Ezekiel 16:58

Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
borne	נְשָׂאתִ֑ים ne.sa.Tim	H5375	to lift · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
lewdness	זִמָּתֵ֥ךְ zi.ma.Tekh	H2154	a plan · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
abominations	תּוֹעֲבוֹתַ֖יִךְ to.'a.vo.Ta.yikh	H8441	properly · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
saith	נְאֻ֖ם ne.'Um	H5002	an oracle · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 23:49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Genesis 4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:44-59

The prophet here further shows Jerusalem her abominations, by comparing her with those places that had gone before her, and showing that she was worse than any of them, and therefore should, like them, be utterly and irreparably ruined. We are all apt to judge of ourselves by comparison, and to imagine that we are sufficiently good if we are but as good as such and such, who are thought passable; or that we are not dangerously bad if we are no worse than such and such, who, though bad, are not of the worst. Now God by the prophet shows Jerusalem, I. That she was as bad as her mother, that is, as the accursed devoted Canaanites that were the possessors of this land before her. Those that use…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:58

borne thy lewdness--that is, the punishment of it (Eze 23:49). I do not treat thee with excessive rigor. Thy sin and punishment are exactly commensurate.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:52

They are more righteous than thou - תצדקנה ממך tetsuddaknah mimmech, "They shall be justified more than thou." They are less guilty in the sight of God, for their crimes were not accompanied with so many aggravations. This phrase casts light on Luk 18:14 : "This man went down to his house justified rather than the other." Less blame in the sight of God was attached to him. He always had fewer advantages, and now he was a true penitent; while the other was boasting of what he had done, and what he had not done.

John Gill on Ezekiel 16:58

Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations,.... Openly and publicly; their abominable iniquities were written as it were upon their foreheads, and were to be seen of all men; their sin was to be read in their punishment, which is meant by bearing their lewdness and abominations; namely, the punishment due unto them: saith the Lord; who always speaks what is just and true; this is added to denote the truth of what had been, and the certainty of what would be, as follows:

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…
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…
Lasciviousness · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE

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Ezekiel 16:58

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:44-59

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:58

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:52

John Gill on Ezekiel 16:58

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 16:58

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:44-59

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:58

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:52

John Gill on Ezekiel 16:58

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Ezekiel 16:58

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 16:53–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 16:53-54

Rashi on Ezekiel 16:58