Ezekiel 16:1
Again the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
In Context
2Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations;
Cross References
Isaiah 1:21How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Jeremiah 30:15Why criest thou for thy hurt? thy pain is incurable: for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Ezekiel 22:2And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.
Hosea 1:2When Jehovah spake at the first by Hosea, Jehovah said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom; for the land doth commit great whoredom, [departing] from Jehovah.
Amos 2:4Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk:
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:1
Still God is justifying himself in the desolations he is about to bring upon Jerusalem; and very largely, in this chapter, he shows the prophet, and orders him to show the people, that he did but punish them as their sins deserved. In the foregoing chapter he had compared Jerusalem to an unfruitful vine, that was fit for nothing but the fire; in this chapter he compares it to an adulteress, that, in justice, ought to be abandoned and exposed, and he must therefore show the people their abominations, that they… Read the whole commentary →