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Ezekiel 16:1

Ezekiel 16:1
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. The word of prophecy from the Lord, as the Targum; the following representation was made to him under a spirit of prophecy.

Again the word of the Lord…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Idolatry is frequently represented by the prophets under the figure of a wife’s unfaithfulness to her husband. This image is here so portrayed, as to exhibit the aggravation of Israel’s guilt by…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 16:1-5

Ezekiel is now among the captives in Babylon; but, as Jeremiah at Jerusalem wrote for the use of the captives though they had Ezekiel upon the spot with them (ch. 29), so Ezekiel wrote for the use of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Ezekiel 16:1-7

The exposed child rescued and adopted by Jehovah his taking to himself the family of Israel in the early patriarchal times