Ezekiel 16:18

And you took your robes of needlework for their clothing, and put my oil and my perfume before them.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

In Context

17And you took the fair jewels, my silver and gold which I had given to you, and made for yourself male images, acting like a loose woman with them;

19And my bread which I gave you, the best meal and oil and honey which I gave you for your food, you put it before them for a sweet smell, says the Lord.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:38Who took the fat of their offerings, and the wine of their drink offering? Let them now come to your help, let them be your salvation.

Ezekiel 16:10And I had you clothed with needlework, and put leather shoes on your feet, folding fair linen about you and covering you with silk.

Hosea 2:7And if she goes after her lovers she will not overtake them; if she makes search for them she will not see them; then will she say, I will go back to my first husband, for then it was better for me than now.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:16-35

Ingratitude of Israel; Shameful Idolatry of Israel. ( b. c. 593.) 15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. 16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. 17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest… Read the whole commentary →

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