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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ezekiel 16:15

thou didst: Ezekiel 33:13, Deuteronomy 32:15, Isaiah 48:1, Jeremiah 7:4, Micah 3:11, Zephaniah 3:11, Matthew 3:9 and playedst: Ezekiel 20:8, Ezekiel 23:3, Ezekiel 23:8, Ezekiel 23:11, Ezekiel 23:12-Ecclesiastes :, Exodus 32:6-Habakkuk :, Numbers 25:1, Numbers 25:2, Judges 2:12, Judges 3:6, Judges 10:6, 1 Kings 11:5, 1 Kings 12:28, 2 Kings 17:7, 2 Kings 21:3, Psalms 106:35, Isaiah 1:21, Isaiah 57:8, Jeremiah 2:20, Jeremiah 3:1, Jeremiah 7:4, Hosea 1:2, Hosea 4:10, Revelation 17:5 because:... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ezekiel 16:15

But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.Playedst the harlot — Thou didst go a whoring after idols.Thy renown — Her renown abroad drew to her idolatrous strangers, who brought their idols with them.Pouredst out — Didst readily prostitute thyself to them; every stranger, who passed thro' thee, might find room for his idol, and idolatry.He it was — Thy person was at the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:1-63

JERUSALEM’S UNFAITHFULNESS AND PUNISHMENT THE ADOPTED CHILD-WIFE, Ezekiel 16:1-43. In chaps. 13-15 the prophet has shown how untrustworthy are all the Israelitish hopes that punishment will not fall upon them for their sins. He now in a most powerful allegory makes Jerusalem “to know her abominations,” and to see that her destruction is the natural and inevitable result of her unchaste deeds. Jerusalem, representing here the chosen people, is pictured as a child of disreputable origin, cast... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:15

15. Thou… playedst the harlot… pouredst out thy fornications Jehovah married Israel on the first passover night. Idolatry is a breach of the marriage covenant; for “thy Maker is thine husband” (Isaiah 54:5). These figures of speech shock us; yet that they do is no sign of our superior chastity. The Jews have always been, and are yet, peerless among the nations for their faithfulness to the marriage vow. In ancient Israel prenuptial unchastity on the part of the women as well as adultery... read more

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