Ezekiel 16:36

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
saith	אָמַ֞ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֣י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
GOD	יְהֹוִ֗ה Yah.weh	H3069	YHWH · proper noun, a title
filthiness	נְחֻשְׁתֵּךְ֙ ne.chush.teKh	H5178	copper · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
out	הִשָּׁפֵ֤ךְ hi.sha.Fekh	H8210	to spill forth (blood · verb, niphal infinitive construct
nakedness	עֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְ 'er.va.Tekh	H6172	nudity · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
discovered	וַתִּגָּלֶ֣ה va.ti.ga.Leh	H1540	to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense) · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
whoredoms	בְּתַזְנוּתַ֖יִךְ be.taz.nu.Ta.yikh	H8457	harlotry · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
lovers	מְאַהֲבָ֑יִךְ me.'a.ha.Va.yikh	H157	to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) · verb, piel active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
idols	גִּלּוּלֵ֣י gi.lu.Lei	H1544	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct
abominations	תוֹעֲבוֹתַ֔יִךְ to.'a.vo.Ta.yikh	H8441	properly · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
blood	וְכִדְמֵ֣י ve.khid.Mei	H1818	blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or… · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
children	בָנַ֔יִךְ va.Na.yikh	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
give	נָתַ֖תְּ na.Tat	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular

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Ezekiel 23:10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for th…
Genesis 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Genesis 3:10-11 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Psalms 139:11-12 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Jeremiah 2:34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
Jeremiah 13:22-26 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy…
Jeremiah 19:5 They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake i…
Lamentations 1:9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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, Eze 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 harlot. Jerusalem is so if she become idolatrous. How has the faithful city become a harlot! Rome is so represented in the Revelation, when it is marked for ruin, as Jerusalem here. Rev 17:1, Come, and I…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:36

filthiness--literally, "brass"; metaphor for the lowest part of the person [CALVIN]. English Version is better: thy filthy lewdness is poured out without restraint (compare Jer 13:27). As silver is an emblem of purity, brass typifies "filthiness," because it easily contracts rust. HENDERSON explains it, "Because thy money was lavished on thy lovers" (Eze 16:31, Eze 16:33-34). blood of thy children-- (Eze 16:20; Jer 2:34).

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:36

Thy filthiness was poured out - נחשתך nechushtech. As this word signifies a sort of metal, (brass), it is generally supposed to mean money. They had given money literally to these heathen nations to procure their friendship and assistance; but the word also means verdigris, the poisonous rust of copper or brass. It is properly translated in our version filthiness, poisonous filth. Does it not refer to that venereal virus which is engendered by promiscuous connexions?

John Gill on Ezekiel 16:36

Thus saith the Lord God, because thy filthiness was poured out,.... Or, "thy brass" (p). The word is used by the Rabbins (q) for the bottom of a thing; and is here accordingly, by Kimchi and Ben Melech, interpreted of a woman's lower part; the same with her nakedness next mentioned; and from whence, by reason of her inordinate lust, and the frequent exercise of it, and that with many different persons, a gonorrhoea, as Jarchi explains it, or a filthy flux flowed, and was poured out on her lovers; from whence the filthy disease, the "lues venerea": and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers; which she discovered or exposed to view herself, in order to entice her lover…

Dictionary and topics

Fornication — In every form of it was sternly condemned by the Mosaic law (Lev. 21:9; 19:29; Deut. 22:20, 21, 23-29; 23:18; Ex. 22:16). (See ADULTERY.) But this word is more frequently used in a symbolical than in…
Idol — (1.) Heb. aven, “nothingness;” “vanity” (Isa. 66:3; 41:29; Deut. 32:21; 1 Kings 16:13; Ps. 31:6; Jer. 8:19, etc.). (2.) ‘Elil, “a thing of naught” (Ps. 97:7; Isa. 19:3); a word of contempt, used of…
Solomon, Song of — Called also, after the Vulgate, the “Canticles.” It is the “song of songs” (1:1), as being the finest and most precious of its kind; the noblest song, “das Hohelied,” as Luther calls it. The…
High Places · Licentious practices at — Licentious practices at
Idolatry · Objects of described as: Idols of abomination — Objects of described as: Idols of abomination
Lasciviousness · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE

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Ezekiel 16:36

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:35-43

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:36

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:36

John Gill on Ezekiel 16:36

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 16:36

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:35-43

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:36

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:36

John Gill on Ezekiel 16:36

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Ezekiel 16:35-37

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 16:35-52

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 16:35-38

Rashi on Ezekiel 16:36