e T. Bab. And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none follows thee to commit whoredoms: and in that you give a reward, and no reward is given to thee, therefore you are contrary. Not just throwing an old gunnysack at you and saying, "Dress up." Meanwhile, as to the general scope, it is not of much consequence; as in the former verse, where he said it shall be theirs, some understand appetite or desire. They were insatiable in their spiritual whoredom: Thou couldst not be satisfied,Ezekiel 16:28; Ezekiel 16:29. Compare 2 Kings 23:7. The Expect. And they were going to grab him, and the angels said to Lot, "Stand back." Today my gums were bleeding so I recited the verse, and I stopped bleeding. God made a covenant with them, "You are Mine." Really not for hard labor or hard work out in the fields. It was believed (and still is) that certain persons, known as bloodstoppers, could halt bleeding in humans and animals by supernatural means. And thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and so I spread my blanket over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and you became mine ( Ezekiel 16:7-8 ). In fact, her lust was so great that it was abnormal. I know this sounds crazy, but they believed in healing powers of the earth. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. And when she had been there with Solomon, she said, "Oh, I heard, but I did not believe. Before he brought such a famine upon them as broke the staff of bread he diminished their ordinary food, but them short before he cut them off. 2. 8 " 'And I passed by you . New International Version (NIV). The word course comes from the Greek word weathervane. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Isaiah 14:19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. Maybe someone else remembers it too , Sis, I have heard this blood verse so many times when I was growing up. Then a passing traveller (Yahweh) picked the baby up and gave it a chance to live. It is a verse that people have used for years when someone is bleeding. Called them unto Himself. NIV, The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People, NIV, Beautiful Word Bible Journal, Revelation, Paperback, Comfort Print, NIV, Story of Jesus: Experience the Life of Jesus as One Seamless Story, NIV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture, NIV, Verse Mapping Bible, Comfort Print: Find Connections in Scripture Using a Unique 5-Step Process, NIV, Lucado Encouraging Word Bible, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New International Version. And they begin to attribute the strength to such foolish things as free enterprise, the democratic system. Still it was quite naked and bare ( and are substantives in the abstract sense of nakedness and bareness, used in the place of adjective to give greater emphasis). Of this he saith, "The like things shall not come, neither shall it be so; that is, this is a thing by no means to be suffered; I will never endure such practices as these without showing my resentments." So God takes, washes, anoints with oil, clothes, and then He said in verse Ezekiel 16:11 , "I decked thee also with ornaments, put bracelets on thy hands, a chain on your neck, a jewel in your forehead, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful tiara, a crown upon your head." That God is just speaking here of the horrible relationship that they would forsake God who had done so much for them. One example is the following verse, from Ezekiel 16:6. Everyone has a right to believe what they feel right in their heart to believe, and I wont try to argue that with anyone. and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:6 When I passed by you and saw (Ezek. Thes. They had sacrificed their children to their idols. For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant ( Ezekiel 16:52-59 ). which intimates that there were those who made a small matter of it, and turned it into a jest. Exodus 2:24,25 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob, Exodus 3:7,8 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; . Start your free trial today! Save 15% on BibleGateway+ with code SPRINGSTUDY15. Change). You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. The clauses which follow describe the arrival of puberty. The next thing is judgment. Those that in sincerity join themselves to the true God find enough in him for their satisfaction; and, though they still desire more of God, yet they never desire more than God. And that person, as far as standing before God, is no worse off than the person who has by nature a very pleasant disposition, who's easy going, and calm. 6. f "iisque", Ar. And so Jerusalem well, first of all, rather the Amorites followed by the Hittites. "Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible". 6And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. Behold, I have a couple of daughters that are virgins, I'll turn them over to you. Ezekiel 16 is an extended metaphor containing an oracle of judgement and concludes with a promise of a future everlasting covenant (v. 59-63), which is the new covenant that Jesus inaugurated in his death and resurrection. Throughout the world they were talking of the beauty of the nation of the people. Just the fashions of the world. 1. They thought, because they were so complimented and admired by their neighbours, that, further to ingratiate themselves with them and return their compliments, they must join with them in their worship and conform to their usages. 