As, (1.) They give gifts to all whores: but you have given gifts to all of your lovers, and you've hired them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom ( Ezekiel 16:32-33 ). Im sure there are many who know nothing about it. And Engedi will be a place where they will be drying their fishing nets. They had been under the rebukes of Providence for their sins, and yet they persisted in them (Ezekiel 16:27; Ezekiel 16:27): I have stretched out my hand over thee, to threaten and frighten thee. "In this respect the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms: others are courted, but thou makest court to those that do not follow thee, art fond of making leagues and alliances with those heathen nations that despise thee; others have gifts given them, but thou givest thy gifts, the gifts which God had graciously given thee, to thy idols; herein thou art like a wife that commits adultery, not for gain, as harlots do, but entirely for the sin's sake." From one hillbilly to another, Renae, Yes, I expected you had heard this before, for sure You know, as I was writing it out, and getting closer to the end of the blog post, I thought once to discard it. 25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. Because the more I wrote, the crazier it sounded. Nitimur in vetitum--We incline to what is forbidden. 20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. 5 None eye pitied thee to doe any of these vnto thee, to haue compassion vpon thee, but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast borne. For what greater abominations could she be guilty of than these? Which were made of fine linen, silk, and broidered work; which God had given them, and they were richly clad with: and deckedst thy high places with divers colours; that is, with garments of divers colours; either they erected tents on their high places, made with these; or they covered their altars with them, which were on their high places for the ornament of them, as harlots deck their beds to allure their lovers; see Proverbs 7:16; or "thou hast made for thyself high places spotted" d; so the word is rendered in. When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that you have done, in that you are a comfort unto them. He is the Father of spirits, and rational souls are in a particular manner his; and therefore the taking away of life, human life, unjustly, is a high affront to the God of life. 6. f "iisque", Ar. This is insisted upon here, and often elsewhere, as one of the worst instances of their idolatry, as indeed there was none in which the devil triumphed so much over the children of men, both their natural reason and their natural affection, as in this (see Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 19:5; Jeremiah 32:35): Thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, and not only made them to pass through the fire, or between two fires, in token of their being dedicated to Moloch, but thou hast sacrificed them to be devoured,Ezekiel 16:20; Ezekiel 16:20. In Revelation 19 , verse Ezekiel 16:6 , He speaks about, "And the bride hath made herself ready and she was adorned in fine linen, pure and clean." The former view is preferable. I have caused thee then to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased [you have become great], you have become an excellent ornament: your breasts are fashioned, and your hair is grown, whereas you were naked and bare. Now observe here. There is nothing that makes us spiritually acceptable. For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant ( Ezekiel 16:52-59 ). But you did trust in your own beauty, and you played the harlot because of your renown, and you poured out your fornications on every one that passed by; his it was ( Ezekiel 16:15 ). Save 15% on BibleGateway+ with code SPRINGSTUDY15. But the allegory is resumed immediately. Now, these conditions of pride and prosperity and idleness of time. Posted on October 18, 2016 by Stacey Lynn. mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. They did all they could to seduce and debauch others, and to spread the contagion, by making the temptations to idolatry as strong as possibly they could; and hereby the ringleaders in idolatry did but make themselves vile, and even those that had courted them to it, finding themselves outdone by them, began to be surfeited with the abundance and violence of their idolatries: Thou hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, even by those that had admired it. Ezekiel 16:6 Context Crossref Comm Hebrew Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version "'Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, "Live!" New Living Translation "But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. The washing of our lives through the blood of Jesus Christ. And I don't care how moral, how honest, how sincere, and how good a person you are. You say, "But oh, could a people really do that?" The most common method was to walk east and recite Ezekiel 16:6. And they turned against Him. You've scorn the payment. Who would have thought it? How that when the Lord first came to us, we were polluted because of our sins. One prays for healing using different bible verses, a verse from Ezekiel 16 is used for healing humans or animals that has bleeding that can not be stopped, to stop the bleeding. The word, in the Talmudic language e, has the signification of sewing. And of thy garments you did take, and you decked your high places with divers colors, and you played the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. Now, of course, the people of Israel had turned to all of these pagan gods, but worst of all, they began to follow the practice of the pagans of the land in offering their own children as sacrifices unto the pagan gods. ", I saidIn contrast to Israel's helplessness stands God's omnipotent word of grace which bids the outcast little one "live.". In a matter of hours, the bleeding stops, after which the process of inflammation begins, which is a complex, multi-stage reaction of the body. And when I passed by thee While as yet no body took so much care of thee as to wash thee from thy native filthiness, I took pity on thee; as a traveller that passes by and sees an infant lie exposed; and I provided all