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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then you added lustful Egypt to your lovers, provoking my anger with your increasing promiscuity.

Context of Ezekiel 16:26

24you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine in every public square. 25At every street corner you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by. You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger with your increasing promiscuity. 27So I stretched out my hand against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were shocked by your lewd conduct. 28You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied.

Ezekiel 16:26 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast also committed fornicationזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• with the Egyptiansמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• with the Egyptiansבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• thy neighboursשָׁכֵןshâkên · neighborH7934
• greatגָּדֵלgâdêl · growingH1432
• of fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• and hast increasedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• thy whoredomsתַּזְנוּתtaznûth taznûth · fornicationH8457
• to provoke me to angerכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:26

• Ezekiel 8:10So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and unclean animals and all the idols of Israel.
• Ezekiel 20:7And I said to them, “Each of you, get rid of the vile images you have set your eyes on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”
• Ezekiel 23:3They became prostitutes in Egypt, engaging in prostitution from their youth. In that land their breasts were fondled and their virgin bosoms caressed.
• Exodus 32:4He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”
• Deuteronomy 29:16You yourselves know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries on the way here.
• Joshua 24:14“Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
• Isaiah 30:21Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

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