2. Israel was unfaithful to the one who had done so much for her. Note, The strength of men's lusts is an evidence of the weakness of their hearts; they have no acquaintance with themselves, nor government of themselves. He did so here. "And you were by nature," Paul said, "the children of wrath, because you were obeying the lust of your flesh, the lust of your mind." Who would have thought it? A nation that in its beginning understood its dependency upon God; a nation that was framed with a Constitution guaranteeing the freedom of worship of the people, a freedom to worship; a nation that placed upon its coins, "In God we trust"; A nation that placed within its national anthem the recognition of God and in its pledge to the flag acknowledged it to be one nation under God. He said the baby was too clean and needed what was in the dirt to survive. Kimchi's note is, "the high places shall not come as these; as if it was said these shall not be in futurity; and there shall not be a man or a people that shall make like these for multitudes;''. I am clothed tonight not in my own righteousness; I do not dare to stand before God pleading my own goodness before Him. That Seine shall swallow Tiber, and the Thames. And you've turned after every god, played the harlot, poured out your fornications on every one that passed by. Like you have dogs that are good natured and dogs that are bad natured. The old man supposedly hobbled out onto his front porch when he saw the car pull up and "took the scene in at once - the wan little boy holding a bloody rag to his nose, the distraught mother. 5None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. But I'll just tell you there's a couple Christians.So God speaks about Israel, their folly, and about the judgment that is going to come. Now observe here. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. The only way that I can be accepted before God is to be clothed in that linen, pure and clean, which He has given to me. And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is in the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite ( Ezekiel 16:3 ). "Live in thy blood," that is, Live, but live a life exposed to many deaths, as was the case in the beginnings of Israel's national existence, in order to magnify the grace of God [Calvin]. And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. Judah would therefore be punished, with its countryside stripped bare and the nation destroyed by enemy invaders. How tragic that a nation turns from the God who made them great, the God who made them strong, the God who clothed them, fed them, made them prosperous, and they forget their beginnings. Now verse Ezekiel 16:6 Ezekiel 16:7-8 ). I. And Engedi will be a place where they will be drying their fishing nets. Now God speaks of His work for the nation Israel, and that work of God's Spirit in making them great, making them beautiful, making them desirable, perfect in beauty. Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins which you have committed are more abominable than they: and they are more righteous than you: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that you have justified your sisters. He was literally dumping bits of earth he had ordered online into his smoothies and recipes. The most common method was to walk east and recite Ezekiel 16:6. I have caused thee then to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased [you have become great], you have become an excellent ornament: your breasts are fashioned, and your hair is grown, whereas you were naked and bare. 15 " 'But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. No wonder God destroyed them. I am the one that made this covenant with you. Because of this, blood flow in the affected area is increased. But I came by and I saw you polluted there in your blood and I said unto you, "Live.". And he comes to the Lord quite readily. New King James Version (NKJV) 6. Access 50+ premium resources. 16 You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places, where you carried on your prostitution. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! Some people are said to have the gift of healing, that is for each individual to believe or not. And Lot went to the door and said, "Go away, don't do this evil unto these men. AudioBSB - GilbertBSB - HaysBSB - SouerBSB - Gilbert + Music. They built temples in honour of their idols, that others might be invited to resort thither and join with them in the worship of their idols: "After all thy wickedness of this kind committed in private, for which, woe, woe, unto thee" (that comes in in a sad parenthesis, denoting those to be in a woeful condition who are going on in sin, and giving them warning in time, if they would but take it), "thou hast at length arrived at such a pitch of impudence as to proclaim it; thou hast long had a whore's heart, but now thou hast come to have a whore's forehead, and canst not blush," Ezekiel 16:23-35; Ezekiel 16:23-35. 4. Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. And now you've prostituted yourselves. But look how the nation today has turned its back upon God.On the Lord's day, it has become a day where people go out and worship their idols. But I interpret it more simply that she was exposed to every passer-by, and that it was in his power to engage her. Sodom shall be inhabited as Samaria, and of course, as Jerusalem. In Revelation 19 , verse Ezekiel 16:6 , He speaks about, "And the bride hath made herself ready and she was adorned in fine linen, pure and clean." And here are God's people committing this horrible sacrilege. I suppose, in reality, it was more lived than learned. And what God gives us the use of he still retains a property in. I do not believe the day is far off. It is a verse that people have used for years when someone is bleeding. You went to him, and he possessed your beauty. Blood vessels, which first narrowed to stop the bleeding, now dilate. 6 " 'And I passed by you, and I saw you kicking about in your blood, and I said to you in your blood, "Live! When he says high places with different colors, some refer this to ornaments; yet it may be taken in a bad sense, since those high places were stained, so that they could be distinguished from chase and modest dwellings; as if he had said, If you had been a modest woman, you had remained in retirement at home, as honest matrons do, and you would not have done anything to attract men to thee; but you has erected thy high places, like conspicuous houses of ill fame, as if a female, forgetful of modesty and delicacy, should set up a sign, and show her house to be open to all, and especially to her own adulterers. And of thy garments you did take, and you decked your high places with divers colors, and you played the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. Nowhere in this text is the intention to heal nosebleeds mentioned, nor any formula for invoking said healing. So I hit publish and, well, here we are . Sandals were more the dress for that, but these were luxurious leather slippers. For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about. You come to live with us, and now are you gonna judge us?" Now, these conditions of pride and prosperity and idleness of time. I dont remember where I learned it. Now every Christian ought to be out voting. BEST VALUE in digital Bible study. But now I have seen and it was not told to me half of the glory of your kingdom. Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD. Ezekiel 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.Biblical scholar R. E. Clements calls this chapter "an Old Testament parable of the prodigal daughter", describing a shocking illustration of ungrateful . Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? Ezekiel now reproves the Jews for the same vice. Nevertheless, [the Lord said,] I will remember my covenant with you [you have broken it, but I'm going to remember it] in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant ( Ezekiel 16:60 ). The Egyptians. And they smote the men with blindness so that they wearied themselves of trying to find the door. They grew proud (Ezekiel 16:15; Ezekiel 16:15): "Thou trustedst to thy beauty, and didst expect that that should make thee an interest, and didst play the harlot because of thy renown." Every penny has God's image upon it as well as Csar's. 4 And as for thy natiuity in the day thou wast borne, thy nauell was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee: thou wast not salted at all, nor swadled at all. Posted on October 18, 2016 by Stacey Lynn. She had not been washed or clothed since birth. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, 21 That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? That is, they turned away from God and they began to worship every god of all of the people that were round about. Shall we turn in our Bibles at this time to the sixteenth chapter of Ezekiel. This is insisted upon here, and often elsewhere, as one of the worst instances of their idolatry, as indeed there was none in which the devil triumphed so much over the children of men, both their natural reason and their natural affection, as in this (see Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 19:5; Jeremiah 32:35): Thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, and not only made them to pass through the fire, or between two fires, in token of their being dedicated to Moloch, but thou hast sacrificed them to be devoured,Ezekiel 16:20; Ezekiel 16:20. Since in the Mosaic Law "blood" was especially defiling, so was it also the special instrument of purification. Well, I ask you to look at the United States today. Spiritually, till the sinner is made sensible of his abject helplessness, he will not appreciate the provisions of God's grace. That day is coming. And now is not Jerusalem in all this made to know her abominations? They were ready to close with every temptation of this kind, though ever so absurd. 255 likes. NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. 3. But is whoredom, is spiritual whoredom, a small matter? But you did trust in your own beauty, and you played the harlot because of your renown, and you poured out your fornications on every one that passed by; his it was ( Ezekiel 16:15 ). The righteousness which is of Christ through faith.Now, the difficulty is when a person does have more of a problem with his disposition, he is usually more conscious and aware of his need for help. As, (1.) You've taken those things that I have given and you've profaned them. Acts 7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. Genesis 31:35 Verse Concepts There is a Dr. Peterson, there is a George Rhoda, both of them outstanding born again Christians running for school board. The people made phallic images out of Gods gifts with which they engaged in sex (Ezekiel 16:17; cf. Entering into that covenant relationship where God claimed them as His own, as His bride. No, I couldnt bury something like that. 22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. And thus we were when Christ came, but He washed us. (LogOut/ Burning them in the fire, casting them into the fire, or putting them into the arms of the little outstretched iron gods of Baal that were heated in the fire till they were red hot and then they would place their babies in those red hot arms and burn them as an offering unto the gods. When the conditions of a nation become so corrupt and immoral that men of this character feel a forwardness in expressing themselves publicly and begin to parade in public demonstrations, you know that you are at the end of the rope. The washing of the regeneration of the Word of God. Ezekiel 16:6. Im simply putting this up as one of the old time things I remember from my childhood. ""I blessed you, I honored you, I prospered you. They had been under the rebukes of Providence for their sins, and yet they persisted in them (Ezekiel 16:27; Ezekiel 16:27): I have stretched out my hand over thee, to threaten and frighten thee. The Bible inspires quite a few of the verbal charms used in Ozark Folk Magic, some of which are exactly the same as those used by the Pennsylvania Dutch Brauchers. They broke the covenant and they gave themselves over to every god and idol and abomination. How many of you have really planned to vote? 7 Grow up; I will make you like a plant of the field.". Ive never heard that aspect of it, nor have I heard that the gift has to be passed from a man, to a woman, to a man, back to a woman, and so forth. Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. New King James Version (NKJV). Rara est concordia form atque pudiciti--Beauty and chastity are seldom associated 2. 17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them, 18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them. So I will make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from me, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry. God walked by the baby, flailing around in her own blood, and gave her the power to live. "You were not washed in water; you were not salted nor swaddled.". I have witnessed this working on nosebleeds, cuts, and more and have recited the verse over my own daughter when her nose was bleeding at a steady stream, and it stopped almost immediately. It reads: "And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live." Not just anybody can use it. "Through My comeliness which I had put on thee," saith the Lord.And so God works in us His work of the Spirit. 