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New Century Version

Ezekiel 16:2

"Human, tell Jerusalem about her hateful actions.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ingratitude to God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ashtoreth, Plural Ash'taroth;   Fornication;   Harlot;   Solomon's Song;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Song of Songs;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Kedar;   Naked;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Solomon the song of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Sacrifice, Human;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable practices.
Hebrew Names Version
Son of man, cause Yerushalayim to know her abominations;
King James Version
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
English Standard Version
"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,
New American Standard Bible
"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,
Amplified Bible
"Son of man, make Jerusalem understand [the heinous and vile nature of] her repulsive (idolatrous) acts
World English Bible
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Sonne of man, cause Ierusalem to knowe her abominations,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations
Legacy Standard Bible
"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations
Berean Standard Bible
"Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations
Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, remind the people of Jerusalem of their disgusting sins
Complete Jewish Bible
"Human being, make Yerushalayim realize how disgusting her practices are.
Darby Translation
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
Easy-to-Read Version
"Son of man, tell the people of Jerusalem about the terrible things they have done.
George Lamsa Translation
Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,
Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "point out to Jerusalem what disgusting things she has done.
Lexham English Bible
"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem its detestable things,
Literal Translation
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou sonne of man, shewe the cite of Ierusalem their abhominacions,
American Standard Version
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations;
Bible in Basic English
Son of man, make clear to Jerusalem her disgusting ways,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
King James Version (1611)
Son of man, cause Ierusalem to know her abominations,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou sonne of man, shewe Hierusale their abhominations,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Son of man, testify to Jerusalem of her iniquities;
English Revised Version
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he seide, Sone of man, make thou knowun to Jerusalem her abhomynaciouns; and thou schalt seie,
Update Bible Version
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her disgusting behaviors;
Webster's Bible Translation
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
New English Translation
"Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominable practices
New King James Version
"Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
New Living Translation
"Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable sins.
New Life Bible
"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her hated sins.
New Revised Standard
Mortal, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Son of man Let Jerusalem know her abominations,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations.
Revised Standard Version
"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,
Young's Literal Translation
`Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, and thou hast said:

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord spoke his word to me, saying: 2 "Human, tell Jerusalem about her hateful actions. 3 Say, ‘This is what the Lord God says to Jerusalem: Your beginnings and your ancestors were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite. 4 On the day you were born, your cord was not cut. You were not washed with water to clean you. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths. 5 No one felt sorry enough for you to do any of these things for you. No, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were hated on the day you were born.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

cause: Ezekiel 20:4, Ezekiel 22:2, Ezekiel 23:36, Ezekiel 33:7-9, Isaiah 58:1, Hosea 8:1

abominations: Ezekiel 8:9-17

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 2:1 - Son Micah 3:8 - to declare

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
The man said, "You gave this woman to me and she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it."
Genesis 3:17
Then God said to the man, "You listened to what your wife said, and you ate fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat. "So I will put a curse on the ground, and you will have to work very hard for your food. In pain you will eat its food all the days of your life.
Genesis 16:1
Sarai, Abram's wife, had no children, but she had a slave girl from Egypt named Hagar.
Genesis 16:2
Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the Lord has not allowed me to have children, so have sexual relations with my slave girl. If she has a child, maybe I can have my own family through her." Abram did what Sarai said.
Genesis 16:4
Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When Hagar learned she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress Sarai badly.
Genesis 16:6
But Abram said to Sarai, "You are Hagar's mistress. Do anything you want to her." Then Sarai was hard on Hagar, and Hagar ran away.
Genesis 16:9
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Go home to your mistress and obey her."
Genesis 16:10
The angel also said, "I will give you so many descendants they cannot be counted."
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her and give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will come from her."
Genesis 18:10
Then the Lord said, "I will certainly return to you about this time a year from now. At that time your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent which was behind him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations. That is, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as the Targum; these are mentioned instead of the whole body of the people, because that Jerusalem was the metropolis of the nation, whose sins were very many and heinous: called "abominations", because abominable to God, and rendered them so to him; particularly their idolatries are meant; which, though committed by them, and so must be known to them, yet were not owned, confessed, and repented of by them, they not being convinced of the evil of them; in order to which the prophet is bid to set them before them, and show them the evil nature of them; and which he might do by writing to them, for he himself was now in Chaldea with the captives there. The Targum is,

"son of man, reprove the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and show them their abominations.''

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 16:2. Cause Jerusalem to know her abominations — And such a revelation of impurity never was seen before or since. Surely the state of the Jews, before the Babylonish captivity, was the most profligate and corrupt of all the nations of the earth. This chapter contains God's manifesto against this most abominable people; and although there are many metaphors here, yet all is not metaphorical. Where there was so much idolatry, there must have been adulteries, fornications, prostitutions, and lewdness of every description. The description of the prophet is sufficiently clear, except where there is a reference to ancient and obsolete customs. What a description of crimes! The sixth satire of Juvenal is its counterpart. General remarks are all that a commentator is justified in bestowing on this very long, very circumstantial, and caustic invective. For its key, see on the thirteenth and sixty-third verses. Ezekiel 16:13; "Ezekiel 16:63".


 
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