Ezekiel 16:26

Ezekiel 16:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
• New International Version (NIV)You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger with your increasing promiscuity.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You also played the whore with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, multiplying your whoring, to provoke me to anger.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You also committed harlotry with the Egyptians, your very fleshly neighbors, and increased your acts of harlotry to provoke Me to anger.

Context of Ezekiel 16:26

24that you built yourself a shrine and made yourself a high place in every public square. 25You built yourself a high place at the beginning of every street and made your beauty abominable, and you spread your legs to every passer-by and multiplied your obscene practice. You also committed prostitution with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, and multiplied your obscene practice to provoke Me to anger. 27So behold, I have stretched out My hand against you and cut back your rations. And I turned you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your outrageous conduct. 28Moreover, you committed prostitution with the Assyrians because you were not satisfied; you committed prostitution with them and still were not satisfied.

Ezekiel 16:26 word by word

וַתִּזְנִ֧י אֶל־בְּנֵֽי־מִצְרַ֛יִם שְׁכֵנַ֖יִךְ גִּדְלֵ֣י בָשָׂ֑ר וַתַּרְבִּ֥י אֶת־תַּזְנֻתֵ֖ךְ לְהַכְעִיסֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

• You also committedזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• with the Egyptiansבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• with the Egyptiansמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• lustfulבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• lustfulגָּדֵלgâdêl · growingH1432
• neighborsשָׁכֵןshâkên · neighborH7934
• and multipliedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• your obsceneתַּזְנוּתtaznûth taznûth · fornicationH8457
• provokeכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:26

• Ezekiel 8:10So I entered and looked, and behold, every form of crawling things and animals and detestable things, with all the idols of the house of Israel, were carved on the wall all around.
• Ezekiel 20:7And I said to them, ‘Throw away, each of you, the detestable things of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.’
• Ezekiel 23:3and they prostituted themselves in Egypt. They prostituted themselves in their youth; there their breasts were squeezed and there their virgin breasts were handled.
• Exodus 32:4Then he took the gold from their hands, and fashioned it with an engraving tool and made it into a cast metal calf; and they said, “This is your god, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
• Deuteronomy 29:16(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
• Joshua 24:14“Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and do away with the gods which your fathers served beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
• Isaiah 30:21Your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Great of flesh - The most extensive idolaters. Bene vasatis-longa mensura incognita nervy - Juv. Sat. 9:34. This is the allusion.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Egyptian idolatry, a worship of the powers of nature, was eminently sensual. The idolatry here spoken of is not so much that which Israel brought with them from Egypt, as the idolatry introduced in the time of Solomon and Rehoboam.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-29Jerusalem eagerly sought close relationships with Egypt, Assyria, and Babylonia. These political alliances cost a great deal of money. They also failed to bring the help and protection that the leaders expected. Even if these agreements had brought clear political benefits, they would still have been wrong. They showed that Jerusalem did not trust the Lord. Instead of depending on him, the city looked to other nations for safety. These alliances also led…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. fornication with ... Egyptians--alliances with Egypt, cemented by sharing their idolatries. great of flesh--of powerful virile parts; figuratively for the gross and lustful religion of Egypt (for example, Isis, &c.), which alone could satisfy the abominable lust of Israel (Eze 20:7, 8; 23:19, 20, 21). to provoke me--wantonly and purposely.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:26

• High Places
• Lasciviousness

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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