Revised Version 1895
Ezekiel 16:1-43
3andsayH559,Thusכֹּה־koh-H3541saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֤י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136untoJerusalemלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םli.Ru.sha.LimH3389: Thybirthוּמֹ֣לְדֹתַ֔יִךְu.Mo.le.do.Ta.yikhH4138and thy nativity is of thelandמֵאֶ֖רֶץme.'E.retzH776of theCanaaniteהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669; theAmoriteהָאֱמֹרִ֖יha.'e.mo.RiH567was thyfatherאָבִ֥יךְ'a.VikhH1, and thymotherוְאִמֵּ֥ךְve.'i.MekhH517was anHittiteחִתִּֽית׃chi.TitH2850.
4And as for thy nativity, in thedayבְּי֨וֹםbe.YomH3117thou wastbornהוּלֶּ֤דֶתhu.Le.detH3205thynavelשָׁרֵּ֔ךְsha.RekhH8270wasnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808cutכָרַּ֣תkha.RatH3772,neitherלֹֽא־lo'-H3808wast thouwashedרֻחַ֖צְתְּru.ChatztH7364inwaterוּבְמַ֥יִםu.ve.Ma.yimH4325to cleanse thee; thou wastnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808salted atallH3117,norלֹ֥אlo'H3808swaddled atallH3117.
5Noneלֹא־lo'-H3808eyeעַ֗יִן'A.yinH5869pitied thee, todoלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213anyאַחַ֥ת'a.ChatH259oftheseמֵאֵ֖לֶּהme.'E.lehH428unto thee, to havecompassionלְחֻמְלָ֣הle.chum.LahH2550uponH5921thee; but thou wastcastוַֽתֻּשְׁלְכִ֞יva.tush.le.KhiH7993outH6440in theopenH6440fieldהַשָּׂדֶה֙ha.sa.DehH7704, for that thypersonנַפְשֵׁ֔ךְnaf.ShekhH5315wasabhorredבְּגֹ֣עַלbe.Go.'alH1604, in thedayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117that thou wastbornהֻלֶּ֥דֶתhu.Le.detH3205.
6And when Ipassedוָאֶעֱבֹ֤רva.'e.'e.VorH5674by thee, andsawוָֽאֶרְאֵ֔ךְva.'er.'EkhH7200thee weltering in thybloodבְּדָמָ֑יִךְbe.da.Ma.yikhH1818, Isaidוָאֹ֤מַרva.'O.marH559unto thee, Though thou art in thybloodבְּדָמַ֣יִךְbe.da.Ma.yikhH1818,liveחֲיִ֔יcha.YiH2421; yea, Isaidוָאֹ֥מַרva.'O.marH559unto thee, Though thou art in thybloodבְּדָמַ֥יִךְbe.da.Ma.yikhH1818,liveחֲיִֽי׃cha.YiH2421.
7Icausedנְתַתִּ֔יךְne.ta.TikhH5414thee tomultiplyH7235as the bud of thefieldהַשָּׂדֶה֙ha.sa.DehH7704, and thou didstincreaseH7235and waxgreatH1431, and thou attainedst to excellent ornament; thybreastsשָׁדַ֤יִםsha.Da.yimH7699werefashionedנָכֹ֙נוּ֙na.Kho.nuH3559, and thinehairוּשְׂעָרֵ֣ךְu.se.'a.RekhH8181wasgrownH1431; yet thou wastnakedעֵרֹ֥ם'e.RomH5903andbareוְעֶרְיָֽה׃ve.'er.YahH6181.
8Nowוַתִּ֥הְיִיva.Tih.yiH1961when Ipassedוָאֶעֱבֹ֨רva.'e.'e.VorH5674by thee, andlookedוָאֶרְאֵ֗ךְva.'er.'EkhH7200uponH5921thee,beholdוְהִנֵּ֤הve.hi.NehH2009, thy time was the time ofloveדֹּדִ֔יםdo.DimH1730; and Ispreadוָאֶפְרֹ֤שׂva.'ef.RosH6566myskirtכְּנָפִי֙ke.na.FiH3671over thee, andcoveredוָאֲכַסֶּ֖הva.'a.kha.SehH3680thynakednessעֶרְוָתֵ֑ךְ'er.va.TekhH6172: yea, I sware unto thee, andenteredH935intoH935acovenantבִבְרִ֜יתviv.RitH1285with thee, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136, and thou becamest mine.
