Ezekiel 16:5

Ezekiel 16:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
• New International Version (NIV)No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.
• English Standard Version (ESV)No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you out of compassion for you, but you were cast out on the open field, for you were abhorred, on the day that you were born.
• New King James Version (NKJV)No eye pitied you, to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you; but you were thrown out into the open field, when you yourself were loathed on the day you were born.

Context of Ezekiel 16:5

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. 4As for your birth, your umbilical cord wasn’t cut on the day you were born, and you weren’t washed clean with water. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths. No one cared enough about you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. But you were thrown out into the open field because you were despised on the day you were born. 6“‘I passed by you and saw you thrashing around in your blood, and I said to you as you lay in your blood, “Live!” Yes, I said to you as you lay in your blood, “Live!” 7I made you thrive like plants of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were stark naked.

Ezekiel 16:5 word by word

לֹא־חָ֨סָה עָלַ֜יִךְ עַ֗יִן לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לָ֛ךְ אַחַ֥ת מֵאֵ֖לֶּה לְחֻמְלָ֣ה עָלָ֑יִךְ וַֽתֻּשְׁלְכִ֞י אֶל־פְּנֵ֤י הַשָּׂדֶה֙ בְּגֹ֣עַל נַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ בְּי֖וֹם הֻלֶּ֥דֶת אֹתָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• None eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• pitiedחוּסchûs · to pityH2347
• thee, to doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• anyאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• of these unto thee, to have compassionחָמַלchâmal · to spareH2550
• upon thee; but thou wast cast outשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• in the openפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• to the lothingגֹּ֫עַלgô‛al · loathingH1604
• of thy personנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that thou wast bornיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:5

• Ezekiel 2:6“But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them and do not be afraid of their words, even though briers and thorns are beside you and you live among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words or discouraged by the look on their faces, for they are a rebellious house.
• Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes are worn out from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief because of the destruction of my dear people, because infants and nursing babies faint in the streets of the city.
• Lamentations 4:3Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but my dear people have become cruel like ostriches in the wilderness.
• Genesis 21:10So she said to Abraham, “Drive out this slave with her son, for the son of this slave will not be a coheir with my son Isaac!”
• Exodus 1:22Pharaoh then commanded all his people, “You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.”
• Numbers 19:16Anyone in the open field who touches a person who has been killed by the sword or has died, or who even touches a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
• Jeremiah 9:21for Death has climbed through our windows; it has entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets, young men from the squares.
• Jeremiah 22:19He will be buried like a donkey, dragged off and thrown outside Jerusalem’s gates.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Thou wast cast out in the open field - This is an allusion to the custom of some heathen and barbarous nations, who exposed those children in the open fields to be devoured by wild beasts who had any kind of deformity, or whom they could not support.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5To the lothing of thy person - Or, “so abhorred was thy person.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5Jerusalem’s parents are described as cruel and uncaring. They did not care for her when she was born. They did not do the normal things people did to help a newborn baby. Usually, someone cut the umbilical cord. They washed the baby. They rubbed salt and oil on the child’s skin to clean and protect her. Then they wrapped the baby tightly in cloth to keep her warm and safe. But none of this happened to Jerusalem. Instead, she was thrown into an open field…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. cast ... in ... open field--The exposure of infants was common in ancient times. to the loathing of thy person--referring to the unsightly aspect of the exposed infant. Fairbairn translates, "With contempt (or disdainful indifference) of thy life."Read the comment

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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