Ezekiel 16:1
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:
Noyes Bible
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 equity! Once justice dwelt in her, but now murderers!
Jeremiah 30:15Why criest thou because of thy bruise? Thy pain is without remedy. For the multitude of thine iniquities, Because thy sins were increased, Have I done these things to thee.
Ezekiel 22:2Punish, punish, son of man, the city of blood, and show her all her abominations, and say,
Hosea 1:2The beginning of the word of Jehovah by Hosea. Jehovah said to Hosea: Go, and take thee a wife of lewdness, and children of lewdness; for the land hath committed great lewdness; it is false to Jehovah.
Amos 2:4Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, And for four, will I not turn away their punishment; For they have despised the law of Jehovah, And have not kept his statutes, And their idols have caused them to err, After which their fathers walked.
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 →