Ezekiel 16:22

Ezekiel 16:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
• New International Version (NIV)In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, kicking about in your blood.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And in all your abominations and your whorings you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And in all your abominations and acts of harlotry you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, struggling in your blood.

Context of Ezekiel 16:22

20“‘You even took your sons and daughters you bore to me and sacrificed them to these images as food. Wasn’t your prostitution enough? 21You slaughtered my children and gave them up when you passed them through the fire to the images. In all your detestable practices and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were stark naked and thrashing around in your blood. 23“‘Then after all your evil — Woe, woe to you! — the declaration of the Lord God — 24you built yourself a mound and made yourself an elevated place in every square.

Ezekiel 16:22 word by word

וְאֵ֤ת כָּל־תּוֹעֲבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ וְתַזְנֻתַ֔יִךְ לֹ֥א זָכַ֖רְתְּ אֶת־יְמֵ֣י נְעוּרָ֑יִךְ בִּֽהְיוֹתֵךְ֙ עֵרֹ֣ם וְעֶרְיָ֔ה מִתְבּוֹסֶ֥סֶת בְּדָמֵ֖ךְ הָיִֽית׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And in all thine abominationsתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
• and thy whoredomsתַּזְנוּתtaznûth taznûth · fornicationH8457
• thou hast not rememberedזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of thy youthנְעוּרִיםnâ‛ûr nâ‛ûr ne‛ûrâh · youthH5271
• when thou wast nakedעֵירֹם‛êyrôm ‛êrôm · nakedH5903
• and bareעֶרְיָה‛eryâh · nakednessH6181
• wast pollutedבּוּסbûs · to trampleH947
• in thy bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:22

• Ezekiel 16:3You are to say, ‘This is what the Lord God says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hethite.
• Jeremiah 2:2“Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says: I remember the loyalty of your youth, your love as a bride — how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
• Hosea 2:3Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her as she was on the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and like a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
• Hosea 11:1When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:22

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-22Jerusalem even sacrificed her sons and daughters to false gods. The nations around Israel practiced child sacrifice to show total commitment to a deity. This was common in the worship of the gods Molech and Chemosh (see Deuteronomy 12:31; 2 Kings 3:27). Israel sometimes took part in this terrible sin.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. not remembered ... youth--Forgetfulness of God's love is the source of all sins. Israel forgot her deliverance by God in the infancy of her national life. See Eze 16:43, to which Eze 16:60 forms a lovely contrast (Jr 2:2; Ho 11:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:22

• Ingratitude
• Lasciviousness

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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