Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Ezekiel Chapter 16
Overview
Eze 16:1, Under the similitude of a wretched infant is shewn the natural state of Jerusalem; Eze 16:6, God's extraordinary love towards her; Eze 16:15, Her monstrous whoredom; Eze 16:35, Her grievous judgment; Eze 16:44, Her sin, equal to her mother, and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria, calls for judgments; Eze 16:60, Mercy is promised her in the end.
cause: Eze 20:4, Eze 22:2, Eze 23:36, Eze 33:7-9; Isa 58:1; Hos 8:1
abominations: Eze 8:9-17
Thy birth: Heb. Thy cutting out, or habitation, Eze 16:45, Eze 21:30; Gen 11:25, Gen 11:29; Jos 24:14; Neh 9:7; Isa 1:10, Isa 51:1, Isa 51:2; Mat 3:7, Mat 11:24; Luk 3:7; Joh 8:44; Eph 2:3; Jo1 3:10
Amorite: Gen 15:16; Deu 20:17; Kg1 21:26; Kg2 21:11
Hittite: Ezr 9:1
for: Eze 20:8, Eze 20:13; Gen 15:13; Exo 1:11-14, Exo 2:23, Exo 2:24, Exo 5:16-21; Deu 5:6, Deu 15:15; Jos 24:2; Neh 9:7-9; Hos 2:3; Act 7:6, Act 7:7
to supple thee: or, when I looked upon thee
nor: Lam 2:20 *marg. Lam 2:22; Luk 2:7, Luk 2:12
eye: Eze 2:6; Isa 49:15; Lam 2:11, Lam 2:19, Lam 4:3, Lam 4:10
but thou: Gen 21:10; Exo 1:22; Num 19:16; Jer 9:21, Jer 9:22, Jer 22:19
and saw: Exo 2:24, Exo 2:25, Exo 3:7, Exo 3:8; Act 7:34
polluted: or, trodden under foot, Isa 14:19, Isa 51:23; Mic 7:10; Mat 5:13; Heb 10:29; Rev 14:20
Live: Eze 20:5-10; Exo 19:4-6; Deu 9:4; Psa 105:10-15, Psa 105:26-37; Joh 5:25; Rom 9:15; Eph 2:4, Eph 2:5; Tit 3:3-7
caused: etc. Heb. made thee a million, Gen 22:17; Exo 1:7, Exo 12:37; Act 7:17
excellent ornaments: Heb. ornament of ornaments, Eze 16:10-13, Eze 16:16; Exo 3:22; Deu 1:10, Deu 4:8, Deu 32:10-14, Deu 33:26-29; Neh 9:18-25; Psa 135:4, Psa 147:20, Psa 148:14, Psa 149:2-4; Isa 61:10, Isa 62:3
whereas: Eze 16:22; Job 1:21; Sol 4:5; Hos 2:3, Hos 2:9, Hos 2:10; Rev 3:17, Rev 3:18
thy time: Eze 16:6; Deu 7:6-8; Rut 3:9; Sa1 12:22; Isa 41:8, Isa 41:9, Isa 43:4, Isa 63:7-9; Jer 2:2, Jer 2:3; Jer 31:3; Hos 11:1; Mal 1:2; Rom 5:8, Rom 9:10-13
and I: Rut 3:9
I sware: Eze 20:5, Eze 20:6; Exo 19:4-8, Exo 24:1-8, Exo 32:13; Deu 4:31; Jer 2:2, Jer 2:3, Jer 31:32; Hos 2:18-20
washed: Eze 16:4, Eze 36:25; Psa 51:7; Isa 4:4; Joh 13:8-10; Co1 6:11, Co1 10:2; Heb 9:10-14; Jo1 5:8; Rev 1:5, Rev 1:6
blood: Heb. bloods, Eze 16:6
anointed: Psa 23:5; Co2 1:21; Jo1 2:20,Jo1 2:27