things necessary for thy support. They served their idols with the good things which God gave them for their own use and to serve him with (Ezekiel 16:18; Ezekiel 16:18): "Thou hast set my oil and my incense before the, upon their altars, as perfumes to these dunghill-deities; my meat, and fine flour, and oil, and that honey which Canaan flowed with, and wherewith I fed thee, thou hast regaled them and their hungry priests with, hast made an offering of it to them for a sweet savour, to purify them, and procure acceptance with them: and thus it was, saith the Lord God; it is too plain to be denied, too bad to be excused. Thus some common drunkards will be company for every one that puts up the finger to them; how weak are the hearts of such! which intimates that there were those who made a small matter of it, and turned it into a jest. Behold, I have a couple of daughters that are virgins, I'll turn them over to you. They thought, because they were so complimented and admired by their neighbours, that, further to ingratiate themselves with them and return their compliments, they must join with them in their worship and conform to their usages. You're a fool if you seek to stand before God in your own goodness and in your own righteousness. And so He anointed our life with the Holy Spirit. They had forgotten the condition that they were in when God first came to them. God sees you complete in Christ, He sees you perfected in Christ, and He declares that you are perfect in beauty.Now, after all of this, God now charges them. "I shod thee with badger skins." He says that they were like a female baby, the child of a Hittite mother and an Amorite father, abandoned in a field with her umbilical cord still uncut, dirty and bloody and with no one to pity her. One example is the following verse, from Ezekiel 16:6 And the way of sin is down-hill. Note, It is God that gives us our gold and silver; the products of trade, of art and industry, are the gifts of God's providence to us, as well as the fruits of the earth. Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The Jewish nation, by leaving their own God, and doting on the gods of the nations round about them, had made themselves mean and despicable in the eyes even of their heathen neighbours; much more was their beauty abhorred by all that were wise and good, and had any concern for the honour of God and religion. God is talking about when He first saw the nation of Israel, Jerusalem, the people of Jerusalem. 6And when I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood, I said to you in your blood, Live! Yes, I said to you in your blood, Live!. "It is my silver and my gold, though I have given it to thee." And those that dont probably never will. A lot of good men go to hell and a lot of bad men go to heaven. So God said, "I've begun to turn you over to your enemies.". Upon this instance of their idolatry, which indeed ought not to pass without a particular brand, this remark is made (Ezekiel 16:20; Ezekiel 16:20), Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter? In this way they understand that the insane lust of the people is condemned, as if it were a prodigy, such as was never seen, nor yet to be expected. One cannot think of it without the utmost indignation: to see the pitiless hands of the parents shedding the guiltless blood of their own children, and by offering those pieces of themselves to the devil for buying sacrifices openly avowing the offering up of themselves to him for living sacrifices! Start for FREE. Because when you have that kind of a nature, you know, "Oh God, I need help," and you're coming to God for help. It is a verse that people have used for years when someone is bleeding. 255 likes. The like things shall not come - The abominations reached the very utmost - nothing would hereafter be so bad as these had been. 16:6 When I passed by - God here speaks after the manner of men. Now the badger of the scripture, what that Hebrew word is today we don't know. "But you see, behind this scene there was the pride, there was the prosperity, there was the idleness of time. "The word walked there is meandered, which means you were walking without any purpose or direction. 7 Grow up; I will make you like a plant of the field.". Ezekiel 16 is an extended metaphor containing an oracle of judgement and concludes with a promise of a future everlasting covenant (v. 59-63), which is the new covenant that Jesus inaugurated in his death and resurrection. Now verse Ezekiel 16:6 , interestingly enough, from old times was used as a verse to stop hemorrhaging or stop the flow of blood. Ezekiel 16:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful . . Which, of course, is a very interesting thing. Thou hast built there an eminent place, a brothel-house (so the margin reads it), and such their idol temples were. As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. Now, I don't think the verse does it, but their faith to believe that God is going to do it . 26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. Isaiah 57:8), or perhaps full human figures are in view. "Now ye are clean," Jesus said, "through the words that I have spoken unto you." They grew proud (Ezekiel 16:15; Ezekiel 16:15): "Thou trustedst to thy beauty, and didst expect that that should make thee an interest, and didst play the harlot because of thy renown." Follow Don't Forget The Old Ways on WordPress.com. There are some people that are just mean; you don't want to be around them. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. And justly will that beauty, that excellency, at length be made the object of the loathing of others which men have made the matter of their own pride. "I washed you from your pollution, and then," the Lord said, "I anointed thee with oil." And so God is for all that they have done, God is not utterly destroyed, utterly rejected, but He is going to take them back again and establish an everlasting covenant with them through Jesus Christ. If he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman in her time of menstrual impurity, . Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? Called them unto Himself. God here speaks after the manner of men. And now you've prostituted yourselves. This is much insisted on, Ezekiel 16:31-34; Ezekiel 16:31-34. Used by permission. What were the aggravations of this sin. God said, "You are Mine. Ges. And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. Misn. equals , pubes. Meanwhile, as to the general scope, it is not of much consequence; as in the former verse, where he said it shall be theirs, some understand appetite or desire. Of this he saith, "The like things shall not come, neither shall it be so; that is, this is a thing by no means to be suffered; I will never endure such practices as these without showing my resentments." God made a covenant with them, "You are Mine." Probably not very many. And when I passed by thee Alluding to a traveller passing by where an infant lies, exposed, and looks upon it, and takes it up; or it may be to Pharaoh's daughter walking by the river side, when she spied the ark in which Moses was, and ordered it to be taken up, and so saved his life: and saw thee in thine own blood; keeping up the simile of a newborn infant, that has nothing . Scripture taken from the New King James Version. They forget it was God who made us strong. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. But as a wife that commits adultery, which takes strangers instead of her husband! And they begin to attribute the strength to such foolish things as free enterprise, the democratic system. They had sacrificed their children to their idols. To someone who has never seen this happen, it sounds a little spooky or irreligious. Ive also heard many, many stories about it working on farm animals as well, but have no personal recollections that anything like that has ever worked for anyone close in our family. The only way that I can be accepted before God is to be clothed in that linen, pure and clean, which He has given to me. 28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. For this they were justly chastised by the Philistines. His it was.". Thus Mr. George Herbert long since foretold, or feared at least. But I'll just tell you there's a couple Christians.So God speaks about Israel, their folly, and about the judgment that is going to come. No, I couldnt bury something like that. 4. To stop the bleeding they would quote this verse. The Life-Giving Word3. But thy father was an Amorite, thy mother a Hittite, referring to the nations that inhabited the land prior to the coming in of Abraham. But, of course, a city is always made up of inhabitants. And so God took so much care and so much skill to clothe us with the righteousness which is of Jesus Christ through faith. And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD ( Ezekiel 16:61-63 ). Because it is the violation of a marriage-covenant with God, forsaking him and embracing the bosom of a stranger; it is giving that affection and that service to his rivals which are due to him alone. She further demonstrated her spiritual prostitution by forsaking God and making political alliances with other countries. Eze Ezk). Even those nations, Israels lovers, were ashamed of her immoral behaviour, but Israel kept lusting for more (26-29). And what God gives us the use of he still retains a property in. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson. One example is the following verse, from Ezekiel 16:6. Ezekiel 16:6 Context. It came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! "Through My comeliness which I had put on thee," saith the Lord.And so God works in us His work of the Spirit. The man then lovingly bathed her, clothed her, married her, and made her so beautiful that her fame spread to other nations. Ezekiel 16:6 ESV "And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you in your blood, 'Live!' I said to you in your blood, 'Live!' NIV 'Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, 'Live!' It was like an unwanted baby girl thrown out at birth and left to die (16:1-5). You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. in thy bloodThough thou wast foul with blood, I said, "Live" [Grotius]. The girl survived and grew, though without training or upbringing (6-7).Many years later, by which time the girl had reached an age when she might marry, the same traveller happened to see her again. He was first their lover. And I washed thee with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. It is a verse that people have used for years when someone is bleeding. Global Prayer Ministries exists to pray and promote prayer in the Body of Christ. But those that forsake this living fountain for broken cisterns will find themselves soon surfeited, but never satisfied; they have soon enough of the gods they have, and are still enquiring after more. Ezekiel 16:6 (Recite to Stop Bleeding) / 24" x 47.5". 22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and so I spread my blanket over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and you became mine ( Ezekiel 16:7-8 ). Ezekiel 16:6 Menus. Or it may refer to the inroads which the Philistines made upon the south of Judah in the reign of Ahaz, by which it was weakened and impoverished, and which was the beginning of sorrows to them (2 Chronicles 28:18); but they did not take warning by those judgments, and therefore were justly abandoned to ruin at last. Well, I ask you to look at the United States today. They were weak in understanding and in resolution (Ezekiel 16:30; Ezekiel 16:30): How weak is thy heart, seeing thou dost all these things. II. And I decked thee also with ornaments, I put bracelets upon thy hands, a chain on thy neck. When the overplus is abused, it is just with God to diminish that which is for necessity. Ezekiel 16:6-7. And that person, as far as standing before God, is no worse off than the person who has by nature a very pleasant disposition, who's easy going, and calm. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mhm/ezekiel-16.html. I am looking forward to reading more about the Old Ways here! And he speaks about the true beauty is not outward, but inward. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations ( Ezekiel 16:1-2 ). So this is God's indictment against Sodom. And I will judge thee, as a woman that has broken wedlock and those that have shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
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