Ezekiel 16:17

Ezekiel 16:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,
• New International Version (NIV)You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and with them played the whore.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have also taken your beautiful jewelry from My gold and My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images and played the harlot with them.

Context of Ezekiel 16:17

15“But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a harlot. You poured out your enticements on everyone who passed by—they were his. 16You took your garments, made high places decked out with various colors and fornicated on them—this should not happen, it should not be! You also took your jewelry—My gold and My silver, which I gave you—made male images for yourself and committed harlotry with them. 18You took your embroidered garments, covered them and placed My oil and My incense before them. 19My bread that I gave you, fine flour, oil and honey that I fed you with, you set before them as a sweet aroma. That is what happened.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Ezekiel 16:17 word by word

וַתִּקְחִ֞י כְּלֵ֣י תִפְאַרְתֵּ֗ךְ מִזְּהָבִ֤י וּמִכַּסְפִּי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תִּי לָ֔ךְ וַתַּעֲשִׂי־לָ֖ךְ צַלְמֵ֣י זָכָ֑ר וַתִּזְנִי־בָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast also takenלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• thy fairתִּפְאָרָהtiph'ârâh tiph'ereth · beautyH8597
• jewelsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• of my goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• and of my silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• which I had givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• thee, and madestעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• to thyself imagesצֶ֫לֶםtselem · imageH6754
• of menזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• and didst commit whoredomזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:17

• Ezekiel 7:19They will throw their silver in the streets. Their gold will be as garbage. Their silver and their gold cannot deliver them in the day of Adonai’s wrath. They will not satisfy their appetite or fill their bellies, for their iniquity is a stumbling block.
• Ezekiel 23:14But she kept increasing her harlotry. She saw men carved on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans carved in red,
• Exodus 32:1Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Get up, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what’s become of him!”
• Hosea 2:13I will also put an end to all her rejoicing— her feasts, her New Moon, her Shabbat, and all her moadim.
• Hosea 10:1A luxuriant vine is Israel, who produces fruit for himself. Like the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. Like the goodness of his land, they made beautiful sacred pillars.
• Isaiah 44:19No one reflects in his heart, with no knowledge or discernment to say, “I burned half of it in the fire and I also baked bread on its coals. I roasted meat and ate—and then I make the rest of it an abomination? Should I bow before a block of wood?”
• Isaiah 57:7Upon a high and lofty mountain you made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.
• Jeremiah 2:27They say to wood, ‘You are my father’ and to a stone, ‘You birthed me.’ They have turned their back to Me and not their face. Yet when they are in trouble they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
• Jeremiah 3:9It happened that through her frivolous prostitution, she polluted the land and committed adultery with stones and with wood.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17And madest to thyself images of men - זכר צלמי tsalmey zachar, male images. Priapi are here meant, which were carried about in the ceremonies of Osiris, Bacchus, and Adonis; and were something like the lingam among the Hindoos. Herodotus, lib. ii, c. 48, 49, gives us an account of these male images: , , , ͅ ͅ . This was done at the worship of Bacchus in Egypt: and they who wish to see more may consult Herodotus as above. In this phallic worship the women…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Possibly an allusion to the custom of bearing about shrines. Compare Amos 5:26; Acts 7:43.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. 1717. my gold ... my silver--(Hag 2:8). images of men--rather, "of the phallus," the Hindu lingam, or membrum virile [Havernick], deified as the emblem of fecundity; man making his lust his god. English Version, however, is appropriate; Israel being represented as a woman playing the harlot with "male images," that is, images of male gods, as distinguished from female deities.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:17

• Gold
• Idolatry
• Ingratitude
• 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