clothed: Eze 16:7; Psa 45:13, Psa 45:14; Isa 61:3, Isa 61:10; Luk 15:22; Rev 21:2
broidered: Eze 16:13, Eze 16:18; Exo 28:5; Pe1 3:3, Pe1 3:4
badgers' skin: Exo 25:5, Exo 26:14
I girded: Exo 39:27, Exo 39:28; Rev 7:9-14, Rev 19:8
covered: Gen 41:42 *marg. Pro 31:22; Rev 18:12
I put: Gen 24:22, Gen 24:47, Gen 24:53
and a: Lev 8:9; Est 2:17; Isa 28:5; Lam 5:16; Rev 2:10, Rev 4:4, Rev 4:10
a chain: Gen 41:42; Pro 1:9, Pro 4:9; Sol 1:10, Sol 4:9; Isa 3:19; Dan 5:7, Dan 5:16, Dan 5:29,
forehead: Heb. nose, Gen 24:22 *marg. Isa 3:21,
ear-rings: Gen 35:4; Exo 32:2, Exo 35:22; Num 31:50; Jdg 8:24; Job 42:11; Pro 25:12; Hos 2:13
thou didst: Eze 16:19; Deu 8:8, Deu 32:13, Deu 32:14; Psa 45:13, Psa 45:14, Psa 81:16, Psa 147:14; Hos 2:5
and thou wast: Eze 16:14, Eze 16:15; Psa 48:2, Psa 50:2; Isa 64:11; Jer 13:20
and thou didst: Gen 17:6; Sa1 12:12; Sa2 8:15; Kg1 4:21; Ezr 4:20, Ezr 5:11; Psa 50:2; Lam 2:15
thy renown: Deu 4:6-8, Deu 4:32-38; Jos 2:9-11, Jos 9:6-9; Kg1 10:1-13, Kg1 10:24; Ch2 2:11, Ch2 2:12; Ch2 9:23; Lam 2:15
through: Co1 4:7
thou didst: Eze 33:13; Deu 32:15; Isa 48:1; Jer 7:4; Mic 3:11; Zep 3:11; Mat 3:9
and playedst: Eze 20:8, Eze 23:3, Eze 23:8, Eze 23:11, Eze 23:12-21; Exod. 32:6-35; Num 25:1, Num 25:2; Jdg 2:12, Jdg 3:6, Jdg 10:6; Kg1 11:5, Kg1 12:28; Kg2 17:7, Kg2 21:3; Psa 106:35; Isa 1:21, Isa 57:8; Jer 2:20; Jer 3:1, Jer 7:4; Hos 1:2, Hos 4:10; Rev 17:5
because: Raised from the most abject state to dignity and splendour by Jehovah, Israel became proud of her numbers, riches, strength, and reputation, forgetting that it was "through his comeliness which he had put upon them;" and thus departing from God, made alliances with heathen nations, and worshipped their idols.
and pouredst: Eze 16:25, Eze 16:36, Eze 16:37
Eze 7:20; Kg2 23:7; Ch2 28:24; Hos 2:8
hast also: Eze 7:19, Eze 23:14-21; Exo 32:1-4; Hos 2:13, Hos 10:1
men: Heb. a male
and didst: Isa 44:19, Isa 44:20, Isa 57:7, Isa 57:8; Jer 2:27, Jer 2:28, Jer 3:9
This seems to intimate that the Israelites not only spent their own wealth and abundance in building and decorating idol temples, and in maintaining their worship, but that they made use of the holy vestments, and the various kinds of offerings which belonged to Jehovah, in order to honour and serve the idols of the heathen.
meat: Eze 16:13; Deu 32:14-17; Hos 2:8-13
a sweet savour: Heb. a savour of rest, Gen 8:21 *marg.
