Ezekiel 16:12 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 16:12

I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.

BSB

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ASV

And I put a ring upon thy nose, and ear-rings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.

KJV

And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

And you are adorned with gold and silver. We have often said that gold pertains to the mind, and silver to eloquence. May the Lord grant us to receive divine understanding and wisdom, and to bring forth with eloquence what we conceive in our minds, and by no means to make an idol out of them as heretics do, of whom it is written: 'I gave them silver and gold, but they made a Baal out of silver and gold' (Hosea 2:8). And this, according to spiritual understanding, is more suited to the adornment of women.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And I put a jewel on thy forehead,.... The same with the nose jewel, which was hung upon the forehead, and reached down to the nose and mouth; and, however disagreeable it may seem to us, was reckoned very ornamental in the eastern countries, Isa 3:21; and where now, as in Persia, as well as in all the Levant, the women put rings through their noses, which they pierce with needles, as Monsieur Thevenot (z) relates; so Dr. Shaw (a) says that nose jewels are used still by the Levant Arabs.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I put a jewel on thy forehead - על אפך al appech, upon thy nose. This is one of the most common ornaments among ladies in the east. European translators, not knowing what to make of a ring in the nose, have rendered it, a jewel on thy forehead or mouth, (though they have sometimes a piece of gold or jewel fastened to the center of their forehead.) I have already spoken of this Asiatic custom, so often referred to in the sacred writings: see Gen 24:22, Gen 24:42; Exo 32:2; Job 42:11; Pro 11:22; Isa 3:21; Hos 2:13.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֶתֵּ֥ן	va.'e.Ten	and I put	H5414 →
נֶ֙זֶם֙	ne.zem	a ring	H5141 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
אַפֵּ֔ךְ	'a.Pekh	nose your	H639 →
וַעֲגִילִ֖ים	va.'a.gi.Lim	and earrings	H5694 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
אָזְנָ֑יִךְ	'a.ze.Na.yikh	ears your	H241 →
וַעֲטֶ֥רֶת	va.'a.Te.ret	and a crown of	H5850 →
תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת	tif.'E.ret	beauty	H8597 →
בְּרֹאשֵֽׁךְ׃	be.ro.Shekh	on head your	H7218 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
Jeremiah 13:18
Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 22:26
  I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.
- 2 Kings 24:12
  Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him…
- 2 Kings 24:15
  Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12
  And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 33:19
  His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled…
Through
Isaiah 28:5
On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:4
  And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
- Isaiah 60:19
  No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
- Isaiah 62:3
  You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.

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03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ezekiel