Ezekiel 16:2

2 Fils de l'homme, fais connaître à Jérusalem ses abominations.

Ezekiel 16:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:2

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.''

Ezekiel 16:2 In-Context

1 La parole de l'Éternel me fut adressée en ces termes:
2 Fils de l'homme, fais connaître à Jérusalem ses abominations.
3 Dis: Ainsi a dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel, à Jérusalem: Par ton origine et ta naissance tu es du pays de Canaan; ton père est un Amoréen, ta mère une Héthienne.
4 A ta naissance, au jour où tu naquis, ton nombril ne fut point coupé, tu ne fus point lavée dans l'eau pour être nettoyée, tu ne fus pas purifiée avec du sel, ni enveloppée de langes.
5 Aucun œil n'eut pitié de toi, pour te faire aucune de ces choses par compassion pour toi; mais tu fus jetée sur la surface d'un champ, par mépris pour ta vie, au jour de ta naissance.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.