Ezekiel 16:7

I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
caused	נְתַתִּ֔יךְ ne.ta.Tikh	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
multiply	רְבָבָ֗ה re.va.Vah	H7233	abundance (in number) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
bud	כְּצֶ֤מַח ke.Tze.mach	H6780	a sprout (usually concrete) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
field	הַשָּׂדֶה֙ ha.sa.Deh	H7704	a field (as flat) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
increased	וַתִּרְבִּי֙ va.tir.Bi	H7235	to increase (in whatever respect) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular
great	וַֽתִּגְדְּלִ֔י va.tig.de.Li	H1431	to be (causatively make) large (in various senses · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular
come	וַתָּבֹ֖אִי va.ta.Vo.'i	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular
excellent	בַּעֲדִ֣י ba.'a.Di	H5716	finery · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
ornaments	עֲדָיִ֑ים 'a.da.Yim	H5716	finery · noun, common masculine plural absolute
breasts	שָׁדַ֤יִם sha.Da.yim	H7699	the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging) · noun, common masculine dual absolute
fashioned	נָכֹ֙נוּ֙ na.Kho.nu	H3559	properly · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural
hair	וּשְׂעָרֵ֣ךְ u.se.'a.Rekh	H8181	hair (as if tossed or bristling) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
grown	צִמֵּ֔חַ tzi.Me.ach	H6779	to sprout (transitive or intransitive · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
naked	עֵרֹ֥ם 'e.Rom	H5903	nudity · adjective, masculine singular absolute
bare	וְעֶרְיָֽה ve.'er.Yah	H6181	nudity · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 1:7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with…
Deuteronomy 1:10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Isaiah 62:3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Ezekiel 16:10-13 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with…
Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon th…
Exodus 3:22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: a…
Exodus 12:37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
Deuteronomy 4:8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:6-14

In there verses we have an account of the great things which God did for the Jewish nation in raising them up by degrees to be very considerable. 1. God saved them from the ruin they were upon the brink of in Egypt (Eze 16:6): "When I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thy own blood, loathed and abandoned, and appointed to die, as sheep for the slaughter, then I said unto thee, Live. I designed thee for life when thou wast doomed to destruction, and resolved to save thee from death." Those shall live to whom God commands life. God looked upon the world of mankind as thus cast off, thus cast out, thus polluted, thus weltering in blood, and his thoughts towards it were thoughts of good,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:7

caused . . . to multiply--literally, "I . . . made thee a myriad." bud of . . . field--the produce of the field. In two hundred fifty years they increased from seventy-five persons to eight hundred thousand (Act 7:14) [CALVIN]. But see Exo 12:37-38. excellent ornaments--literally, "ornament of ornaments." naked . . . bare-- (Hos 2:3). Literally, "nakedness . . . bareness" itself; more emphatic.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:6

I said - Live - I received the exposed child from the death that awaited it, while in such a state as rendered it at once an object of horror, and also of compassion. - Modo primos Edere vagitus, et adhuc a matre rubentem.

John Gill on Ezekiel 16:7

I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field,.... Or, "made thee millions" (m); like the spires of grass in the field. This refers to the multiplication of the children of Israel in Egypt, especially after the death of Joseph, and even while they were sorely afflicted, and likewise in later times. Jacob went down to Egypt with seventy five persons only, but when his posterity returned from thence, they were above six hundred thousand that were able to go forth to war, Genesis 46:27; see Exodus 1:7; and thou hast increased and waxed great; and became large families, kindreds, and tribes, as the Targum interprets it; as a child grows up, and becomes adult: and thou art come to exce…

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…
Ingratitude To God · Illustrated — Illustrated

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Ezekiel 16:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:6-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:7

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:6

John Gill on Ezekiel 16:7

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 16:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:6-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:7

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:6

John Gill on Ezekiel 16:7

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Ezekiel 16:7

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 16:6-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 16:6-7

Rashi on Ezekiel 16:7