New American Standard Bible 2020
Ezekiel 16:35-59
35ThereforeH3651, you prostituteH2181, hearH8085 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068. 36ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH136 GodH3068 saysH559: “BecauseH3282 your lewdnessH5179 was pouredH8210 outH8210 and your nakednessH6172 uncoveredH1540 through your obsceneH8457 practicesH8457 with your loversH157 and with allH3605 your detestableH8441 1idolsH1544, and because of the bloodH1818 of your sonsH1121 thatH834 you gaveH5414 to 2idols, 37thereforeH3651, beholdH2009, I am going to 3gatherH6908 allH3605 your loversH157 whomH834 you pleasedH6149, allH3605 those whomH834 you lovedH157 asH5921 wellH5921 asH5921 allH3605 those whomH834 you 4hatedH8130. So I will gatherH6908 them againstH5921 you from everyH5439 directionH5439 and 5exposeH1540 your nakednessH6172 to them so that they may seeH7200 allH3605 your nakednessH6172. 38So I will 6judgeH8199 you as women who commitH5003 adulteryH5003 or shedH8210 bloodH1818 are judgedH4941; and I will bringH5414 on you the bloodH1818 of 7wrathH2534 and jealousyH7068. 39I will also handH5414H3027 you overH5414 to 8your 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 stoneH7275H68 you and cutH1333 you toH1333 piecesH1333 with their swordsH2719. 41And they will 13burnH8313 your housesH1004 with fireH784 and executeH6213 judgmentsH8201 against you in the sightH5869 of manyH7227 womenH802. Then I will 14putH7673 anH7673 endH7673 to your prostitutionH2181, and you will alsoH1571 noH3808 longerH5750 payH5414 15your loversH868. 42So I 16will satisfyH5117 My furyH2534 against you and My jealousyH7068 will leaveH5493 you, and I will be pacifiedH8252 and 17noH3808 longerH5750 be angryH3707. 43SinceH3282H834 you have 18not rememberedH2142 the daysH3117 of your youthH5271 but 19have 20causedH7264 Me unrestH7264 by allH3605 theseH428 thingsH428, beholdH1887, I inH1571 turnH1571 will 21bringH5414 your conductH1870 down on your own headH7218,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “so that you will not commitH6213 this outrageousH2154 sinH2154 inH5921 additionH5921 toH5921 allH3605 your other abominationsH8441.
44“BeholdH2009, everyoneH3605 who quotesH4911 22proverbsH4911 will quoteH4911 this proverbH4911 aboutH5921 you, sayingH559, ‘Like 23motherH517, like daughterH1323.’ 45You are the daughterH1323 of your motherH517, who loathedH1602 her husbandH376 and childrenH1121. You are also the 24sisterH269 of your sistersH269, whoH834 25loathedH1602 their husbandsH376 and childrenH1121. Your motherH517 was a HittiteH2850 and your fatherH1 an AmoriteH567. 46Now your 26olderH1419 sisterH269 is SamariaH8111, who livesH3427 27northH8040 of you with her 28daughtersH1323; and your youngerH6996 sisterH269, who livesH3427 29southH3225 of you, is 30SodomH5467 with her 31daughtersH1323. 47Yet you have not merely walkedH1980 in their waysH1870 and 32committedH6213 their abominationsH8441; but, as if that were 33tooH6985 littleH4592, you also 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, 37plentyH7654 of foodH3899, and 38carefreeH8252 easeH7962, but she did not 39helpH2388H3027 the 40poorH6041 and needyH34. 50So they wereH1361 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. So you have madeH6663 your sistersH269 appearH6663 44innocentH6663 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 areH6663 moreH4480 inH6663 theH6663 rightH6663 thanH4480 you. YesH1571, beH954 alsoH1571 ashamedH954 and bearH5375 your disgraceH3639, in that you madeH6663 your sistersH269 appearH6663 innocentH6663.
53“Nevertheless, I will restoreH7725 their fortunesH7622, the fortunesH7622 of SodomH5467 and her daughtersH1323, the fortunesH7622 of SamariaH8111 and her daughtersH1323, and 47alongH8432 with them your own fortunesH7622, 54soH4616 thatH4616 you will bearH5375 your disgraceH3639 and feelH3637 48ashamedH3637 for allH3605 that you have doneH6213 when you becomeH5162 49aH5162 consolationH5162 to them. 55Your sistersH269, SodomH5467 with her daughtersH1323 and SamariaH8111 with her daughtersH1323, 50will returnH7725 to their formerH6927 stateH6927, and you with your daughtersH1323 will also returnH7725 to your formerH6927 stateH6927. 56As the name of your sisterH269 SodomH5467 was not heardH8052 from your lipsH6310 in your dayH3117 of prideH1347, 57beforeH2962 your 51wickednessH7463 was uncoveredH1540, 52soH3644 nowH6256 you have become the 53disgraceH2781 of the daughtersH1323 of 54EdomH112 and of allH3605 who are aroundH5439 her, of the daughtersH1323 of the PhilistinesH6430--those surroundingH5439 you who despiseH7751 you. 58You have 55sufferedH5375 the penalty of your outrageousH2154 sinH2154 and abominationsH8441,” the LordH3068 declaresH5002. 59For thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH136 GodH3068 saysH559: “I will also doH6213 with you as you have doneH6213, you whoH834 have 56despisedH959 the oathH423 by breakingH6565 the covenantH1285.
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 prostitute’s fee ↩
- 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 As in ancient versions; MT tremble at ↩
- 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 mother, her daughter ↩
- 24. Ezekiel 16:45 Ezek 23:2 ↩
- 25. Ezekiel 16:45 Is 1:4; Ezek 23:37-39; Zech 11:8 ↩
- 26. Ezekiel 16:46 Jer 3:8-11; Ezek 23:4 ↩
- 27. Ezekiel 16:46 Lit on your left ↩
- 28. Ezekiel 16:46 I.e., surrounding villages; so through v 55 ↩
- 29. Ezekiel 16:46 Lit from your right ↩
- 30. Ezekiel 16:46 Gen 13:10-13; 18:20; Ezek 16:48, 49, 53-56, 61 ↩
- 31. Ezekiel 16:46 I.e., surrounding villages; so through v 55 ↩
- 32. Ezekiel 16:47 Lit acted in their ↩
- 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 Some mss and ancient versions 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 ↩
- 47. Ezekiel 16:53 Lit in their midst ↩
- 48. Ezekiel 16:54 Jer 2:26 ↩
- 49. Ezekiel 16:54 Ezek 14:22, 23 ↩
- 50. Ezekiel 16:55 Heb includes will return...state after Sodom also ↩
- 51. Ezekiel 16:57 Ezek 16:36, 37 ↩
- 52. Ezekiel 16:57 Lit as at the time of ↩
- 53. Ezekiel 16:57 2 Kin 16:5-7; 2 Chr 28:5, 6, 18-23; Ezek 5:14, 15; 22:4 ↩
- 54. Ezekiel 16:57 As in many mss and one ancient version; MT Aram ↩
- 55. Ezekiel 16:58 Ezek 23:49 ↩
- 56. Ezekiel 16:59 Is 24:5; Ezek 17:19 ↩
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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