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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 16:27 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 16:27 |
Strong Concordance |
Behold, therefore I have stretched out [05186] my hand [03027] over thee, and have diminished [01639] thine ordinary [02706] food, and delivered [05414] thee unto the will [05315] of them that hate [08130] thee, the daughters [01323] of the Philistines [06430], which are ashamed [03637] of thy lewd [02154] way [01870]. |
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King James |
Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The consequent judgments, which, however, proved of no avail in reforming the people (Isa 9:13; Jer 5:3).
delivered thee unto . . . Philistines-- (Kg2 16:6; Ch2 28:18-19).
ashamed of thy lewd way--The Philistines were less wanton in idolatry, in that they did not, like Israel, adopt the idols of every foreign country but were content with their own (Eze 16:57; Jer 2:11). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Have diminished thine ordinary food - As a husband lessens the things which minister to the luxury of an unfaithful wife, so did the Lord cut Israel short in consequence of her unfaithfulness.
Daughters - The small cities. The Philistines have left a permanent record of their supremacy in the name of the holy land - Palestine. It was a special shame to be subjected to so small a power as that of Philistia (see Isa 14:29); but the very Philistines were ashamed of Judah's unfaithfulness, and were themselves truer to their false gods than Judah was to Yahweh. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Have diminished thine ordinary - חקך chukkech means here the household provision made for a wife - food, clothing, and money. |
11 Hath a nation [01471] changed [03235] their gods [0430], which are yet no gods [0430]? but my people [05971] have changed [04171] their glory [03519] for that which doth not profit [03276].
57 Before thy wickedness [07451] was discovered [01540], as at the time [06256] of thy reproach [02781] of the daughters [01323] of Syria [0758], and all that are round about [05439] her, the daughters [01323] of the Philistines [06430], which despise [07590] thee round about [05439].
18 The Philistines [06430] also had invaded [06584] the cities [05892] of the low country [08219], and of the south [05045] of Judah [03063], and had taken [03920] Bethshemesh [01053], and Ajalon [0357], and Gederoth [01450], and Shocho [07755] with the villages [01323] thereof, and Timnah [08553] with the villages [01323] thereof, Gimzo [01579] also and the villages [01323] thereof: and they dwelt [03427] there.
19 For the LORD [03068] brought [03665] Judah [03063] low [03665] because of Ahaz [0271] king [04428] of Israel [03478]; for he made [06544] Judah [03063] naked [06544], and transgressed [04603] sore [04604] against the LORD [03068].
6 At that time [06256] Rezin [07526] king [04428] of Syria [0758] recovered [07725] Elath [0359] to Syria [0758] [0130], and drave [05394] the Jews [03064] from Elath [0359]: and the Syrians [0726] came [0935] to Elath [0359], and dwelt [03427] there unto this day [03117].
3 O LORD [03068], are not thine eyes [05869] upon the truth [0530]? thou hast stricken [05221] them, but they have not grieved [02342]; thou hast consumed [03615] them, but they have refused [03985] to receive [03947] correction [04148]: they have made their faces [06440] harder [02388] than a rock [05553]; they have refused [03985] to return [07725].
13 For the people [05971] turneth [07725] not unto him that smiteth [05221] them, neither do they seek [01875] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
29 Rejoice [08055] not thou, whole Palestina [06429], because the rod [07626] of him that smote [05221] thee is broken [07665]: for out of the serpent's [05175] root [08328] shall come forth [03318] a cockatrice [06848], and his fruit [06529] shall be a fiery [08314] flying [05774] serpent [08314].