13Thus wast thou decked withgoldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091andsilverוָכֶ֗סֶףva.Khe.sefH3701; and thyraimentוּמַלְבּוּשֵׁךְ֙u.mal.bu.sheKhH4403was offineסֹ֧לֶתSo.letH5560linenשֵׁ֤שׁshe.shiH8336, andsilkוָמֶ֙שִׁי֙va.Me.shiH4897, and broideredworkוְרִקְמָ֔הve.rik.MahH7553; thou didsteatאָכָ֑לְתְּ'a.khal.tiH398fineH5560flourH5560, andhoneyוּדְבַ֛שׁu.de.VashH1706, andoilוָשֶׁ֖מֶןva.She.menH8081: and thou wastexceedingH3966beautifulוַתִּ֙יפִי֙va.Ti.fiH3302, and thou didstprosperוַֽתִּצְלְחִ֖יva.titz.le.ChiH6743untoroyalלִמְלוּכָֽה׃lim.lu.KhahH4410estate.
14And thyrenownשֵׁ֛םshemH8034wentH3318forthH3318among thenationsבַּגּוֹיִ֖םba.go.YimH1471for thybeautyבְּיָפְיֵ֑ךְbe.ya.fe.YekhH3308; for it wasperfectכָּלִ֣ילka.LilH3632throughH5921mymajestyבַּֽהֲדָרִי֙ba.ha.da.RiH1926whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834I hadputשַׂ֣מְתִּיSam.tiH7760uponH5921thee, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136.
15But thou didsttrustוַתִּבְטְחִ֣יva.tiv.te.ChiH982in thybeautyבְיָפְיֵ֔ךְve.ya.fe.YekhH3308, and playedst theharlotוַתִּזְנִ֖יva.tiz.NiH2181becauseH5921of thyrenownשְׁמֵ֑ךְshe.MekhH8034, and pouredstoutוַתִּשְׁפְּכִ֧יva.tish.pe.KhiH8210thy whoredoms oneveryכָּל־kol-H3605one thatpassedעוֹבֵ֖רo.VerH5674by; his it was.
16And thou didsttakeוַתִּקְחִ֣יva.tik.ChiH3947of thygarmentsמִבְּגָדַ֗יִךְmi.be.ga.Da.yikhH899, and madest for theehighבָּמ֣וֹתba.MotH1116placesH1116decked with divers colours, and playedst theharlotוַתִּזְנִ֖יva.tiz.NiH2181uponעֲלֵיהֶ֑ם'a.lei.HemH5921them: the like things shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808comeבָא֖וֹתva.'otH935,neitherוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808shall it besoוַתַּֽעֲשִׂי־va.ta.'a.si-H6213.
17Thou didst alsotakeוַתִּקְחִ֞יva.tik.ChiH3947thy fairjewelsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627of mygoldמִזְּהָבִ֤יmi.ze.ha.ViH2091and of mysilverוּמִכַּסְפִּי֙u.mi.kas.PiH3701,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834I hadgivenנָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414thee, and madest for theeimagesצַלְמֵ֣יtzal.MeiH6754ofmenזָכָ֑רza.KharH2145, and didstplayH2181theharlotH2181with them;
19Mybreadוְלַחְמִי֩ve.lach.MiH3899alsowhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834Igaveנָתַ֨תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414thee,fineסֹ֣לֶתSo.letH5560flourH5560, andoilוָשֶׁ֤מֶןva.She.menH8081, andhoneyוּדְבַשׁ֙u.de.VashH1706, wherewith Ifedהֶֽאֱכַלְתִּ֔יךְhe.'e.khal.TikhH398thee, thou didst evensetוּנְתַתִּ֧יהוּu.ne.ta.Ti.huH5414itbeforeלִפְנֵיהֶ֛םlif.nei.HemH6440them for a sweet savour, andthusוַיֶּ֑הִיvai.Ye.hiH1961it was; saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136.
