Ezekiel 16:23-34 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 16:15-34

In these verses we have an account of the great wickedness of the people of Israel, especially in worshipping idols, notwithstanding the great favours that God had conferred upon them, by which, one would think, they should have been for ever engaged to him. This wickedness of theirs is here represented by the lewd and scandalous conversation of that beautiful maid which was rescued from ruin, brought up and well provided for by a kind friend and benefactor, that had been in all respects as a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:23

And it came to pass after all thy wickedness ,.... This refers either to what goes before, so Kimchi; and the sense is, it shall be again as it was at first, after and because of all the above wickedness committed, thou shalt be left naked and bare, and destitute of all that is good: or rather to what follows in the next clause; and the meaning is, to all this wickedness before mentioned, which was so great that it might be thought nothing more could be added to it; and yet the following... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:24

That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place ,.... Or a "brothel" F11 גב οικημα πορνικον , Sept. "lupanar", V. L. "prostibulum", so some in Starckius. ; and so the Septuagint version, "a whoring house"; not content to commit idolatry privately, they built a public place for idolatrous worship. The Targum renders it, "altar", The word has the signification of a pit or ditch; with which compare Proverbs 22:14 ; and hast made thee an high place in every street ; of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:25

Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way ,.... Where two or more ways, or two or more streets, met; and so was most conspicuous, and was seen from different parts; which shows the same as before: and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred ; by the Lord himself, Who otherwise greatly desires and delights in the beauty of his people, when they worship him, Psalm 45:11 ; and by all good men, and such as fear the Lord, who cannot but abhor such idolatrous practices, and those... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:26

Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians ,.... By entering into leagues and alliances with them, and seeking to them for help and assistance against their enemies; from whose bondage they had formerly been delivered, and whose society they were cautioned against; and yet they forsook the Lord, and joined themselves to them by solemn covenant; and not only so, but fell into the worship of their idols, who were a people of all others the most superstitious, and given to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:27

Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee ,.... His chastising and correcting hand, to show his resentment at their sins, and bring them to a sense of them, and repentance for them: and have diminished thine ordinary food ; their stated allowances, the common mercies and blessings of life they had been indulged with, but now were lessened; and particularly a famine was brought upon them, as well as they were deprived of other favours for their sins; God dealing with them... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:28

Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians ,.... By entering into alliances with them, and worshipping their idols; which was done in the times of Ahaz, who sent to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria for help, and to Damascus for the fashion of the altar there, and built one according to it, 2 Kings 7:10 ; because thou wast unsatiable ; not content with the alliance and idolatries of the Egyptians: yea, thou hast played the harlot with them ; with the Assyrians: and yet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:29

Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan ,.... Or, "with the land of Canaan" F12 אל ארץ כנען "cum terra Canaan", Munster, so some in Vatablus, Tigurine version, Noldius, p. 39. No. 288. ; with the inhabitants of it, doing the same evils, committing the same idolatries, as the old inhabitants of Canaan did; and so the Targum, "and thou hast multiplied thine idols, that thou mightest be joined to the people of Canaan:' or, "to the land of Canaan" ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:30

How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God ,.... Through sin; and being destitute of the grace of God, and so unable to resist any temptation, or oppose any corruption or lust, but carried away with everyone that offers; indulging every lust, and yet not satisfied; weak as water, unstable, fickle, and inconstant, seeking after new gods, and new kinds of worship. The Targum is, "how strong is the wickedness of thy heart!' the stronger the wickedness of the heart, the weaker, the heart... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:31

In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way ,.... Or brothel house, as before; See Gill on Ezekiel 16:24 ; which showed her to be a whore, and an imperious one: and makest thine high place in every street ; See Gill on Ezekiel 16:24 ; and hast not been as an harlot : a common one, or as a harlot usually is: in that thou scornest hire ; which they do not; for it is for hire they prostitute themselves; and have their names, both in our language, and in... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 16:15-34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:31

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