the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Izhibhalo Ezingcwele
UHezekile 16:57
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thy wickedness: Ezekiel 16:36, Ezekiel 16:37, Ezekiel 21:24, Ezekiel 23:18, Ezekiel 23:19, Psalms 50:21, Lamentations 4:22, Hosea 2:10, Hosea 7:1, 1 Corinthians 4:5
reproach: 2 Kings 16:5-7, 2 Chronicles 28:5, 2 Chronicles 28:6, 2 Chronicles 28:18-23, Isaiah 7:1, Isaiah 14:28
Syria: Heb. Aram, Genesis 10:22, Genesis 10:23, Numbers 23:7
the daughters: Ezekiel 16:27
despise: or, spoil, Jeremiah 33:24
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 1:20 - Philistines Ezekiel 22:4 - have I Ezekiel 39:26 - they have borne Zechariah 9:7 - he that
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Before thy wickedness was discovered,.... By the punishment of it, by the judgments of God brought upon them; then they were humbled, who before were proud and haughty; and might speak and think of the vengeance of God on Sodom, which before they made no mention of. It is a sad thing only to know sin, and to have it discovered only by the punishment of it:
as at the time of [thy] reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all [that are] round about her, the daughters of the Philistines; this seems to refer to the times of Ahaz, when the Syrians smote the men of Judah; and carried many of them captive; and the Philistines invaded the cities of the low country, and southern parts of Judah, and took many of them, 2 Chronicles 28:5; at which time the wickedness of the Jews was discovered; and it was a plain case they had sinned against the Lord, by his suffering their enemies to come upon them, and prevail over them; which was to their reproach. The Syrians reproached them, and so did the Philistines:
which despise thee round about; they spoiled and plundered them on all sides; and treated them with scorn and contempt, who before were formidable and terrible to them: thus it is with a people when they are left of God, they are despised by men.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Thy reproach - Rather, the “reproach.” In his march toward Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar attacked and overthrew Damascus and other Syrian towns. The Jews exulted, not foreseeing that this was but a precursor of that ruin which should discover their own wickedness.
