New American Standard Bible 1995
Ezekiel 16:35-52
35ThereforeH3651, O harlotH2181, hearH8085 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068. 36ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH136 GodH3068, “BecauseH3282 your lewdnessH5179 was pouredH8210 out and your nakednessH6172 uncoveredH1540 through your harlotriesH8457 with your loversH157 and with allH3605 your detestableH8441 1idolsH1544, and because of the bloodH1818 of your sonsH1121 whichH834 you gaveH5414 to 2idols, 37thereforeH3651, beholdH2009, I will 3gatherH6908 allH3605 your loversH157 with whomH834 you tookH6149 pleasureH6149, even allH3605 those whomH834 you lovedH157 and allH3605 those whomH834 you 4hatedH8130. So I will gatherH6908 them againstH5921 you from everyH5439 directionH5439 and 5exposeH1540 your nakednessH6172 to them that they may seeH7200 allH3605 your nakednessH6172. 38Thus I will 6judgeH8199 you like women who commitH5003 adulteryH5003 or shedH8210 bloodH1818 are judgedH4941; and I will bringH5414 on you the bloodH1818 of 7wrathH2534 and jealousyH7068. 39I will also giveH5414 you into 8the handsH3027 of your lovers, and they will tearH2040 downH2040 your shrinesH1354, demolishH5422 your highH7413 placesH7413, 9stripH6584 you of your clothingH899, takeH3947 away your 10jewelsH3627H8597, and will leaveH5117 you nakedH5903 and bareH6181. 40They will 11inciteH5927 a 12crowdH6951 againstH5921 you and they will stoneH7275 you and cutH1333 you to piecesH1333 with their swordsH2719. 41They will 13burnH8313 your housesH1004 with fireH784 and executeH6213 judgmentsH8201 on you in the sightH5869 of manyH7227 womenH802. Then I will 14stopH7673 you from playingH2181 the harlotH2181, and you will alsoH1571 noH3808 longerH5750 payH5414 15your loversH868. 42So I 16will calmH5117 My furyH2534 against you and My jealousyH7068 will departH5493 from you, and I will be pacifiedH8252 and angryH3707 17noH3808 moreH5750. 43BecauseH3282H834 you have 18not rememberedH2142 the daysH3117 of your youthH5271 but 19have 20enragedH7264 Me by allH3605 theseH428 thingsH428, beholdH1887, I in turnH1571 will 21bringH5414 your conductH1870 downH5414 on your own headH7218,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “so that you will not commitH6213 this lewdnessH2154 on topH5921 of allH3605 your other abominationsH8441.
44“BeholdH2009, everyoneH3605 who quotesH4911 22proverbsH4911 will quoteH4911 this proverbH4911 concerningH5921 you, sayingH559, ‘23Like motherH517, 24like daughterH1323.’ 45You are the daughterH1323 of your motherH517, who loathedH1602 her husbandH376 and childrenH1121. You are also the 25sisterH269 of your sistersH269, whoH834 26loathedH1602 their husbandsH376 and childrenH1121. Your motherH517 was a HittiteH2850 and your fatherH1 an AmoriteH567. 46Now your 27olderH1419 sisterH269 is SamariaH8111, who livesH3427 28northH8040 of you with her 29daughtersH1323; and your youngerH6996 sisterH269, who livesH3427 30southH3225 of you, is 31SodomH5467 with her 32daughtersH1323. 47Yet you have not merely walkedH1980 in their waysH1870 or doneH6213 according to their abominationsH8441; but, as if that were 33tooH6985 littleH4592, you actedH7843 34moreH4480 corruptlyH7843 in allH3605 your conductH1870 thanH4480 they. 48As I liveH2416,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “SodomH5467, your sisterH269 and her daughtersH1323 have 35not doneH6213 as you and your daughtersH1323 have doneH6213. 49BeholdH2009, thisH2088 was the guiltH5771 of your sisterH269 SodomH5467: she and her daughtersH1323 hadH1961 36arroganceH1347, 37abundantH7654 foodH3899 and 38carelessH8252 easeH7962, but she did not 39helpH2388H3027 the 40poorH6041 and needyH34. 50Thus they were haughtyH1361 and committedH6213 41abominationsH8441 beforeH6440 Me. Therefore I 42removedH5493 them 43whenH3512 I sawH7200 it. 51Furthermore, SamariaH8111 did not commitH2398 halfH2677 of your sinsH2403, for you have multipliedH7235 your abominationsH8441 moreH4480 thanH4480 they. Thus you have madeH6663 your sistersH269 appear 44righteousH6663 by allH3605 your abominationsH8441 whichH834 you have committedH6213. 52AlsoH1571 bearH5375 your disgraceH3639 in that you have 45madeH6419 judgmentH6419 favorableH6419 for your sistersH269. Because of your sinsH2403 in whichH834 you actedH8581 46moreH4480 abominablyH8581 thanH4480 they, they are moreH4480 in the rightH6663 thanH4480 you. YesH1571, be alsoH1571 ashamedH954 and bearH5375 your disgraceH3639, in that you madeH6663 your sistersH269 appear righteousH6663.