thy sons: Eze 16:21, Eze 23:4; Gen 17:7; Exo 13:2, Exo 13:12; Deu 29:11, Deu 29:12
and these: Eze 20:26, Eze 20:31, Eze 23:37, Eze 23:39; Kg2 16:3; Ch2 33:6; Psa 106:37, Psa 106:38; Isa 57:5; Jer 7:31, Jer 32:35; Mic 6:7
be devoured: Heb. devour
Is this: Eze 8:17; Jer 2:34, Jer 2:35
my children: Psa 106:37
to pass: Lev 18:21, Lev 20:1-5; Deu 18:10; Kg2 17:17, Kg2 21:6, Kg2 23:10
Eze 16:3-7, Eze 16:43, Eze 16:60-63; Jer 2:2; Hos 2:3, Hos 11:1
woe: Eze 2:10, Eze 13:3, Eze 13:18, Eze 24:6; Jer 13:27; Zep 3:1; Mat 11:21, 23:13-29; Rev 8:13; Rev 12:12
thou hast: Eze 16:31, Eze 16:39, Eze 20:28, Eze 20:29; Kg2 21:3-7, Kg2 23:5-7, Kg2 23:11, Kg2 23:12; Ch2 33:3-7
eminent place: or, brothel house
and hast: Lev 26:30; Psa 78:58; Isa 57:5, Isa 57:7; Jer 2:20, Jer 3:2, Jer 17:3
at every: Eze 16:31; Gen 38:14, Gen 38:21; Pro 9:14, Pro 9:15; Isa 3:9; Jer 2:23, Jer 2:24, Jer 3:2, Jer 6:15
and hast made: Eze 23:9, Eze 23:10,Eze 23:32; Rev 17:1-5, Rev 17:12, Rev 17:13, Rev 17:16
with the: Eze 8:10,Eze 8:14, Eze 20:7, Eze 20:8, Eze 23:3, Eze 23:8, Eze 23:19-21; Exo 32:4; Deu 29:16, Deu 29:17; Jos 24:14; Isa 30:21
I have: Eze 14:9; Isa 5:25, Isa 9:12, Isa 9:17
and have: Deu 28:48-57; Isa 3:1; Hos 2:9-12
thine: Chukkach "thy portion;" the household provision of a wife - food, clothes, and money.
delivered: The Jews, under Manasseh, and the succeeding kings of Judah, made the temple itself the scene of their open and abominable idolatries, in addition to all their idol temples! which appears to be meant by "the eminent place," and "highplaces in every street," Eze 16:24. Allured by the prosperity of the Egyptians, they also connected themselves with them, and joined in their multiplied and abominable idolatries. And when Jehovah punished them by wars and famines, and by the Philistines, whose daughters are represented as ashamed of their enormous idolatries, instead of being amended, they formed alliances with the Assyrians, and worshipped their gods, and they even followed every idol which was worshipped between Canaan and Chaldea. Eze 16:37, Eze 23:22, Eze 23:25, Eze 23:28, Eze 23:29, Eze 23:46, Eze 23:47; Psa 106:41; Jer 34:21; Rev 17:16
daughters: or, cities, Kg2 24:2; Ch2 28:18, Ch2 28:19; Isa 9:12
which: Eze 16:47, Eze 16:57, Eze 5:6, Eze 5:7
