Ezequiel 16:44-59 RVA

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:53

When I shall bring again their captivity ,.... The captivity of Sodom and Samaria, as after mentioned: the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters ; which some understand as what never will be, as it never yet has been: Sodom remains to this day a dead sea, and the ten tribes are not returned: then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them ; that is, it shall never be brought again, according to the above... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:54

That thou mayest bear thine own shame ,.... So long as the captivity remains; even until Sodom and Samaria, the Gentiles, and the ten tribes, are called and converted: and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done ; or, "for all that thou hast done" F5 מכל אשר עשית "propter omnia quae fecisti", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator. ; for and because of all the abominable sins they had been guilty of: in that thou art a comfort to them ; to Sodom and Samaria;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:55

When thy sisters, Sodom, and her daughters, shall return to their former estate ,.... The Jews, as Jerom says, are of opinion, that in the days of their vainly expected Messiah Sodom will be restored to its ancient state, and be as the garden of God, and as the land of Egypt; and Jarchi interprets the bringing again the captivity of Sodom, in Ezekiel 16:53 ; by the Lord's healing the land of brimstone and salt, and placing inhabitants in it; and it is asserted by the Jews F6 Shemot... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:56

For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth ,.... Or, "was not for a hearing", or "a report, in thy mouth" F7 לשמועה בפיך "in auditu in ore tuo", Pagninus, Montanus; "in auditum", Vatablus. ; the destruction of Sodom, though it was such an awful judgment of God, so flagrant and notorious, was visible and just at hand; yet it was not taken notice of, nor talked of; it was not the subject of conversation among friends; it was not reported from father to son, or heard of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:57

Before thy wickedness was discovered ,.... By the punishment of it, by the judgments of God brought upon them; then they were humbled, who before were proud and haughty; and might speak and think of the vengeance of God on Sodom, which before they made no mention of. It is a sad thing only to know sin, and to have it discovered only by the punishment of it: as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:58

Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations ,.... Openly and publicly; their abominable iniquities were written as it were upon their foreheads, and were to be seen of all men; their sin was to be read in their punishment, which is meant by bearing their lewdness and abominations; namely, the punishment due unto them: saith the Lord ; who always speaks what is just and true; this is added to denote the truth of what had been, and the certainty of what would be, as follows: read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:59

For thus saith the Lord God ,.... And what he says may be depended upon as truth, and what will certainly come to pass: I will even deal with thee as thou hast done ; reward them according to their works; or execute the law of retaliation upon them; and reject them, as they had rejected him; and cast them off from being his people, since they had forsook him as their God; they being the aggressors and transgressors of the covenant, he was under no obligation by virtue of that to bless... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:44

As is the mother, so is her daughter - בתה כאמה keimmah bittah , "As the mother, her daughter." As is the cause, so is the effect. As is the breeding, so is the practice. A silken purse cannot be made out of a swine's ear. What is bred in the bone seldom comes out of the flesh. All such proverbs show the necessity of early holy precepts, supported by suitable example. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:46

Thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left - It is supposed that the prophet by Sodom in this place means the Israelites that dwelt beyond Jordan, in the land or the Moabites and Ammonites; or rather of the Moabites and Ammonites themselves. Literally, Sodom could not be called the younger sister of Jerusalem, as it existed before Jerusalem had a name. In looking east from Jerusalem, Samaria was on the left, and Sodom on the right hand; that is, the first was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:49

This was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom - If we are to take this place literally, Sodom was guilty of other crimes besides that for which she appears to have been especially punished; in addition to her unnatural crime, She is charged with pride, luxury, idleness, and uncharitableness; and these were sufficient to sink any city to the bottomless pit. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:53

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:54

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:55

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:56

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:57

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:58

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:59

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:44

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:46

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:49

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