Ezekiel 16:27

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 16:27-29

Ezekiel 16:27-29. Behold, therefore Open thine eyes, thou secure and foolish adulteress, see what has been done against thee, and consider it is for thy lewdness. I have stretched out my hand over thee I have chastised and punished thee already in some measure. And have diminished thine ordinary food Have taken away some of thy opulence, and abridged thee of many necessaries and conveniences. And delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee Have excited them to make war against... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:1-43

The unfaithfulness of Jerusalem (16:1-43)In this chapter Ezekiel describes Judah’s relationship with Yahweh by means of a long and colourful illustration. The ancient nation Israel began life in Canaan as a hated people of mixed blood and mixed culture. It was like an unwanted baby girl thrown out at birth and left to die (16:1-5). Then a passing traveller (Yahweh) picked the baby up and gave it a chance to live. The girl survived and grew, though without training or upbringing (6-7).Many years... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 16:27

I have stretched out My hand, &c. Reference to Petit. (Exodus 7:19 , &c.) App-92 . over = against. ordinary food = allowance. Referring to food as measured out to captives or slaves. will = desire. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 16:27

27. The consequent judgments, which, however, proved of no avail in reforming the people (Isaiah 9:13; Jeremiah 5:3). delivered thee unto . . . Philistines— (2 Kings 16:6; 2 Chronicles 28:18; 2 Chronicles 28:19). ashamed of thy lewd way—The Philistines were less wanton in idolatry, in that they did not, like Israel, adopt the idols of every foreign country but were content with their own (Ezekiel 16:57; Jeremiah 2:11). 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 16:26-27

She committed adultery with her lustful neighbor, the Egyptians, and multiplied the instances of her harlotry thus angering the Lord further (2 Kings 17:4; 2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 30:7; Isaiah 36:1). As punishment, the Lord diminished her support. He also gave her into the hands of the Philistines, pagan people who nonetheless were repulsed by her lewd behavior (2 Chronicles 21:16-17; 2 Chronicles 28:16-19; Isaiah 1:7-8). 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 16:27

(27) Diminished thine ordinary food.—This cutting short of the power and prosperity of Israel was a discipline of correction designed to bring her to a consciousness of her sin.The daughters of the Philistines, i.e., their cities, according to the figurative language of the chapter, and indeed the common figurative language of Scripture. Philistia was but a small power in the south-west corner of Palestine, yet from the time of the Judges down through the whole period of the monarchy, they were... 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

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