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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 16:19 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 16:19 |
King James |
My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
My meat . . . I gave-- (Hos 2:8).
set it before them--as a minchah or "meat offering" (Lev 2:1).
a sweet savour--literally "a savor of rest," that is, whereby they might be propitiated, and be at peace ("rest") with you; how ridiculous to seek to propitiate gods of wood!
thus it was--The fact cannot be denied, for I saw it, and say it was so, saith Jehovah. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Allusion is here made to some rite like the Roman "Lectisternia," in which public tables were set forth for feasts in honor of idols. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| For a sweet savour - To gain the favour of the idol. Thus it was - All which is undeniable. |
1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.