Eze 23:5-9, Eze 23:12-21; Jdg 10:6; Kg2 16:7, Kg2 16:10-18, Kg2 21:11; Ch2 28:23; Jer 2:18, Jer 2:36; Hos 10:6
in the land: Eze 13:14-23; Jdg 2:12-19; Kg2 21:9
unto: Eze 23:14-21
weak: Pro 9:13; Isa 1:3; Jer 2:12, Jer 2:13, Jer 4:22
the work: Jdg 16:15, Jdg 16:16; Pro 7:11-13, Pro 7:21; Isa 3:9; Jer 3:3; Rev 17:1-6
In that thou buildest thine: or, In thy daughters is thine, etc. Eze 16:24, Eze 16:39
in that thou scornest: Eze 16:33, Eze 16:34; Isa 52:3
Eze 16:8, Eze 23:37, Eze 23:45; Jer 2:25, Jer 2:28, Jer 3:1, Jer 3:8, Jer 3:9, Jer 3:20; Hos 2:2, Hos 3:1; Co2 11:2, Co2 11:3
give: Gen 38:16-18; Deu 23:17, Deu 23:18; Hos 2:12; Joe 3:3; Mic 1:7; Luk 15:30
but thou: Isa 30:3, Isa 30:6, Isa 30:7, Isa 57:9; Hos 8:9, Hos 8:10
hirest: Heb. bribest
O harlot: Isa 1:21, Isa 23:15, Isa 23:16; Jer 3:1, Jer 3:6-8; Hos 2:5; Nah 3:4; Joh 4:10,Joh 4:18; Rev 17:5
hear: Eze 13:2, Eze 20:47, Eze 34:7; Kg1 22:19; Isa 1:10, Isa 28:14; Hos 4:1; Amo 7:16
Because: Eze 16:15-22, Eze 22:15, Eze 23:8, Eze 24:13, Eze 36:25; Lam 1:9; Zep 3:1
and thy: Eze 23:10,Eze 23:18, Eze 23:29; Gen 3:7, Gen 3:10,Gen 3:11; Psa 139:11, Psa 139:12; Jer 13:22-26; Rev 3:18
and by: Eze 16:20,Eze 16:21; Jer 2:34
Eze 23:9, Eze 23:10,Eze 23:22-30; Jer 4:30, Jer 13:22, Jer 13:26, Jer 22:20; Lam 1:8, Lam 1:19; Hos 2:3, Hos 2:10; Hos 8:10; Nah 3:5, Nah 3:6; Rev 17:16
as women: Heb. with judgments of women, etc. Eze 16:40, Eze 23:45-47; Gen 38:11, Gen 38:24; Lev 20:10; Deu 22:22-24; Mat 1:18, Mat 1:19; Joh 8:3-5
shed: Eze 16:20,Eze 16:21, Eze 16:36; Gen 9:6; Exo 21:12; Num 35:31; Psa 79:3-5; Jer 18:21; Zep 1:17; Nah 1:2; Rev 16:6
And I: For the enormous idolatries and cruelties of Judah and Jerusalem, Jehovah determined to gather together the surrounding nations, both those with whom they had formed alliances, as the Egyptians and Assyrians, and such as had always been inimical to them, as Edom, Ammon, Moab, and Philistia, to inflict, or to witness, his judgments upon them. Having exposed their enormous crimes to view, He would pass sentence upon them: He would give Jerusalem into the hands of the Chaldeans, who would destroy the city and temple which they had polluted; level their cities and high places with the ground; slay, plunder, and enslave the people.
