Ezekiel 16:23
in Ezekiel 16Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it is come to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah),
KJV
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord God;)
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This verse in Ezekiel 16
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(Verse 23 and following) And it came to pass after all your wickedness: woe, woe to you, says the Lord God. And you built yourself a brothel, and made for yourself a prostitute in all the streets. At every head of the road you built a sign of your prostitution, and you made your abominable beauty, and you spread your feet to everyone passing by, and multiplied your fornications. And you fornicated with the sons of Egypt, your neighbors with great flesh, and you multiplied your fornication to provoke me.
This site's exposition
in addition to all your other wickedness
on Ezekiel 16:23-29
The chapter lists Jerusalem’s foreign alliances as adultery, with “the Egyptians,” “the Assyrians,” and “Chaldea, the land of merchants.” Each is a paid affair that leaves her reaching for the next, and the refrain is “you were not satisfied.” The political history of the late kings runs through the figure.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
Their bodies are corrupted, and the soul is wounded.
For what saith He? "An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign." Now what He saith is to this effect: What marvel if ye behave so to me who have been hitherto unknown to you when even to the Father, of whom ye have had so much experience, ye have done the very same? forsaking Him, ye have run unto the devils, drawing to yourselves wicked lovers. With this Ezekiel too was continually upbraiding them.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
woe, woe unto thee, &c.--This parenthetical exclamation has an awful effect coming like a lightning flash of judgment amidst the black clouds of Israel's guilt.
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
After all ... - Besides these things, there was the introduction of other idolatrous rites from the nations with whom Israel had contact.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֕י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אַחֲרֵ֖י | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| רָעָתֵ֑ךְ | raatekh | wickedness your | H7451 → | 662 times |
| א֣וֹי | ʾo | woe! | H188 → | 24 times |
| א֣וֹי | ʾo | woe! | H188 → | 24 times |
| לָ֔ךְ | lakh | to you | ||
| נְאֻ֖ם | neum | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
וַיְהִ֕יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
אַחֲרֵ֖יafter
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
רָעָתֵ֑ךְwickedness your
raatekhH7451 →662 times
א֣וֹיwoe!
ʾoH188 →24 times
א֣וֹיwoe!
ʾoH188 →24 times
לָ֔ךְto you
lakh
נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of
neumH5002 →376 times
אֲדֹנָ֥י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 8:13And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded…
it leads to
- Revelation 9:12
The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.
- Revelation 11:14
The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming shortly.
- Revelation 14:6
Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
- Ezekiel 2:10
which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
- Hebrews 1:14
Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- Revelation 9:12
Through
Ezekiel 13:3This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, yet have seen nothing.
it leads to
- Lamentations 2:14
The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
- Jeremiah 23:28–32
Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
- Lamentations 2:14
Through
Ezekiel 24:6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 22:2
“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations
- Ezekiel 22:2
Where this verse is studied
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 43:1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 7:6.