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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 23:41 - King James

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Eze 23:41 King James And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

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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]
bed--divan. While men reclined at table, women sat, as it seemed indelicate for them to lie down (Amo 6:4) [GROTIUS].

table--that is, the idolatrous altar.

mine incense--which I had given thee, and which thou oughtest to have offered to Me (Eze 16:18-19; Hos 2:8; compare Pro 7:17).
 
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17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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.
18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.
19 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.
4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;