprise, the democratic system. 1. Bible App Bible App for Kids. Since in the Mosaic Law "blood" was especially defiling, so was it also the special instrument of purification. And the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints. And you took your broidered garments, and you covered them: and you have set my oil and my incense before them. 2. ""I blessed you, I honored you, I prospered you. Change). 15 " 'But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. "Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible". It was believed (and still is) that certain persons, known as bloodstoppers, could halt bleeding in humans and animals by supernatural means. You come to live with us, and now are you gonna judge us?" You took some of your clothes, made for yourself high places of various colors and played the harlot on them, which should never come about nor happen. In Egypt, Israel was living in a state of nature, destitute of the gracious revelations of God. Thank you, Patricia Im glad you enjoyed it! Even those nations, Israels lovers, were ashamed of her immoral behaviour, but Israel kept lusting for more (26-29). And so God speaks of them that they have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.Now, God here, of course, speaks of the day of restoration--even of Sodom and of Samaria. 15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. Now verse Ezekiel 16:6 Ezekiel 16:7-8 ). You used it to make little images and idols, and you began to worship the gold and silver that I had blessed you with and prospered you with.How tragic it is when a person's life has been blessed of God and then they turn away from God and they begin to worship the gold and the silver that God has given to them, the possessions that God has given to them. Ezekiel 20:5-10 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; , Exodus 19:4-6 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. I. And I decked thee also with ornaments, I put bracelets upon thy hands, a chain on thy neck. Jerusalem used the gifts that God had given her to make idols and to worship them rather than her Lord (2 Kings 23:7; Jeremiah 10:9). And he comes to the Lord quite readily. Thou hast made for thyself a high place, for one idol or other, in every street, and at every head of the way; and again Ezekiel 16:31; Ezekiel 16:31. But, of course, a city is always made up of inhabitants. And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. Really not for hard labor or hard work out in the fields. They all heard of your beauty." New King James Version (NKJV) 6. Upon this instance of their idolatry, which indeed ought not to pass without a particular brand, this remark is made (Ezekiel 16:20; Ezekiel 16:20), Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter? Before he delivered them to the Chaldeans to be destroyed he delivered them to the daughters of the Philistines to be ridiculed for their idolatries; for they hated them, and, though they were idolaters themselves, yet were ashamed of the lewd way of the Israelites, who had grown more profane in their idolatries than any of their neighbours, who changed their gods, whereas other nations did not change theirs, Jeremiah 2:10; Jeremiah 2:11. For those of you that put up canned vegetables: have you ever blanched beans or other vegetables, and when the blanching is done, you plunge them into ice water to drive the heat deep into the center of the vegetable to quickly cook the inside and then stop? The washing of the regeneration of the Word of God. Note, Those that are most foolish are commonly most imperious, and think themselves fit to manage others when they are far from being able to manage themselves. As far as I know, saying this verse over anyone who is hemorrhaging will stop the blood flow, you just have to be a believer. Still it was quite naked and bare ( and are substantives in the abstract sense of nakedness and bareness, used in the place of adjective to give greater emphasis). Nowhere in this text is the intention to heal nosebleeds mentioned, nor any formula for invoking said healing. The next thing is judgment. "In this respect the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms: others are courted, but thou makest court to those that do not follow thee, art fond of making leagues and alliances with those heathen nations that despise thee; others have gifts given them, but thou givest thy gifts, the gifts which God had graciously given thee, to thy idols; herein thou art like a wife that commits adultery, not for gain, as harlots do, but entirely for the sin's sake." God walked by the baby, flailing around in her own blood, and gave her the power to live. Now, of course, the people of Israel had turned to all of these pagan gods, but worst of all, they began to follow the practice of the pagans of the land in offering their own children as sacrifices unto the pagan gods. And as for thy nativity, in the day in which you were born thy naval was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all ( Ezekiel 16:4 ). And when I passed by thee While as yet no body took so much care of thee as to wash thee from thy native filthiness, I took pity on thee; as a traveller that passes by and sees an infant lie exposed; and I provided all things necessary for thy support. And he speaks about the true beauty is not outward, but inward. How tragic that a nation turns from the God who made them great, the God who made them strong, the God who clothed them, fed them, made them prosperous, and they forget their beginnings. No, it certainly doesnt sound crazy, thats actually a Native American thing, if Im not mistaken. Gittin. Which were made of fine linen, silk, and broidered work; which God had given them, and they were richly clad with: and deckedst thy high places with divers colours; that is, with garments of divers colours; either they erected tents on their high places, made with these; or they covered their altars with them, which were on their high places for the ornament of them, as harlots deck their beds to allure their lovers; see Proverbs 7:16; or "thou hast made for thyself high places spotted" d; so the word is rendered in. She is weak, and yet an imperious whorish woman. Because of this, blood flow in the affected area is increased. Now, this is all a foreshadowing of the relationship of Jesus Christ to His church. What were the particulars of it. 1. But thy father was an Amorite, thy mother a Hittite, referring to the nations that inhabited the land prior to the coming in of Abraham. They had forgotten the condition that they were in when God first came to them. And thus, is oftentimes much further from the Lord than the person who has a naturally miserable disposition. New King James Version (NKJV). 7I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. Have you ever utilized the blood-stopping verse Ezekiel 16:6? 