they shall throw: Eze 16:24, Eze 16:25, Eze 16:31, Eze 7:22-24; Isa 27:9
shall strip: Eze 16:10-20, Eze 23:26, Eze 23:29; Isa 3:16-24; Hos 2:3, Hos 2:9-13
thy fair jewels: Heb. instruments of thine ornament
shall also: Hab 1:6-10; Joh 8:5-7
and thrust: Eze 23:10,Eze 23:47, Eze 24:21; Jer 25:9
burn: Deu 13:16; Kg2 25:9; Jer 39:8, Jer 52:13; Mic 3:12
and execute: Eze 5:8, Eze 23:10,Eze 23:48; Deu 13:11, Deu 22:21, Deu 22:24; Job 34:26
and I: Eze 23:27, Eze 37:23; Isa 1:25, Isa 1:26, Isa 2:18, Isa 27:9; Hos 2:6-17; Mic 5:10-14; Zac 13:2; Ti1 5:20
will I: Eze 5:13, Eze 21:17; Sa2 21:14; Isa 1:24; Zac 6:8
and will: Eze 39:29; Isa 40:1, Isa 40:2, Isa 54:9, Isa 54:10
thou hast: Eze 16:22; Psa 78:42, Psa 106:13; Jer 2:32
but hast: Eze 6:9; Deu 32:21; Psa 78:40, Psa 95:10; Isa 63:10; Amo 2:13; Act 7:51; Eph 4:30
I also: Eze 7:3, Eze 7:4, Eze 7:8, Eze 7:9, Eze 9:10, Eze 11:21, Eze 22:31; Rom 2:8, Rom 2:9
every: Eze 18:2, Eze 18:3; Sa1 24:13
As is: Eze 16:3, Eze 16:45; Kg1 21:16; Kg2 17:11, Kg2 17:15, Kg2 21:9; Ezr 9:1; Psa 106:35-38
that loatheth: Eze 16:8, Eze 16:15, Eze 16:20,Eze 16:21, Eze 23:37-39; Deu 5:9, Deu 12:31; Isa 1:4 *marg. Zac 11:8; Rom 1:30,Rom 1:31
your mother: Eze 16:3
elder: Eze 16:51, Eze 23:4, Eze 23:11, Eze 23:31-33; Jer 3:8-11; Mic 1:5
thy younger sister: Heb. thy sister lesser than thou, Eze 16:48, Eze 16:49, Eze 16:53-56, Eze 16:61; Gen 13:11-13, Gen 18:20-33, Gen 19:24, Gen 19:25; Deu 29:23, Deu 32:32; Isa 1:9, Isa 1:10; Jer 23:14; Lam 4:6 *marg. Luk 17:28-30; Pe2 2:6; Jde 1:7; Rev 11:8
her daughters: Eze 16:27 *marg. Eze 26:6; Gen 14:8, Gen 19:29; Hos 11:8
as if that were a very little thing: or, that was loathed as a small thing, Eze 8:17; Kg1 16:31
thou wast: Eze 16:48, Eze 16:51, Eze 5:6, Eze 5:7; Kg2 21:9, Kg2 21:16; Joh 15:21, Joh 15:22; Co1 5:1
Mat 10:15, Mat 11:24; Mar 6:11; Luk 10:12; Act 7:52
pride: Eze 28:2, Eze 28:9, Eze 28:17, Eze 29:3; Gen 19:9; Psa 138:6; Pro 16:5, Pro 16:18, Pro 18:12, Pro 21:4; Isa 3:9; Isa 16:6; Dan 4:30,Dan 4:37, Dan 5:23; Oba 1:3; Pe1 5:5
fulness: Gen 13:10, Gen 18:20; Deu 32:15; Isa 22:13, Isa 22:14; Amo 6:3-6; Luk 12:16-20; Luk 16:19, Luk 17:28, Luk 21:34
neither: Eze 18:12; Pro 21:13; Isa 3:14, Isa 3:15; Amo 5:11, Amo 5:12, Amo 8:4-6; Mic 3:2-4; Luk 16:20,Luk 16:21
and committed: Gen 13:13, Gen 18:20, Gen 19:5; Lev 18:22; Deu 23:17; Kg2 23:7; Pro 16:18; Pro 18:12; Rom 1:26, Rom 1:27; Jde 1:7
therefore: Gen 19:24; Deu 29:23; Job 18:15; Isa 13:19; Jer 20:16, Jer 49:18, Jer 50:40; Lam 4:6; Amo 4:11; Zep 2:9; Pe2 2:6; Rev 18:9
Samaria: Luk 12:47, Luk 12:48; Rom 3:9-20
justified: Jer 3:8-11; Mat 12:41, Mat 12:42
which hast: Eze 16:56; Mat 7:1-5; Luk 6:37; Rom 2:1, Rom 2:10,Rom 2:26, Rom 2:27
bear thine: Eze 16:54, Eze 16:63, Eze 36:6, Eze 36:7, Eze 36:15, Eze 36:31, Eze 36:32, Eze 39:26, Eze 44:13; Jer 23:40, Jer 31:19, Jer 51:51; Hos 10:6; Rom 1:32, Rom 6:21
they are more: Gen 38:26; Sa1 24:17; Kg1 2:32
bring: Eze 16:60,Eze 16:61, Eze 29:14, Eze 39:25; Job 42:10; Psa 14:7, Psa 85:1, Psa 126:1; Isa 1:9; Jer 20:16, Jer 31:23, Jer 48:47, Jer 49:6, Jer 49:39; Joe 3:1
in the midst: Isa 19:24, Isa 19:25; Jer 12:16; Rom 11:23-31
thou mayest: Eze 16:52, Eze 16:63, Eze 36:31, Eze 36:32; Jer 2:26
then: Eze 16:53, Eze 36:11; Mal 3:4
was not: Isa 65:5; Zep 3:11; Luk 15:28-30, Luk 18:11
mentioned: Heb. for a report, or a hearing
pride: Heb. prides, or excellencies.
