Ezekiel 16:9

Ezekiel 16:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘I bathed you with water and washed the blood from you and put ointments on you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and anointed you with oil.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Then I washed you in water; yes, I thoroughly washed off your blood, and I anointed you with oil.

Context of Ezekiel 16:9

7I made you grow like a plant in the field. You grew up, matured, and became a young woman. Your breasts developed, and your hair grew. Yet, you were naked and bare. 8“ ‘I went by you again and looked at you. You were old enough to make love to. So I spread my robe over you, and covered your naked body. I promised to love you, and I exchanged marriage vows with you. You became mine, declares the Almighty Lord. “ ‘Then I bathed you with water, and I washed off your blood. I poured olive oil over you. 10I put an embroidered dress on you and fine leather sandals on your feet. I dressed you in fine linen and covered you with silk. 11I gave you jewelry. I put bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck.

Ezekiel 16:9 word by word

וָאֶרְחָצֵ֣ךְ בַּמַּ֔יִם וָאֶשְׁטֹ֥ף דָּמַ֖יִךְ מֵֽעָלָ֑יִךְ וָאֲסֻכֵ֖ךְ בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then washedרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• I thee with waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• yea, I throughly washed awayשָׁטַףshâţaph · to overflowH7857
• thy bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• from thee, and I anointedסוּךְsûk · to anointH5480
• thee with oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:9

• Ezekiel 16:4When you were born, your umbilical cord wasn’t cut. You weren’t washed with water to make you clean. You weren’t rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloth.
• Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean instead of unclean. Then I will cleanse you from all your idols.
• Psalms 51:7Purify me from sin with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
• Isaiah 4:4The Lord will wash away the filth of Zion’s people. He will clean bloodstains from Jerusalem with a spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning.
• John 13:8Peter told Jesus, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus replied to Peter, “If I don’t wash you, you don’t belong to me.”
• 1 Corinthians 6:11That’s what some of you were! But you have been washed and made holy, and you have received God’s approval in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
• 1 Corinthians 10:2They were all united with Moses by baptism in the cloud and in the sea.
• Hebrews 9:10These gifts and sacrifices were meant to be food, drink, and items used in various purification ceremonies. These ceremonies were required for the body until God would establish a new way of doing things.
• 1 John 5:8the Spirit, the water, and the blood. These three witnesses agree.
• Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the witness, the trustworthy one, the first to come back to life, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. Glory and power forever and ever belong to the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
• Ezekiel 16:6“ ‘Then I went by you and saw you kicking around in your own blood. I said to you, “Live.”
• Psalms 23:5You prepare a banquet for me while my enemies watch. You anoint my head with oil. My cup overflows.
• 2 Corinthians 1:21God establishes us, together with you, in a relationship with Christ. He has also anointed us.
• 1 John 2:20The Holy One has anointed you, so all of you have knowledge.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The usual purifications for marriage.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The Lord did for Jerusalem what her parents never did: he washed, anointed, and clothed her, reversing the circumstances of her birth. The Lord gave Jerusalem beautiful gifts. He dressed her with ornaments and fine materials fit for a queen. Some of these same materials were used in the tabernacle (see Exodus 25:3–5; 26:1–14). This detail would remind the people of Jerusalem of something important. Their city was chosen as the place for God’s sanctuary…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. washed I thee--as brides used to pass through a preparatory purification (Es 2:12). So Israel, before the giving of the law at Sinai (Ex 19:14); "Moses sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes." So believers (1Co 6:11). oil--emblem of the Levitical priesthood, the type of Messiah (Psa 45:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:9

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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