6And when I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood, I said to you in your blood, Live! Yes, I said to you in your blood, Live!. That if all of the Christians got out and voted for those Christians that are running for these offices, they could be elected to these offices and we could actually perhaps help guide the curriculum of our schools. Access 50+ premium resources. Ive also heard many, many stories about it working on farm animals as well, but have no personal recollections that anything like that has ever worked for anyone close in our family. Especially knowing that the Word is ALIVE and Gods Word accomplishes what it sets out to do. Thou art thy mother's daughter, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which loathe their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite, and your father was an Amorite. Ornament of cheeks is youthful freshness and beauty of face. I am the one that made this covenant with you. Bibliographical InformationHenry, Matthew. You've been worse than Samaria and worse than Sodom. "America, America, God shed His grace on thee," but you've turned your back on God, even as did Israel. And when I passed by thee Alluding to a traveller passing by where an infant lies, exposed, and looks upon it, and takes it up; or it may be to Pharaoh's daughter walking by the river side, when she spied the ark in which Moses was, and ordered it to be taken up, and so saved his life: and saw thee in thine own blood; keeping up the simile of a newborn infant, that has nothing . All rights reserved worldwide. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Thus some common drunkards will be company for every one that puts up the finger to them; how weak are the hearts of such! as they then sighed and cried because of their bondage, the Lord looked upon them with an eye of pity and compassion, and delivered them, Exodus 1:14; I said unto thee, when thou wast in thy blood, live: yea, I said unto thee, when thou wast in thy blood, live; the Lord preserved them and saved them alive, when they were near to ruin, and delivered them by the hands of Moses, which was as life from the dead; and this he did of his own sovereign good will and pleasure, and not for any worth or merit, in them, any goodness or righteousness of theirs; for this he did when they were in their blood, pollution, and guilt; and which, that it might be observed, is repeated. Now, I don't think the verse does it, but their faith to believe that God is going to do it does stop the bleeding. Because you have played the whore also with the Assyrians, because you were unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet you couldn't be satisfied. ", I saidIn contrast to Israel's helplessness stands God's omnipotent word of grace which bids the outcast little one "live.". Rara est concordia form atque pudiciti--Beauty and chastity are seldom associated 2. To someone who DOES believe, you simply cant take that away from them. To stop the bleeding they would quote this verse. Polluted - wallowing, "treading upon oneself.". And so God took so much care and so much skill to clothe us with the righteousness which is of Jesus Christ through faith. But is whoredom, is spiritual whoredom, a small matter? And then the Lord goes on to declare, "I clothed thee with broidered work." This goes back to the early settling of the states and things brought . There are some dogs that are just mean; you don't want to be around them. 25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. '- New American Standard Version (1995)And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, `Though thou art' in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, `Though thou art' in thy blood, live.- American Standard Version (1901)And when I went past you and saw you stretched out in your blood, I said to you, Though you are stretched out in your blood, have life;- Basic English BibleAnd I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, and I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live! Ezekiel 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.Biblical scholar R. E. Clements calls this chapter "an Old Testament parable of the prodigal daughter", describing a shocking illustration of ungrateful . He was literally dumping bits of earth he had ordered online into his smoothies and recipes. The most common method was to walk east and recite Ezekiel 16:6. 8Now 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 with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. Thanks so much for reading and responding! "I shod thee with badger skins." Start for FREE. Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins which you have committed are more abominable than they: and they are more righteous than you: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that you have justified your sisters. God sees you complete in Christ, He sees you perfected in Christ, and He declares that you are perfect in beauty.Now, after all of this, God now charges them. And so God's indictment against them. It all depends on what the people are that live within that city. Is it a small matter for men to make their children brutes and the devil their god? Ezekiel now reproves the Jews for the same vice. They had sacrificed their children to their idols. And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee, And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thy, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. And Engedi will be a place where they will be drying their fishing nets. Compare 2 Kings 23:7. And so Jerusalem well, first of all, rather the Amorites followed by the Hittites. And as God works in us by His Spirit, the purpose is to conform us into the image of Christ. The girl survived and grew, though without training or upbringing (6-7).Many years later, by which time the girl had reached an age when she might marry, the same traveller happened to see her again. And that's, of course, the whole thing, the rationale, the justification, "Well, you know, every man has a freedom to express himself however he desires, and no one has the right to dictate their moral standards on other people, you know.". And they smote the men with blindness so that they wearied themselves of trying to find the door. Our hearts are dark and empty and . But, of course, it's out of context. 20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Now, these conditions of pride and prosperity and idleness of time. Called them unto Himself. "Through My comeliness which I had put on thee," saith the Lord.And so God works in us His work of the Spirit. 29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. One example is the following verse, from Ezekiel 16:6. 6. In this chapter Ezekiel describes Judahs relationship with Yahweh by means of a long and colourful illustration. He was first their lover. Ezekiel 16:6 Menus. He that knows all things knows it." e T. Bab. How came the people of God to be drawn away to the service of idols? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. And the way of sin is down-hill. She built shrines and altars to other gods, and offered to those gods the things that Yahweh had freely given her (15-19). Celim, c. 27. sect. and saw thee in thine own blood; keeping up the simile of a newborn infant, that has nothing done to it, but is all over covered with menstruous blood; denoting the wretched and miserable estate the Jews were in when in Egypt; when they were not only loathsome and abominable to the Egyptians, and ill used and unpitied by them; but were in danger of being utterly destroyed, and ready to expire. King James Version (KJV). Whereas that person who is morally good, he's honest, he's sincere, you know, he has all of these qualities, so often that person does not feel a need of coming to Jesus Christ. And they turned against Him. Ezekiel 18:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. One example is the following verse, from Ezekiel 16:6, And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live..
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