Ezekiel 16:38

And I have judged thee — judgments of adulteresses, And of women shedding blood, And have given thee blood, fury, and jealousy.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

In Context

37Therefore, lo, I am assembling all thy lovers, To whom thou hast been sweet, And all whom thou hast loved, Besides all whom thou hast hated; And I have assembled them by thee round about, And have revealed thy nakedness to them, And they have seen all thy nakedness.

39And I have given thee into their hand, And they have thrown down thine arch, And they have broken down thy high places, And they have stript thee of thy garments, And they have taken thy beauteous vessels, And they have left thee naked and bare.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:11And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, 'Abide a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son groweth up;' for he said, 'Lest he die — even he — like his brethren;' and Tamar goeth and dwelleth at her father's house.

Exodus 21:12'He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;

Numbers 35:16'And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

Numbers 35:18'Or with a wooden instrument [in] the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

Numbers 35:31'And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who [is] condemned — to die, for he is certainly put to death;

Deuteronomy 22:24then ye have brought them both out unto the gate of that city, and stoned them with stones, and they have died: — the damsel, because that she hath not cried, [being] in a city; and the man, because that he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:36-44

Grievous Punishment of Israel; Punishment Threatened. ( b. c. 593.) 35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord : 36 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; 37 Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast… Read the whole commentary →

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