Ezekiel 16:1
Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
In Context
2“You human, cause the people of Jerusalem to think about their detestable behavior.
Cross References
Isaiah 1:21“ You people of Jerusalem previously faithfully worshiped only me, but now you have become like [MET] prostitutes who are not faithful to any husband. Previously, people there always acted justly/fairly and righteously, but now your city is full of murderers.
Jeremiah 30:15Because that is true, why do you protest about my punishing you, as though I had caused a wound that could not be cured [RHQ]? It was necessary for me to punish you, because you had committed many sins and you were very guilty.
Ezekiel 22:2“You human, are you ready to condemn the people of Jerusalem? It is [RHQ] a city full of murderers [MTY]. Remind them of all the detestable things that they have done.
Hosea 1:2When Yahweh first began to give messages to me to tell to the people of Israel, he said to me, “Go and marry a prostitute. But some of her children will be born as a result of her having sex with men to whom she is not married. That will illustrate how the people of Israel have turned away from me and worship ◄idols/other gods►.”
Amos 2:4Yahweh also said this: “ I will also punish the people of Judah because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they have rejected what I taught them and they have not obeyed my commands. They have been deceived and persuaded to worship false gods, the same gods that their ancestors worshiped.
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 →