20Moreover thou hasttakenH3947thysonsבָּנַ֤יִךְba.Na.yikhH1121and thydaughtersבְּנוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙be.no.Ta.yikhH1323,whomH834thou hastborneיָלַ֣דְתְּya.LadtH3205untomeH3947, andtheseH834hast thousacrificedוַתִּזְבָּחִ֥יםva.tiz.ba.ChimH2076unto them to bedevouredלֶאֱכ֑וֹלle.'e.KholH398. Were thy whoredoms asmallH4592matterH4592,
22And inallכָּל־kol-H3605thineabominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙to.'a.vo.Ta.yikhH8441and thy whoredoms thou hastnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808rememberedזָכַ֖רְתְּza.khar.tiH2142thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of thyyouthנְעוּרָ֑יִךְne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271, when thou wastnakedעֵרֹ֣ם'e.RomH5903andbareוְעֶרְיָ֔הve.'er.YahH6181, and wast weltering in thybloodבְּדָמֵ֖ךְbe.da.MekhH1818.
25Thou hastbuiltבָּנִית֙ba.NitH1129thy loftyplaceרָֽמָתֵ֔ךְra.ma.TekhH7413ateveryH3605headרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218of thewayדֶּ֗רֶךְDe.rekhH1870, and hastmadeH3605thybeautyיָפְיֵ֔ךְya.fe.YekhH3308an abomination, and hast opened thyfeetרַגְלַ֖יִךְrag.La.yikhH7272toeveryH3605one thatpassedעוֹבֵ֑רo.VerH5674by, andmultipliedוַתַּרְבִּ֖יva.tar.BiH7235thy whoredom.
27Beholdוְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.NehH2009therefore, I havestretchedנָטִ֤יתִיna.Ti.tiH5186outH5186myhandיָדִי֙ya.DiH3027over thee, and havediminishedוָאֶגְרַ֖עva.'eg.Ra'H1639thine ordinaryfoodחֻקֵּ֑ךְchu.KekhH2706, anddeliveredוָאֶתְּנֵ֞ךְva.'e.te.NekhH5414thee unto the will of them thathateשֹׂנְאוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙so.ne.'o.Ta.yikhH8130thee, thedaughtersבְּנ֣וֹתbe.NotH1323of thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430, which areashamedהַנִּכְלָמ֖וֹתha.nikh.la.MotH3637of thylewdזִמָּֽה׃zi.MahH2154wayמִדַּרְכֵּ֥ךְmi.dar.KekhH1870.
34And the contrary is in thee from otherwomenהַנָּשִׁים֙ha.na.ShimH802in thy whoredoms, in thatnoneלֹ֣אlo'H3808followeth thee tocommitוּבְתִתֵּ֣ךְu.ve.ti.TekhH5414whoredom: and whereas thou givesthireאֶתְנָ֗ן'et.NanH868, andnoלֹ֥אlo'H3808hireוְאֶתְנַ֛ןve.'et.NanH868isgivenנִתַּן־ni.tan-H5414unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.
36Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136,BecauseH5921thy filthiness waspouredהִשָּׁפֵ֤ךְhi.sha.FekhH8210outH8210, and thynakednessעֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְ'er.va.TekhH6172discoveredthroughH5921thy whoredoms with thyloversמְאַהֲבָ֑יִךְme.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157; andbecauseH5921ofallכָּל־kol-H3605theidolsגִּלּוּלֵ֣יgi.lu.LeiH1544of thyabominationsתוֹעֲבוֹתַ֔יִךְto.'a.vo.Ta.yikhH8441, and for thebloodוְכִדְמֵ֣יve.khid.MeiH1818of thychildrenבָנַ֔יִךְva.Na.yikhH1121,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou didstgiveנָתַ֖תְּna.TatH5414unto them;
37thereforebeholdהִנְנִ֨יhi.NiH2005, I willgatherמְקַבֵּ֤ץme.ka.BetzH6908allH3605thyloversמְאַהֲבַ֙יִךְ֙me.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157, withwhomH834thou hasttakenוְגִלֵּיתִ֤יve.gi.lei.TiH1540pleasureH7200, andallH3605them that thou hastlovedאָהַ֔בְתְּ'a.HavtH157, withallH3605them that thou hasthatedשָׂנֵ֑אתsa.NetH8130; I willevenלָ֠כֵןLa.khenH3651gatherוְקִבַּצְתִּי֩ve.ki.batz.TiH6908themagainstH5921thee oneveryH3605sideמִסָּבִ֗יבmi.sa.VivH5439, and will discover thynakednessעֶרְוָתֵךְ֙'er.va.teKhH6172unto them, that they mayseeוְרָא֖וּve.ra.'UH7200allH3605thynakednessעֶרְוָתֵֽךְ׃'er.va.TekhH6172.
38And I willjudgeוּשְׁפַטְתִּיךְ֙u.she.fa.tiKhH8199thee, as women that break wedlock andshedוְשֹׁפְכֹ֖תve.sho.fe.KhotH8210bloodדָּ֑םDamH1818arejudgedH8199; and I willbringוּנְתַתִּ֕יךְu.ne.ta.TikhH5414uponמִשְׁפְּטֵ֣יmish.pe.TeiH4941thee thebloodדַּ֥םdamH1818offuryחֵמָ֖הche.MahH2534andjealousyוְקִנְאָֽה׃ve.kin.'AhH7068.
39I will alsogiveוְנָתַתִּ֨יve.na.ta.TiH5414theeintoH3027theirhandבְּיָדָ֗םbe.ya.DamH3027, and they shall throwdownH5422thine eminentplaceH5414, andbreakH2040downH5422thy loftyplacesH2040; and they shallstripוְהִפְשִׁ֤יטוּve.hif.Shi.tuH6584thee of thyclothesבְּגָדַ֔יִךְbe.ga.Da.yikhH899, andtakeוְלָקְח֖וּve.la.ke.ChuH3947thy fairjewelsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627: and they shallleaveH3240theenakedעֵירֹ֥ם'ei.RomH5903andbareוְעֶרְיָֽה׃ve.'er.YahH6181.
41And they shallburnוְשָׂרְפ֤וּve.sa.re.FuH8313thinehousesבָתַּ֙יִךְ֙va.Ta.yikhH1004withfireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784, andexecuteH5414judgmentsשְׁפָטִ֔יםshe.fa.TimH8201uponH784thee in thesightלְעֵינֵ֖יle.'ei.NeiH5869ofmanyרַבּ֑וֹתra.BotH7227womenנָשִׁ֣יםna.ShimH802; and I willcauseH5414thee toceaseוְהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ֙ve.hish.ba.tiKhH7673fromplayingH2181theharlotH2181, and thou shalt alsogiveתִתְּנִי־ti.te.ni-H5414noלֹ֥אlo'H3808hireאֶתְנַ֖ן'et.NanH868anyH5750moreH5750.
43BecauseH5921thou hastnotH3808rememberedזָכַרְתְּ֙za.khar.tiH2142thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of thyyouthנְעוּרַ֔יִךְne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271, but hast frettedmeH5414inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605theseאֵ֑לֶּה'E.lehH428things; thereforebeholdH3808, I also willbringH5414thywayדַּרְכֵּ֣ךְ׀dar.KekhH1870uponH5921thineheadבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136: and thou shaltnotH3808commitH5414thislewdnessהַזִּמָּ֔הha.zi.MahH2154aboveH5921allכָּל־kol-H3605thineabominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ׃to.'a.vo.Ta.yikhH8441.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 16
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