Ezekiel 16:18

And thou didst take thy variegated apparel and didst clothe them, and thou didst set before them mine oil and mine incense.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 thou tookest thy fair ornaments of my gold and of my silver, of what I gave thee, and thou madest to thyself male images, and thou didst commit whoredom with them.

19And thou tookest my bread which I gave thee ( yea I fed thee with fine flour and oil and honey) and didst set them before them for a sweet-smelling savor: yea, it was so, saith the Lord.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:38The fat of whose sacrifices ye ate, 1 And ye drank the wine of their drink offerings? 1 Let them arise and help you, 1 And be your protectors. 1

Ezekiel 16:10And I clothed thee with embroidered garments, and clothed thee beneath with purple, and girded thee with fine linen, and clothed thee with silk,

Hosea 2:7And their mother went a-whoring: she that bore them disgraced them: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, and my garments, and my linen clothes, my oil and all my necessaries.

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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