Ezekiel 16:36
in Ezekiel 16This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness uncovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers; and because of all the idols of thy abominations, and for the blood of thy children, that thou didst give unto them;
KJV
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;
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This verse in Ezekiel 16
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThy filthiness was poured out - נחשתך nechushtech. As this word signifies a sort of metal, (brass), it is generally supposed to mean money. They had given money literally to these heathen nations to procure their friendship and assistance; but the word also means verdigris, the poisonous rust of copper or brass. It is properly translated in our version filthiness, poisonous filth. Does it not refer to that venereal virus which is engendered by promiscuous connexions?
This site's exposition
O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD
on Ezekiel 16:35-39
“I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure,” and they become her judges, for “they will see you completely naked.” She receives “the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood.” The stripping undoes the clothing of verses 10 to 13.
This site's exposition
you poured out your wealth
The Hebrew word behind wealth is nechosheth, copper or bronze, and Clarke takes it as money given to the heathen nations. He notes it can also mean filth. The blood of the children stands beside the money as a second charge.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 35 and following) Therefore, prostitute, listen to the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God: Because your bronze has been poured out, and your disgrace has been revealed in your fornication (in your adulteries), with your lovers, and with the idols of your abominations, in the blood of your sons, whom you have given to them.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Thus saith the Lord God, because thy filthiness was poured out,.... Or, "thy brass" (p).
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
English Version is better: thy filthy lewdness is poured out without restraint (compare Jer 13:27). As silver is an emblem of purity, brass typifies "filthiness," because it easily contracts rust. HENDERSON explains it, "Because thy money was lavished on thy lovers" (Eze 16:31, 33, 34). blood of thy children-- (Eze 16:20;
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The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּֽה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֞ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהֹוִ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| יַ֣עַן | yaan | because | H3282 → | 99 times |
| הִשָּׁפֵ֤ךְ | hishafekh | was poured out | H8210 → | 114 times |
| נְחֻשְׁתֵּךְ֙ | nechushtekh | lust your | H5178 → | 140 times |
| וַתִּגָּלֶ֣ה | vatigaleh | and it was uncovered | H1540 → | 186 times |
| עֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְ | ʾervatekh | nakedness your | H6172 → | 54 times |
| בְּתַזְנוּתַ֖יִךְ | betaznutayikh | in prostitution<s> your | H8457 → | 20 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | with | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מְאַהֲבָ֑יִךְ | meahavayikh | lovers your | H157 → | 211 times |
| וְעַל֙ | veal | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| גִּלּוּלֵ֣י | gilulei | [the] idols of | H1544 → | 48 times |
| תוֹעֲבוֹתַ֔יִךְ | toavotayikh | abominations your | H8441 → | 117 times |
| וְכִדְמֵ֣י | vekhidmei | and according to [the] blood<s> of | H1818 → | 360 times |
| בָנַ֔יִךְ | vanayikh | children your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָתַ֖תְּ | natat | you gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָהֶֽם׃ | lahem | to them |
כֹּֽה־thus
koh-H3541 →577 times
אָמַ֞רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהֹוִ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
יַ֣עַןbecause
yaanH3282 →99 times
הִשָּׁפֵ֤ךְwas poured out
hishafekhH8210 →114 times
נְחֻשְׁתֵּךְ֙lust your
nechushtekhH5178 →140 times
וַתִּגָּלֶ֣הand it was uncovered
vatigalehH1540 →186 times
עֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְnakedness your
ʾervatekhH6172 →54 times
בְּתַזְנוּתַ֖יִךְin prostitution<s> your
betaznutayikhH8457 →20 times
עַל־with
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מְאַהֲבָ֑יִךְlovers your
meahavayikhH157 →211 times
וְעַל֙and on
vealH5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
גִּלּוּלֵ֣י[the] idols of
giluleiH1544 →48 times
תוֹעֲבוֹתַ֔יִךְabominations your
toavotayikhH8441 →117 times
וְכִדְמֵ֣יand according to [the] blood<s> of
vekhidmeiH1818 →360 times
בָנַ֔יִךְchildren your
vanayikhH1121 →4930 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָתַ֖תְּyou gave
natatH5414 →2011 times
לָהֶֽם׃to them
lahem
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
Jeremiah 2:34Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
it leads to
- 2 Kings 21:16
Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the…
- 2 Kings 24:4
and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
- Jeremiah 19:4
because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever…
- 2 Kings 21:16
Through
Ezekiel 23:8She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.
it leads to
- Exodus 32:4
He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of…
- Ezekiel 23:3
and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.
- Exodus 32:4
Through
Ezekiel 23:18When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.
it leads to
- Psalms 78:59
On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
- Jeremiah 12:8
My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
- Psalms 106:40
So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- Psalms 78:59
Where this verse is studied
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.