Ezequiel 16:40 NVT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 16:35-43

Adultery was by the law of Moses made a capital crime. This notorious adulteress, the criminal at the bar, being in the foregoing verses found guilty, here has sentence passed upon her. It is ushered in with solemnity, Ezek. 16:35. The prophet, as the judge, in God's name calls to her, O harlot! hear the word of the Lord. Our Saviour preached to harlots, for their conversion, to bring them into the kingdom of God, not as the prophet here, to expel them out of it. Note, An apostate church is a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:40

They shall also bring up a company against thee ,.... An army, so the Targum; the Chaldean army: and they shall stone thee with stones : cast out of their engines and slings, by which they battered the walls, as well as killed the inhabitants; and so the Targum renders it, with sling stones; the allusion is to the stoning of adulterous persons, Deuteronomy 22:24 ; and thrust thee through with their swords ; such as attempted to escape out of the city, or fell into the hands of the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:40

Verse 40 Since what Ezekiel has hitherto brought forward was incredible, he now explains the manner of its accomplishment — that the Chaldmans and Assyrians should bring a large army and bury the whole of Judea with stones, and pierce it through with swords. By these figures he simply means that there should be such slaughter that the whole region should be made desolate, just as if the enemy should slay all that they met with stones and swords. Some think that he alludes to stones which were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 16:1-63

The thought that underlies Ezekiel's parable, that Israel was the bride of Jehovah, and that her sin was that of the adulterous wife, was sufficiently familiar. Isaiah ( Isaiah 1:21 ) had spoken of the "faithful city that had become a harlot." Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 2:2 ) had represented Jehovah as remembering "the kindness of her youth, the love of her espousals." What is characteristic of Ezekiel's treatment of that image is that he does not recognize any period in which Israel had been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 16:15-59

Inexcusable infidelity. Universal consent accounts that woman vile who, married to a kind and honourable husband, in order to gratify her own unchastened desires, commits adultery with her neighbours and acquaintances, and expends her husband's substance in rewarding her numerous and profligate admirers. The guilt of Jerusalem must indeed have been great if it could only be adequately set forth under the similitude of guilt so flagrant and abominable as that described in this most... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 16:35-43

Judicial verdict. It is a great kindness done by any one if he disclose to us the real nature of our sin. Light from any quarter should be welcomed. To demonstrate to the Hebrews that their idolatry was the worst form of adultery was an act of condescension on the part of God. By their own state law they knew that this sin incurred the penalty of death. With all the circumstance of judicial solemnity, the Supreme Judge summons the attention of the culprit: "O harlot, hear the word of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 16:35-43

A picture of righteous retribution because of apostasy. "Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord God; Because thy filthiness was poured out," etc. The scope and meaning of this paragraph is clearly and forcibly stated in the 'Speaker's Commentary:' "The punishment of Judah is represented by the same figure as her sin. She has been portrayed as an adulteress and a murderess. She is now represented as undergoing the punishment adjudged to an adulteress and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 16:40

The punishment of stoning was, as a rule, inflicted by the "congregation" ( Numbers 15:36 ), or by the men of the city (Le Ezekiel 20:2 ). Other forms of punishement for impurity were those of the sword and burning, as in Le Ezekiel 20:14 ; Ezekiel 21:9 . The thrusting through (better, hewing; the word is not found elsewhere) probably points to mutilation after death, as in the case of Agog ( 1 Samuel 15:33 : comp. 19:29 ; Daniel 2:5 ; Daniel 3:29 ). in this case the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 16:35-43

Judah is now represented as undergoing the punishment adjudged to an adulteress and murderess. Only in her utter destruction shall the wrath of the Lord, the jealous God, cease.Ezekiel 16:36Filthiness - Or, brass, i. e., money, is lavished. The Hebrews generally speak of money as gold Isaiah 46:6, but brass coins were not unknown in the time of the Maccabees. Compare Matthew 10:9; Mark 12:41. Ezekiel may here have put brass for gold contemptuously. Compare Isaiah 1:22-25; Isaiah 48:10.Ezekiel... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 16:40-43

Ezekiel 16:40-43. They shall bring a company against thee A company shall come against thee, and beat down thy walls and houses, with stones slung out of battering-engines: see Jeremiah 33:4. The expression alludes, as in Ezekiel 16:38, to the punishment inflicted upon adulteresses, which was stoning. And they shall burn thy houses, &c. The punishment allotted to an idolatrous city, Deuteronomy 13:16. The word may likewise allude to the punishment of burning, anciently inflicted upon... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 16:35-43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:40

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:40

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 16:1-63

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 16:15-59

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 16:35-43

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 16:35-43

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 16:40

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 16:35-43

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 16:40-43

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