Ezekiel 16:45
in Ezekiel 16You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
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ASV
Thou art the daughter of thy mother, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
KJV
Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
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This verse in Ezekiel 16
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Moab and Ammon, the incestuous children of Lot, nephew of Abraham, Israel's progenitor, had their origin from Sodom; so Sodom might be called Judah's sister. Samaria, answering to the ten tribes of Israel, is, of course, sister to Judah.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers5 voices
Where there are sins, where there are multitudes of people, there are schisms, there are heresies, there are dissensions. But where there is virtue, there is unity, union, from which the single heart and spirit of all believers were made.
To put it more clearly, the origin of all evils is the multitude, but the origin of good things is to retire from the crowd and to confine oneself to the solitary life.
As the Father and Son are one, so those who have one Spirit are brought together in unity.
He had said above: your father is Amorrhæan, and your mother Chethæan; here with the order and number changed: Your mother is Chethæan, and your father is Amorrhæan. For when they have advanced in wickedness, they are divided into parts; and deserted unity, they make progress into a tumult and multitude, which is not able to ascend to the mountains with Jesus.
(Verse. 45 seqq.) Your mother Hethaea (also spelled Chethaea), and your father Amorrhaeus, and your older sister Samaria: she and her daughters who live on your left. But your younger sister, who lives on your right, is Sodom and her daughters. But you did not walk in their ways, nor did you commit crimes like theirs, but rather, you committed even more wicked things in all your ways. LXX: Your mother Chethaea, and your father Amorrhaeus, your older sister Samaria: she and her daughters who live on your left, and your younger sister, who lives on your right, is Sodom and her daughters: and even so, you did not walk in her ways, nor did you act according to her wickedness, but rather, you transgressed against them in all your ways. He had said above: your father is Amorrhæan, and your mother Chethæan; here with the order and number changed: Your mother is Chethæan, and your father is Amorrhæan. For when they have advanced in wickedness, they are divided into parts; and deserted unity, they make progress into a tumult and multitude, which is not able to ascend to the mountains with Jesus. But Jerusalem is the sister of Samaria, and Sodom, of which one is on the left, the other on the right, even according to the carnal understanding, if you look from the temple at Jerusalem towards the East, you will approve. Majorca is said to be Samaria, because it sinned first and was led into captivity by the Assyrians; and Minor and younger Sodom, which is related to a multitude of nations. Otherwise, at that time Sodom was not there, which we read about before in the Scriptures, with Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, it was destroyed by divine fire (Gen. 19). […]
2 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Thou - The nation of the Jews. Thy mother's daughter - As much in thy inclinations, as for thy original. Loatheth - That was weary of the best husband.
Thou art thy mother's daughter,.... Exactly like her; they that have known the one must know the other.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּת־ | bat- | [are] [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| אִמֵּ֣ךְ | ʾimekh | mother your | H517 → | 220 times |
| אַ֔תְּ | ʾat | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| גֹּעֶ֥לֶת | goelet | [who] loathed | H1602 → | |
| אִישָׁ֖הּ | ʾishah | husband her | H376 → | 1663 times |
| וּבָנֶ֑יהָ | uvaneiha | and children her | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וַאֲח֨וֹת | vaachot | and [are] [the] sister of | H269 → | 114 times |
| אֲחוֹתֵ֜ךְ | ʾachotekh | sister your | H269 → | 114 times |
| אַ֗תְּ | ʾat | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| גָּֽעֲ֙לוּ֙ | gaalu | they loathed | H1602 → | |
| אַנְשֵׁיהֶ֣ן | ʾansheihen | husbands their | H582 → | 566 times |
| וּבְנֵיהֶ֔ן | uveneihen | and children their | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אִמְּכֶ֣ן | ʾimekhen | mother your | H517 → | 220 times |
| חִתִּ֔ית | chitit | [was] a Hittite | H2850 → | |
| וַאֲבִיכֶ֖ן | vaavikhen | and father your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| אֱמֹרִֽי׃ | ʾemori | [was] an Amorite | H567 → |
בַּת־[are] [the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
אִמֵּ֣ךְmother your
ʾimekhH517 →220 times
אַ֔תְּyou
ʾatH859 →1094 times
גֹּעֶ֥לֶת[who] loathed
goeletH1602 →
אִישָׁ֖הּhusband her
ʾishahH376 →1663 times
וּבָנֶ֑יהָand children her
uvaneihaH1121 →4930 times
וַאֲח֨וֹתand [are] [the] sister of
vaachotH269 →114 times
אֲחוֹתֵ֜ךְsister your
ʾachotekhH269 →114 times
אַ֗תְּyou
ʾatH859 →1094 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
גָּֽעֲ֙לוּ֙they loathed
gaaluH1602 →
אַנְשֵׁיהֶ֣ןhusbands their
ʾansheihenH582 →566 times
וּבְנֵיהֶ֔ןand children their
uveneihenH1121 →4930 times
אִמְּכֶ֣ןmother your
ʾimekhenH517 →220 times
חִתִּ֔ית[was] a Hittite
chititH2850 →
וַאֲבִיכֶ֖ןand father your
vaavikhenH1 →1212 times
אֱמֹרִֽי׃[was] an Amorite
ʾemoriH567 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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it leads to
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- Jeremiah 2:2–3
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- Romans 5:8
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Isaiah 43:4
Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
- Exodus 32:13
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it leads to
- Isaiah 5:24
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected…
- Jeremiah 2:17
Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
- Isaiah 5:24
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Zechariah 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
it leads to
- John 15:18
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
- John 15:18
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL 5:16.45-47; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 9:1 and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 1:9.