English Standard Version
Ezekiel 16:17
17You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and with them played the whore.
Ezekiel 16:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,
- New International Version (NIV)You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have also taken your beautiful jewelry from My gold and My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images and played the harlot with them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You took the very jewels and gold and silver ornaments I had given you and made statues of men and worshiped them. This is adultery against me!
Context of Ezekiel 16:17
15"But you trusted in your beauty and played the whore because of your renown and lavished your whorings on any passerby; your beauty became his. 16You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be. You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and with them played the whore. 18And you took your embroidered garments to cover them, and set my oil and my incense before them. 19Also my bread that I gave you—I fed you with fine flour and oil and honey—you set before them for a pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares the Lord God.
Read all of Ezekiel 16Ezekiel 16:17 word by word
וַתִּקְחִ֞י כְּלֵ֣י תִפְאַרְתֵּ֗ךְ מִזְּהָבִ֤י וּמִכַּסְפִּי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תִּי לָ֔ךְ וַתַּעֲשִׂי־לָ֖ךְ צַלְמֵ֣י זָכָ֑ר וַתִּזְנִי־בָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thou hast also takenלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- thy fairתִּפְאָרָהtiph'ârâh tiph'ereth · beautyH8597
- jewelsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
- of my goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
- and of my silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
- which I had givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- thee, and madestעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- to thyself imagesצֶ֫לֶםtselem · imageH6754
- of menזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
- and didst commit whoredomזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:17
- Ezekiel 7:19They cast their silver into the streets, and their gold is like an unclean thing. Their silver and gold are not able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. For it was the stumbling block of their iniquity.
- Ezekiel 23:14But she carried her whoring further. She saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,
- Exodus 32:1When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, "Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."
- Hosea 2:13And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals when she burned offerings to them and adorned herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers and forgot me, declares the Lord.
- Hosea 10:1Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more altars he built; as his country improved, he improved his pillars.
- Isaiah 44:19No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, "Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?"
- Isaiah 57:7On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifice.
- Jeremiah 2:27who say to a tree, 'You are my father,' and to a stone, 'You gave me birth.' For they have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble they say, 'Arise and save us!'
- Jeremiah 3:9Because she took her whoredom lightly, she polluted the land, committing adultery with stone and tree.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17And madest to thyself images of men - זכר צלמי tsalmey zachar, male images. Priapi are here meant, which were carried about in the ceremonies of Osiris, Bacchus, and Adonis; and were something like the lingam among the Hindoos. Herodotus, lib. ii, c. 48, 49, gives us an account of these male images: , , , ͅ ͅ . This was done at the worship of Bacchus in Egypt: and they who wish to see more may consult Herodotus as above. In this phallic worship the women…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Possibly an allusion to the custom of bearing about shrines. Compare Amos 5:26; Acts 7:43.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-19Jerusalem did not appreciate the good things God gave her. She used her fame and beauty for false gods. She offered clothes, jewels, food, and oil to idols instead of honoring God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. my gold ... my silver--(Hag 2:8). images of men--rather, "of the phallus," the Hindu lingam, or membrum virile [Havernick], deified as the emblem of fecundity; man making his lust his god. English Version, however, is appropriate; Israel being represented as a woman playing the harlot with "male images," that is, images of male gods, as distinguished from female deities.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
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