thy wickedness: Eze 16:36, Eze 16:37, Eze 21:24, Eze 23:18, Eze 23:19; Psa 50:21; Lam 4:22; Hos 2:10, Hos 7:1; Co1 4:5
reproach: Kg2 16:5-7; Ch2 28:5, Ch2 28:6, Ch2 28:18-23; Isa 7:1, Isa 14:28
Syria: Heb. Aram, Gen 10:22, Gen 10:23; Num 23:7
the daughters: Eze 16:27
despise: or, spoil, Jer 33:24
hast: Eze 23:49; Gen 4:13; Lam 5:7
borne: Heb. borne them
I will: Eze 7:4, Eze 7:8, Eze 7:9, Eze 14:4; Isa 3:11; Jer 2:19; Mat 7:1, Mat 7:2; Rom 2:8, Rom 2:9
which: Eze 17:13-16; Exo 24:1-8; Deu 29:10-15, Deu 29:25; Ch2 34:31, Ch2 34:32; Isa 24:5; Jer 22:9, Jer 31:32
I will remember: Eze 16:8; Lev 26:42, Lev 26:45; Neh 1:5-11; Psa 105:8, Psa 106:45; Jer 2:2, Jer 33:20-26; Hos 2:15; Luk 1:72
I will establish: Eze 37:26, Eze 37:27; Isa 55:3; Sa2 23:5; Jer 31:31-34, Jer 32:38-41, Jer 50:5; Hos 2:19, Hos 2:20; Heb 8:10, Heb 12:24, Heb 13:20
remember: Eze 16:63, Eze 20:43, Eze 36:31, Eze 36:32; Job 42:5, Job 42:6; Psa 119:59; Jer 31:18-20, Jer 50:4, Jer 50:5
when: Eze 16:53-55; Sol 8:8, Sol 8:9; Isa 2:2-5, Isa 11:9, Isa 11:10; Hos 1:9-11; Rom 11:11; Rom 15:8, Rom 15:9, Rom 15:16; Gal 4:26, Gal 4:27; Eph 2:12-14, Eph 3:6
I will: Isa 49:18-23, Isa 54:1, Isa 54:2, Isa 60:4, Isa 66:7-12; Gal 4:26-31
but not: Jer 31:31-40; Joh 15:16; Heb 8:13
I will: Eze 16:60; Dan 9:27; Hos 2:18-23
and thou: Eze 6:7, Eze 39:22; Jer 24:7; Joe 3:17
remember: Eze 16:61, Eze 36:31, Eze 36:32; Ezr 9:6; Dan 9:7, Dan 9:8
and never: Job 40:4, Job 40:5; Psa 39:9; Lam 3:39; Rom 2:1, Rom 3:19, Rom 3:27, Rom 9:19, Rom 9:20