30 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; 31 In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire; 32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! What were the particulars of it. The washing of our lives through the blood of Jesus Christ. 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." saith the Lord GOD;) 24 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee a high place in every street. They were weak in understanding and in resolution (Ezekiel 16:30; Ezekiel 16:30): How weak is thy heart, seeing thou dost all these things. So God said, "I've begun to turn you over to your enemies.". Yes, I said to you in your blood, 'Live!'. They were haughty, they committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away [as I saw fit] as I saw good. You were cast out. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Nowhere in this text is the intention to heal nosebleeds mentioned, nor any formula for invoking said healing. Ezekiel 16 - The Harlot Wife of Yahweh. In a matter of hours, the bleeding stops, after which the process of inflammation begins, which is a complex, multi-stage reaction of the body. They had sacrificed their children to their idols. Just the fashions of the world. King James Version (KJV). Have you ever utilized the blood-stopping verse Ezekiel 16:6? which intimates that there were those who made a small matter of it, and turned it into a jest. Now the badger of the scripture, what that Hebrew word is today we don't know. 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. 255 likes. But it was a soft leather that was usually dyed purple and was the favorite of the young girls for their slippers. That righteousness that is ours is that which God has imputed to us through our faith in Jesus Christ. so Ben Melech; and , "high places", does agree with , "come". 9Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. "But you see, behind this scene there was the pride, there was the prosperity, there was the idleness of time. Now verse Ezekiel 16:6 Ezekiel 16:7-8 ). And having run the gamut of kinky flesh and not finding any satisfaction, only a greater lust, they began to burn in their lust for each other. 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. What were the causes of this sin. 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. Thou hast committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbors, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. Your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown, but you were naked and bare. He had created them, took them when they were nothing, made them great, made them beautiful. A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts repeat. 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. 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 ). They were fond of the idols of those nations which had been their oppressors and persecutors. View more Ezekiel 16:6 meaning, interpretation, and commentary "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." 26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. This is referred to as the blood verse. If he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman in her time of menstrual impurity, . 3. The umbilical chord was not cut. So this is God's indictment against Sodom. 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. equals , pubes. 33 They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom. Neither hath Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and you have justified your sisters in all your abominations which you have done ( Ezekiel 16:50-51 ). They worshipped all the idols that came in their way, all that they were ever courted to the worship of; they were at the beck of all their neighbours (Ezekiel 16:15; Ezekiel 16:15): Thou pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. 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.". And the way of sin is down-hill. But is whoredom, is spiritual whoredom, a small matter? Israel was unfaithful to the one who had done so much for her. God here speaks after the manner of men. Hi Ann! I had a cousin one time whos baby became deathly ill and the old timey doctor that she took the child to gave her one thing to do let the child get DIRTY lol. 1706.return to 'Jump List'. What was the sin of Sodom? I have heard my grandmother pray it over people and seen results as well! 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. And the area of the Dead Sea will no doubt become a verdant, beautiful valley again. 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. The Targum is, "thou hast made for thyself high places covered with idols": and so the Septuagint version renders it, "idols sewed together". Misn. The child grew (, as in Genesis 21:20; Deuteronomy 30:16), and came into ornament of cheeks ( with , to enter into a thing, as in Ezekiel 16:8; not to proceed in, as Hitzig supposes). She is weak, and yet an imperious whorish woman. 4. Maybe someone else remembers it too , Sis, I have heard this blood verse so many times when I was growing up. You were meandering through life. II. God sees you in Christ, and in Christ there is no condemnation for those that are in Christ Jesus. Whereas that person who is morally good, he's honest, he's sincere, you know, he has all of these qualities, so often that person does not feel a need of coming to Jesus Christ. He did so here. It all depends on what the people are that live within that city. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. You come to live with us, and now are you gonna judge us?" No foreign idol could be imported, no new god invented, but they were ready to catch at it, as a common trumpet that prostitutes herself to all comers and multiplies her whoredoms,Ezekiel 16:25; Ezekiel 16:25. "And I girded thee about with fine linen." Flowing in that way of the world. Deuteronomy 9:4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. 8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. It was like an unwanted baby girl thrown out at birth and left to die (16:1-5). 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. How that when the Lord first came to us, we were polluted because of our sins. 34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary. He's a sinner, he knows he's a sinner, and he knows he needs help. There is nothing that makes us spiritually acceptable. He said, "It's the great antiseptic and it'll cause it to heal faster and it'll keep it from any infection from setting up. 6 " 'And I passed by you, and I saw you kicking about in your blood, and I said to you in your blood, "Live! And your fame, your renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty." And as God works in us by His Spirit, the purpose is to conform us into the image of Christ. In this chapter Ezekiel describes Judahs relationship with Yahweh by means of a long and colourful illustration. 4. NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. 28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. 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? Follow Don't Forget The Old Ways on WordPress.com. In thy blood - may be connected either with "I said" or with "Live." 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 ). Ezekiel 16:6 New International Version 6 "'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!"[ a] Read full chapter Footnotes Ezekiel 16:6 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts repeat and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, "Live!" I see these as the fruit of the Spirit, whose adorning, Peter said, "let it not be the outward adorning by the wearing of fancy clothes and the putting on of jewelry and the fixing up of your hair, but that inward adornment of the meek and quite spirit, which in the eyes of the Lord is very, very valuable" ( 1 Peter 3:3 ). All rights reserved worldwide. The Deserted Newborn2. Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou hast corrupted more than they in all of your ways ( Ezekiel 16:34-47 ).
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