26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. "In this respect the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms: others are courted, but thou makest court to those that do not follow thee, art fond of making leagues and alliances with those heathen nations that despise thee; others have gifts given them, but thou givest thy gifts, the gifts which God had graciously given thee, to thy idols; herein thou art like a wife that commits adultery, not for gain, as harlots do, but entirely for the sin's sake." And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. Apparently, its a belief that goes back much further than my generation or my parents generation because, as I have spoken with people over the years, it seems to be common knowledge among mountain people. So speaks about salting and the swaddling it, wrapping it up in this blanket kind of thing to swaddle the baby. And that's, of course, the whole thing, the rationale, the justification, "Well, you know, every man has a freedom to express himself however he desires, and no one has the right to dictate their moral standards on other people, you know.". Bibliographical InformationHenry, Matthew. Ezekiel 16:6 Context Crossref Comm Hebrew Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version "'Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, "Live!" New Living Translation "But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. 2. No wonder God allowed Nebuchadnezzar to drive them out of the land. The umbilical chord was not cut. Thou hast committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbors, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. But it was a soft leather that was usually dyed purple and was the favorite of the young girls for their slippers. When they had multiplied their idols and superstitious usages beyond measure, yet still they were enquiring after new gods and new fashions in worship. To stop the bleeding they would quote this verse. Because it debauches the conscience, sears and hardens it; and those who by their idolatries dishonour the divine nature, and change the truth of God into a lie and his glory into shame, God justly punishes by giving them over to a reprobate mind, to dishonour the human nature with vile affections, Romans 1:23, c. It is a besotting bewitching sin and, when men are given up to it, they seldom recover themselves out of the snare. And as God works in us by His Spirit, the purpose is to conform us into the image of Christ. Ezekiel 16:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful . To someone who has never seen this happen, it sounds a little spooky or irreligious. 5 None eye pitied thee to doe any of these vnto thee, to haue compassion vpon thee, but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast borne. This is that which is here all along represented (as often elsewhere) under the similitude of whoredom and adultery, 1. However, if the person is not present, the charm is used by speaking the persons name before the recitation of the charm, during each recitation, while walking towards the east. And so God took so much care and so much skill to clothe us with the righteousness which is of Jesus Christ through faith. Now, this is all a foreshadowing of the relationship of Jesus Christ to His church. But, of course, it's out of context. Share Read Full Chapter. Note: This charm is recorded as part of folk lore and is not meant to be a substitution to professional Medical Assistance. They give gifts to all whores: but you have given gifts to all of your lovers, and you've hired them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom ( Ezekiel 16:32-33 ). Yet that was not the worst of it: it was an irreparable wrong to God himself, who challenged a special property in their children more than in their gold and silver and their meat: They are my children (Ezekiel 16:21; Ezekiel 16:21), the sons and daughters which thou hast borne unto me,Ezekiel 16:20; Ezekiel 16:20. Because the more I wrote, the crazier it sounded. But he said, "I never go out without my bag of salt." The Targum joins this with the preceding clause, ""and playedst the harlot" with them, as is not right and fit''. Access 50+ premium resources. It just seems like it was always there, was always a fact and always worked. And justly will that beauty, that excellency, at length be made the object of the loathing of others which men have made the matter of their own pride. So likewise, after the Israelites had spent centuries away from God in Egypt, he saved them from shame and made them his own people by covenant at Mt Sinai (8-14).But the woman was not faithful to the marriage covenant. They forget how that God watched over the early colonists. The queen of Sheba came from the south to see and to hear. It was like an unwanted baby girl thrown out at birth and left to die (16:1-5). And they were, because soft leather, they were worn for parties and for luxuries. Global Prayer Ministries exists to pray and promote prayer in the Body of Christ. 1706.return to 'Jump List'. It all depends on what the people are that live within that city. As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. How came the people of God to be drawn away to the service of idols? And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. Sermon preached at Faith Protestant Reformed Church by Prof. Russell Dykstra on February 22, 2015.1. Nakedness represents deprivation of all the blessings of salvation with which the Lord endowed Israel and made it glorious, after He had adopted it as the people of His possession. "You haven't remembered how you were naked and had nothing.". 20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. "And when I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood, I said to you in your blood, 'Live!'. Probably not very many. So as the nation developed, the time came for love, and God came to the nation to receive the love, entered into a covenant, married them in that sense.

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