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Ezekiel 16:2

Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations.

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,
New Century Version
"Human, tell Jerusalem about her hateful actions.
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,
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 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2 Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations. 3 And thou shalt say: Thus saith the Lord God to Jerusalem: Thy root, and thy nativity is of the land of Chanaan, thy father was an Amorrhite, and thy mother a Cethite. 4 And when thou wast born, in the day of thy nativity thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed with water for thy health, nor salted with salt, nor swaddled with clouts. 5 No eye had pity on thee to do any of these things for thee, out of compassion to thee: but thou wast cast out upon the face of the earth in the abjection of thy soul, in the day that thou wast 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
And Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life.
Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children: but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar,
Genesis 16:2
She said to her husband: Behold, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in unto my handmaid, it may be I may have children of her at least. And when he agreed to her request,
Genesis 16:4
And he went in to her. But she perceiving that she was with child, despised her mistress.
Genesis 16:6
And Abram made answer, and said to her: Behold thy handmaid is in thy own hand, use her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai afflicted her, she ran away.
Genesis 16:9
And the angel of the Lord said to her: Return to thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hand.
Genesis 16:10
And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.
Genesis 18:10
And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying, and Sara, thy wife, shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent.

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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