Ezekiel 16:16

Ezekiel 16:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
• New International Version (NIV)You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places, where you carried on your prostitution. You went to him, and he possessed your beauty.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You took some of your garments and adorned multicolored high places for yourself, and played the harlot on them. Such things should not happen, nor be.

Context of Ezekiel 16:16

14Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty; your beauty was perfect because of the splendor which I bestowed on you, declares the sovereign Lord. 15“‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty became his. You took some of your clothing and made for yourself decorated high places; you engaged in prostitution on them. You went to him to become his. 17You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution with them. 18You took your embroidered clothing and used it to cover them; you offered my olive oil and my incense to them.

Ezekiel 16:16 word by word

וַתִּקְחִ֣י מִבְּגָדַ֗יִךְ וַתַּֽעֲשִׂי־לָךְ֙ בָּמ֣וֹת טְלֻא֔וֹת וַתִּזְנִ֖י עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם לֹ֥א בָא֖וֹת וְלֹ֥א יִהְיֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And of thy garmentsבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• thou didst takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• and deckedstעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• thy high placesבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• with divers coloursטָלָאţâlâ' · to spotH2921
• and playedst the harlotזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• shall not comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:16

• Ezekiel 7:20They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, and with it they made their abominable images – their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.
• 2 Kings 23:7He tore down the quarters of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines for Asherah.
• 2 Chronicles 28:24Ahaz gathered the items in God’s temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the Lord’s temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.
• Hosea 2:8Yet until now she has refused to acknowledge that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and that it was I who lavished on her the silver and gold – which they used in worshiping Baal!

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Compare 2 Kings 23:7. Such decoration of idol-temples in the holy land showed how the ungrateful people were devoting the wealth and energies which Yahweh had given them to the service of those false gods, in whose worship He was especially dishonored. The like things shall not come … - The abominations reached the very utmost - nothing would hereafter be so bad as these had been.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-19Jerusalem did not appreciate the good things God gave her. She used her fame and beauty for false gods. She offered clothes, jewels, food, and oil to idols instead of honoring God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. deckedst ... with divers colours--or, "didst make ... of divers colors" [Fairbairn]; the metaphor and the literal are here mixed. The high places whereon they sacrificed to Astarte are here compared to tents of divers colors, which an impudent harlot would spread to show her house was open to all [Calvin]. Compare as to "woven hangings for Astarte" (the right translation for "grove") 2Ki 23:7. the like ... shall not come, neither shall ... be--rather…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:16

• Adultery
• Lasciviousness

In the dictionaries

• Confound
• Eminent
• Equal
• Fornication
• Gird
• Hanging
• Justify
• Rest
• Solomon, Song of
• Color; Colors

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