Notes
- 1. Ezekiel 16:36 Jer 19:5; Ezek 20:31; 23:37 ↩
- 2. Ezekiel 16:36 Lit them ↩
- 3. Ezekiel 16:37 Jer 13:22, 26; Ezek 23:9, 22; Hos 2:3, 10; Nah 3:5, 6 ↩
- 4. Ezekiel 16:37 Ezek 23:17, 28 ↩
- 5. Ezekiel 16:37 Is 47:3 ↩
- 6. Ezekiel 16:38 Ezek 23:45 ↩
- 7. Ezekiel 16:38 Ps 79:3, 5; Jer 18:21; Ezek 23:25; Zeph 1:17 ↩
- 8. Ezekiel 16:39 Lit their hands, and they ↩
- 9. Ezekiel 16:39 Ezek 23:26; Hos 2:3 ↩
- 10. Ezekiel 16:39 Lit articles of beauty ↩
- 11. Ezekiel 16:40 Lit bring up an assembly ↩
- 12. Ezekiel 16:40 Ezek 23:47; Hab 1:6-10 ↩
- 13. Ezekiel 16:41 2 Kin 25:9; Jer 39:8; 52:13 ↩
- 14. Ezekiel 16:41 Ezek 23:48 ↩
- 15. Ezekiel 16:41 Lit a harlot’s hire ↩
- 16. Ezekiel 16:42 2 Sam 24:25; Ezek 5:13; 21:17; Zech 6:8 ↩
- 17. Ezekiel 16:42 Is 40:1, 2; 54:9, 10; Ezek 39:29 ↩
- 18. Ezekiel 16:43 Ps 78:42; 106:13; Ezek 16:22 ↩
- 19. Ezekiel 16:43 So with ancient versions; Heb are angry against ↩
- 20. Ezekiel 16:43 Is 63:10; Ezek 6:9 ↩
- 21. Ezekiel 16:43 Ezek 11:21; 22:31 ↩
- 22. Ezekiel 16:44 1 Sam 24:13; Ezek 12:22, 23; 18:2, 3 ↩
- 23. Ezekiel 16:44 Lit Her ↩
- 24. Ezekiel 16:44 Lit Her ↩
- 25. Ezekiel 16:45 Ezek 23:2 ↩
- 26. Ezekiel 16:45 Is 1:4; Ezek 23:37-39; Zech 11:8 ↩
- 27. Ezekiel 16:46 Jer 3:8-11; Ezek 23:4 ↩
- 28. Ezekiel 16:46 Lit on your left ↩
- 29. Ezekiel 16:46 I.e. environs; so through v 55 ↩
- 30. Ezekiel 16:46 Lit from your right ↩
- 31. Ezekiel 16:46 Gen 13:10-13; 18:20; Ezek 16:48, 49, 53-56, 61 ↩
- 32. Ezekiel 16:46 I.e. environs; so through v 55 ↩
- 33. Ezekiel 16:47 1 Kin 16:31 ↩
- 34. Ezekiel 16:47 2 Kin 21:9; Ezek 5:6; 16:48, 51 ↩
- 35. Ezekiel 16:48 Matt 10:15; 11:23, 24 ↩
- 36. Ezekiel 16:49 Gen 19:9; Ps 138:6; Is 3:9; Ezek 28:2, 9, 17 ↩
- 37. Ezekiel 16:49 Gen 13:10; Is 22:13; Amos 6:4-6 ↩
- 38. Ezekiel 16:49 Luke 12:16-20; 16:19 ↩
- 39. Ezekiel 16:49 Lit grasp the hand of ↩
- 40. Ezekiel 16:49 Ezek 18:7, 12, 16 ↩
- 41. Ezekiel 16:50 Gen 13:13; 18:20; 19:5 ↩
- 42. Ezekiel 16:50 Gen 19:24, 25 ↩
- 43. Ezekiel 16:50 Many ancient mss and versions read as you have seen ↩
- 44. Ezekiel 16:51 Jer 3:8-11 ↩
- 45. Ezekiel 16:52 Lit mediated for ↩
- 46. Ezekiel 16:52 Ezek 16:47, 48, 51 ↩
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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