Berean Standard Bible
Ezekiel 16:35-59
35ThereforeH3651, O prostituteH2181, hearH8085 the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068! 36This is whatH3541 the LordH136 GODH3069 saysH559: BecauseH3282 you poured outH8210 your wealthH5178 and exposedH1540 your nakednessH6172 in your promiscuityH8457 withH5921 your loversH157 and withH5921 allH3605 your detestableH8441 idolsH1544, and because of the bloodH1818 of your childrenH1121 whichH834 you gaveH5414 to them, 37thereforeH3651 I will surelyH2005 gatherH6908 allH3605 the loversH157 with whomH834 you found pleasureH6149, allH3605 thoseH834 you lovedH157 and allH3605 thoseH834 you hatedH8130. I will gatherH6908 themH853 against youH5921 from all aroundH5439 and exposeH1540 you before themH413, and they will see youH7200 completelyH3605 nakedH6172. 38And I will sentence youH8199 to the punishmentH4941 of women who commit adulteryH5003 and those who shedH8210 bloodH1818; so I will bring upon youH5414 the wrathH2534 of your bloodshedH1818 and jealousyH7068.
39Then I will deliverH5414 youH853 into the handsH3027 of your lovers, and they will levelH2040 your moundsH1354 and tear downH5422 your lofty shrinesH7413. They will strip offH6584 your clothesH899, takeH3947 your fineH8597 jewelryH3627, and leave youH5117 nakedH5903 and bareH6181. 40They will bringH5927 a mobH6951 against youH5921, who will stoneH7275 youH853H68 and cut you to piecesH1333 with their swordsH2719. 41Then they will burn downH8313H784 your housesH1004 and executeH6213 judgmentH8201 against you in the sightH5869 of manyH7227 womenH802.
I will put an endH7673 to your prostitutionH2181, and you will neverH3808H5750 againH1571 payH5414 your loversH868. 42So I will lay to restH5117 My wrathH2534 against you, and My jealousyH7068 will turn awayH5493 from youH4480. Then I will be calmH8252 and noH3808 longerH5750 angryH3707.
43BecauseH3282 you did notH3808 rememberH2142 the daysH3117 of your youthH5271, but enragedH7264 Me with allH3605 theseH428 thingsH589H1887, I will surelyH1571 bring your deedsH1870 downH5414 upon your own headH7218, declaresH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069. Have you notH3808 committedH6213 this lewdnessH2154 on topH5921 of allH3605 your other abominationsH8441?
44BeholdH2009, allH3605 who speak in proverbsH4911 will quote this proverbH4911H559 about youH5921:
45YouH859 are the daughterH1323 of your motherH517, who despisedH1602 her husbandH376 and childrenH1121. YouH859 are the sisterH269 of your sistersH269, whoH834 despisedH1602 their husbandsH582 and childrenH1121. Your motherH517 was a HittiteH2850 and your fatherH1 an AmoriteH567. 46Your olderH1419 sisterH269 was SamariaH8111, whoH1931 livedH3427 with her daughtersH1323 toH5921 your northH8040; and your youngerH6996 sisterH269 was SodomH5467, who livedH3427 with her daughtersH1323 toH4480 your southH3225. 47And you not onlyH3808 walkedH1980 in their waysH1870 and practicedH6213 their abominationsH8441, but soon you wereH4592H6985 more depraved than they wereH7843.
48As surely as IH589 liveH2416, declaresH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069, your sisterH269H1931 SodomH5467 and her daughtersH1323 neverH518 didH6213 asH834 youH859 and your daughtersH1323 have doneH6213. 49NowH2009 thisH2088 wasH1961 the iniquityH5771 of your sisterH269 SodomH5467: She and her daughtersH1323H3027 wereH1961 arrogantH1347, overfedH7653H3899, and complacentH8252H7962; they did notH3808 helpH2388 the poorH6041 and needyH34. 50Thus they were haughtyH1361 and committedH6213 abominationsH8441 before MeH6440. Therefore I removedH5493 themH853, asH834 you have seenH7200.1
51Furthermore, SamariaH8111 did notH3808 commitH2398 halfH2677 the sins you didH2403. You have multipliedH7235 your abominationsH8441 beyond theirs, and allH3605 the abominationsH8441 you have committedH6213 have made your sistersH269 appear righteousH6663. 52So nowH1571 youH859 must bearH5375 your disgraceH3639, sinceH834 you have brought justificationH6419 for your sistersH269. For they appear more righteousH6663 than youH4480, because your sinsH2403 were more vileH8581 than theirs. So youH859 tooH1571 must bearH5375 your shameH954 and disgraceH3639, since you have made your sistersH269 appear righteousH6663.
53But I will restoreH7725 SodomH5467 and her daughtersH1323 from captivityH7622,2 as well asH7622 SamariaH8111 and her daughtersH1323. And I will restore youH7622 along with themH8432. 54SoH4616 you will bearH5375 your disgraceH3639 and be ashamedH3637 of allH3605 you didH6213 to comfort themH5162.
55And your sistersH269, SodomH5467 with her daughtersH1323 and SamariaH8111 with her daughtersH1323, will returnH7725 to their former stateH6927. YouH859 and your daughtersH1323H7725H6927 will also returnH7725 to your former stateH6927. 56Did you notH3808 treatH1961H6310 your sisterH269 SodomH5467 as an object of scornH8052 in the dayH3117 of your prideH1347, 57beforeH2962 your wickednessH7451 was uncoveredH1540? Even soH3644, you are nowH6256 scornedH2781 by the daughtersH1323 of EdomH7583 and allH3605 those around herH5439, and by the daughtersH1323 of the PhilistinesH6430—all those around youH5439 who despiseH7590 youH853. 58YouH859 will bear the consequencesH5375 of your lewdnessH2154 andH853 your abominationsH8441, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.
59ForH3588 this is whatH3541 the LordH136 GODH3069 saysH559: I will dealH6213 with youH854 according toH834 your deedsH6213, sinceH834 you have despisedH959 the oathH423 by breakingH6565 the covenantH1285.
Notes
Commentaries on Ezekiel 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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