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Ezekiel 16:2
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“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable practices.
Son of man, cause Yerushalayim to know her abominations;
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,
"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,
"Human, tell Jerusalem about her hateful actions.
"Son of man, make Jerusalem understand [the heinous and vile nature of] her repulsive (idolatrous) acts
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations;
Sonne of man, cause Ierusalem to knowe her abominations,
"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations
"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations
"Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations
Ezekiel, son of man, remind the people of Jerusalem of their disgusting sins
"Human being, make Yerushalayim realize how disgusting her practices are.
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
"Son of man, tell the people of Jerusalem about the terrible things they have done.
Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,
"Mortal man," he said, "point out to Jerusalem what disgusting things she has done.
"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem its detestable things,
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
Thou sonne of man, shewe the cite of Ierusalem their abhominacions,
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations;
Son of man, make clear to Jerusalem her disgusting ways,
'Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
Son of man, cause Ierusalem to know her abominations,
Thou sonne of man, shewe Hierusale their abhominations,
Son of man, testify to Jerusalem of her iniquities;
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
and he seide, Sone of man, make thou knowun to Jerusalem her abhomynaciouns; and thou schalt seie,
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her disgusting behaviors;
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
"Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
"Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable sins.
"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her hated sins.
Mortal, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,
Son of man Let Jerusalem know her abominations,
Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations.
"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,
`Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, and thou hast said:
Contextual Overview
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
The man said, "The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it."
But to Adam he said, "Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.
So Sarai said to Abram, "Since the Lord has prevented me from having children, have sexual relations with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her." Abram did what Sarai told him.
He had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai.
Abram said to Sarai, "Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best." Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.
Then the Lord 's angel said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.
I will greatly multiply your descendants," the Lord 's angel added, "so that they will be too numerous to count."
I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!"
One of them said, "I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far 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".
