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Ezekiel 16:38

Ezekiel 16:38
And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And I also will give thee into their hand,.... Into the hand of their lovers and enemies that should be gathered against them, the Assyrians and Chaldeans, with others that joined them, as in Eze…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Ezekiel 16:35-43

Judah is now represented as undergoing the punishment adjudged to an adulteress and murderess. Only in her utter destruction shall the wrath of the Lord, the jealous God, cease. Eze 16:36 Filthiness -…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 16:35-43

Adultery was by the law of Moses made a capital crime. This notorious adulteress, the criminal at the bar, being in the foregoing verses found guilty, here has sentence passed upon her. It is ushered…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

shed blood Reference to child murder, Eze 16:16; Eze 16:16. Cf. ch. Eze 23:45; Lev 20:10; Deu 22:22.

give thee blood in fury Lit. make thee the blood of fury, i.e. bring on thee the bloody death which…