Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 16:16
Ezekiel 16:16. The like things, &c.— And hast refused to be mine. Houbigant. read more
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Thomas Coke
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 16:16
16. 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") 2 Kings 23:7. the like . . . shall not come, neither shall . . . be—rather, "have not come, nor shall... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 16:15-34
The prostitution of Jerusalem 16:15-34 read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 16:16-19
Jerusalem used the gifts that God had given her to make idols and to worship them rather than her Lord (2 Kings 23:7; Jeremiah 10:9). The people made phallic images out of God’s gifts with which they engaged in sex (Ezekiel 16:17; cf. Isaiah 57:8), or perhaps full human figures are in view. read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:1-63
The Foundling Child who became an Unfaithful WifeFrom Hosea onwards the prophets spoke of idolatry under the figure of unchastity. God was the husband of Israel, but she proved unfaithful to Him. This thought has already been expressed by Ezekiel in Ezekiel 6:9, and it is now expanded into an elaborate historical allegory. The subject is nominally the city of Jerusalem, but really the whole nation of Israel. Jerusalem was a girl-child of heathen extraction, who was exposed in infancy to die... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 16:16
(16) Deckedst thy high places with divers colours.—The use of colours, and especially of tapestry in colours, in the adornment of places of worship, was universal throughout the religions of antiquity. It formed a striking feature of the adornment of the Tabernacle, and what is censured here is the perversion of this, which should have been for the glory of God, to the honour of idols. Translate the last clause of the verse, as in apposition with what goes before, “Things which should not come,... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 16:1-63
Ezekiel 16:6 Weakness can speak and cry when we have not a tongue. And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said to thee, Live. The kirk could not speak one word to Christ then; but blood and guiltiness out of measure spake, and drew out of Christ pity, and a word of life and love. Samuel Rutherford. Ezekiel 16:14-15 When one is in bed and really ill, one would gladly sacrifice one's complexion or one's bright eyes to regain health and enjoy the sunshine. And... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:1-63
JERUSALEM-AN IDEAL HISTORYEzekiel 16:1-63IN order to understand the place which the sixteenth chapter occupies in this section of the book, we must remember that a chief source of the antagonism between Ezekiel and his hearers was the proud national consciousness which sustained the courage of the people through all their humiliations. There were, perhaps, few nations of antiquity in which the flame of patriotic feeling burned more brightly than in Israel. No people with a past such as theirs... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezekiel 16:1-63
Ezekiel 16:1-63 . This chapter consists of four sections: 1. The parable of the abandoned child. 2. Jerusalem’s idolatries and moral degradation (Ezekiel 16:15-34 ). 3. The doom of Jerusalem and the promise of restoration (Ezekiel 16:35-59 ). 4. The covenant remembered (Ezekiel 16:60-63 ). The parable of the abandoned child, and what the gracious Lord did for the little one is a most beautiful demonstration of what He had done in His sovereign love and grace for Jerusalem. It must be read first... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 16:16
the like things. Supply the Ellipsis better thus: "thereupon: [saying] they (the curses) come not, and it (the threatened judgment) will not be. " read more