God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 16:22
22With all the disgusting things that you did and all your acts of prostitution, you didn’t remember the time when you were young. You didn’t remember when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your own blood.
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 took your sons and daughters, who belonged to me, and you sacrificed them as food to idols. Wasn’t your prostitution enough? 21You slaughtered my children and presented them as burnt offerings to idols. With all the disgusting things that you did and all your acts of prostitution, you didn’t remember the time when you were young. You didn’t remember when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your own blood. 23“ ‘How horrible! How horrible it will be for you! declares the Almighty Lord. After all your wickedness, 24you built yourself platforms and illegal worship sites in every city square.
Read all of Ezekiel 16Ezekiel 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 16:3Tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says to the people of Jerusalem: Your birthplace and your ancestors were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.
- Jeremiah 2:2“Go and announce to Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: I remember the unfailing loyalty of your youth, the love you had for me as a bride. I remember how you followed me into the desert, into a land that couldn’t be farmed.
- Hosea 2:3If she refuses, I will strip her. I will leave her as naked as the day she was born. I will turn her into a dry and barren land, and she will die of thirst.
- Hosea 11:1“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.
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
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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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