Ezechiël 16:36

36 Alzo zegt de Heere HEERE: Omdat uw vergif uitgestort is, en uw schaamte door uw hoererijen met uw boelen ontdekt is, en met al de drekgoden uwer gruwelen, en na het bloed uwer kinderen, dat gij hun gegeven hebt;

Ezechiël 16:36 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:36

Thus saith the Lord God, because thy filthiness was poured
out
Or, "thy brass" F16. The word is used by the Rabbins F17 for the bottom of a thing; and is here accordingly, by Kimchi and Ben Melech, interpreted of a woman's lower part; the same with her nakedness next mentioned; and from whence, by reason of her inordinate lust, and the frequent exercise of it, and that with many different persons, a gonorrhoea, as Jarchi explains it, or a filthy flux flowed, and was poured out on her lovers; from whence the filthy disease, the "lues venerea": and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers;
which she discovered or exposed to view herself, in order to entice her lovers to lie with her, and for the sake thereof; see ( Ezekiel 16:25 ) ; and with all the idols of thine abominations;
or abominable idols, which were so in themselves, were abominable to God, and made the worshippers of them so likewise; these are distinguished from her lovers, the Egyptians and Assyrians, her confederates, and by means of whose alliance she fell into idolatry: and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;
the idols, to whom they were dedicated and sacrificed; and for whose sake, and for the worship of them, they were caused to pass through the fire, and were burnt in it; and by such shocking murders, as well as idolatrous practices, the depravity of their nature, the wickedness of their hearts, their hypocrisy, treachery, and infidelity, were discovered and made known.


FOOTNOTES:

F16 (Ktvxn) (ton calkon sou) , Sept. "aes tuum", Montanus, Vatablus, Calvin, Tigurine version, Starckius; "virus tuum", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator, Grotius; "aerugo tua", Cocceius.
F17 Misn. Celim, c. 8. sect. 3. Vid. T. Bab. Nidda, fol. 41. 2. & Gloss. in ib.

Ezechiël 16:36 In-Context

34 Zo geschiedt met u in uw hoererijen het tegendeel van de vrouwen, dewijl men u niet naloopt, om te hoereren; want als gij hoerenloon geeft, en het hoerenloon u niet gegeven wordt; zo zijt gij tot een tegendeel geworden.
35 Daarom, o hoer, hoor des HEEREN woord.
36 Alzo zegt de Heere HEERE: Omdat uw vergif uitgestort is, en uw schaamte door uw hoererijen met uw boelen ontdekt is, en met al de drekgoden uwer gruwelen, en na het bloed uwer kinderen, dat gij hun gegeven hebt;
37 Daarom, zie, Ik zal al uw boelen vergaderen, met dewelke gij vermengd zijt geweest, en allen, die gij liefgehad hebt, met allen, die gij gehaat hebt; en Ik zal hen van rondom vergaderen tegen u, en Ik zal voor hen uw naaktheid ontdekken, dat zij uw ganse naaktheid zien zullen.
38 Daartoe zal Ik u naar de rechten der overspeelsters en der bloedvergietsters richten; en Ik zal u overgeven aan het bloed der grimmigheid en des ijvers.
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