English Standard Version
Ezekiel 16:18
18And you took your embroidered garments to cover them, and set my oil and my incense before them.
Ezekiel 16:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.
- New International Version (NIV)And you took your embroidered clothes to put on them, and you offered my oil and incense before them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You took your embroidered garments and covered them, and you set My oil and My incense before them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You used the beautifully embroidered clothes I gave you to dress your idols. Then you used my special oil and my incense to worship them.
Context of Ezekiel 16:18
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. 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. And 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. 20And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter
Read all of Ezekiel 16Ezekiel 16:18 word by word
וַתִּקְחִ֛י אֶת־בִּגְדֵ֥י רִקְמָתֵ֖ךְ וַתְּכַסִּ֑ים וְשַׁמְנִי֙ וּקְטָרְתִּ֔י נָתַ֖תְּ לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And tookestלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- thy broideredרִקְמָהriqmâh · embroideryH7553
- garmentsבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
- and coveredstכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
- them: and thou hast setנָתַןnâthan · to give: turnH5414
- mine oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081
- and mine incenseקְטֹ֫רֶתqeţôreth · incenseH7004
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:18
Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Hast set mine oil and mine incense before them - It appears that they had made use of the holy vestments, and the different kinds of offerings which belonged to the Lord, to honor their idols.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Mine oil and mine incense - The oil was the produce of the land, the incense received in exchange for such produce. Both were the gifts of Yahweh and belonged to Him; yet the oil Exodus 25:6; Exodus 29:40 and the incense Exodus 30:34, prepared for the service of God, were used in idol-worship. In nature worship the worshippers were especially lavish in vegetable products like incense.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. 1818. tookest thy ... garments ... coveredst them--that is, the idols, as if an adulteress were to cover her paramours with garments which she had received from the liberality of her husband. my oil--the holy anointing oil sacred to God (Ex 30:22-25). Also that used in sacrifices (Le 2:1, 2).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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