the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Ezequiel 16:44
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
every: Ezekiel 18:2, Ezekiel 18:3, 1 Samuel 24:13
As is: Ezekiel 16:3, Ezekiel 16:45, 1 Kings 21:16, 2 Kings 17:11, 2 Kings 17:15, 2 Kings 21:9, Ezra 9:1, Psalms 106:35-38
Reciprocal: Genesis 31:1 - Jacob Proverbs 30:15 - The horseleach Ezekiel 11:12 - but Ezekiel 23:2 - two Hosea 4:5 - thy Micah 2:4 - shall
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Behold, everyone that useth proverbs,.... That affects a proverbial way of sneaking that is witty and facetious, and has a talent at satirizing and scoffing, as some have had; such were Lucian and others:
shall use [this] proverb against thee; signifying that the sins of the Jews should be well known and exposed, and they should become the subject of the gibes and jeers of men:
saying, as [is] the mother, [so is] her daughter; an ancient and common proverb, used to express a likeness and agreement between persons their nature and disposition, in their behaviour, conduct, and conversation. So the Targum,
"as are the works of the mother, so those of the daughter;''
the mother is the land of Canaan, and the daughter the congregation of Israel, as Kimchi. The Jews were the successors of the old Canaanites, and they imitated them in their practices; and, because both of their succession and imitation, they are called the daughter of them; a bad daughter of a bad mother.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The Jews prided themselves on being under the special protection of Yahweh. In the downfall of their neighbors, they found only additional grounds for confidence in their own security. Ezekiel now in severe rebuke places them on an equality with Sodom and Samaria. Alike have been their sins, except that Judah has had the preeminence in guilt. Alike shall be their punishment.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 16:44. As is the mother, so is her daughter. — כאמה בתה keimmah bittah, "As the mother, her daughter." As is the cause, so is the effect. As is the breeding, so is the practice. A silken purse cannot be made out of a swine's ear. What is bred in the bone seldom comes out of the flesh. All such proverbs show the necessity of early holy precepts, supported by suitable example.
