They give gifts to all whores: but you have given gifts to all of your lovers, and you've hired them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom ( Ezekiel 16:32-33 ). Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 9Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. Ezekiel 16:6-8 KJV - And when I passed by thee, and saw thee - Bible They were ready to close with every temptation of this kind, though ever so absurd. The Scripture is Ezekiel Chapter 16, verse 6: And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. Note, In the account which impenitent sinners shall be called to they will be told not only of the mercies for which they have been ungrateful, but of the afflictions under which they have been incorrigible, Amos 4:11. And those that dont probably never will. Or it may refer to the inroads which the Philistines made upon the south of Judah in the reign of Ahaz, by which it was weakened and impoverished, and which was the beginning of sorrows to them (2 Chronicles 28:18); but they did not take warning by those judgments, and therefore were justly abandoned to ruin at last. Entering into that covenant relationship where God claimed them as His own, as His bride. Ezekiel 16:16 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org Ezekiel 16:6 Commentaries: "When I passed by you and saw - Bible Hub The girl survived and grew, though without training or upbringing (6-7).Many years later, by which time the girl had reached an age when she might marry, the same traveller happened to see her again. For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant ( Ezekiel 16:52-59 ). And your fame, your renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty." Isaiah 51:23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over. The Scripture is Ezekiel Chapter 16, verse 6: And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way [or every street], and you make your high place in every street; and you have not been as the harlot, in that thou hast scornest hire ( Ezekiel 16:28-31 ); You're even worse than a prostitute. But those that forsake this living fountain for broken cisterns will find themselves soon surfeited, but never satisfied; they have soon enough of the gods they have, and are still enquiring after more. And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD ( Ezekiel 16:61-63 ). In this way they understand that the insane lust of the people is condemned, as if it were a prodigy, such as was never seen, nor yet to be expected. God said, "You are Mine. The people made phallic images out of Gods gifts with which they engaged in sex (Ezekiel 16:17; cf. And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell in thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwells at thy right hand, in the south is Sodom and her daughters. (c) Being thus in your filthiness and forsaken by all men, I took you and gave you life: by which is meant that before God wash his Church and give life, there is nothing but filthiness and death. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations ( Ezekiel 16:1-2 ). So speaks about salting and the swaddling it, wrapping it up in this blanket kind of thing to swaddle the baby. Kimchi's note is, "the high places shall not come as these; as if it was said these shall not be in futurity; and there shall not be a man or a people that shall make like these for multitudes;''. Ezekiel 16:6 KJV. And that's, of course, the whole thing, the rationale, the justification, "Well, you know, every man has a freedom to express himself however he desires, and no one has the right to dictate their moral standards on other people, you know.". Others say, that such was the multitude of high places, that nothing was ever like it; because, although the Gentiles built idols, and temples, and altars everywhere, yet the Prophet says that the madness and fury of the people surpassed the intemperance of the Gentiles: this is indeed to the purpose. "As you meandered according to the course of this world." This is awesome!!!! Upon this instance of their idolatry, which indeed ought not to pass without a particular brand, this remark is made (Ezekiel 16:20; Ezekiel 16:20), Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter? Also, if youve ever heard of The Makers Diet, the author speaks at length about how he had to add certain nutrients to his diet, and they basically came from dirt. Bible verses about Woman With Bleeding. They made images for worship of the jewels which God had given them (Ezekiel 16:17; Ezekiel 16:17): The jewels of my gold and my silver which I had given thee. "In this respect the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms: others are courted, but thou makest court to those that do not follow thee, art fond of making leagues and alliances with those heathen nations that despise thee; others have gifts given them, but thou givest thy gifts, the gifts which God had graciously given thee, to thy idols; herein thou art like a wife that commits adultery, not for gain, as harlots do, but entirely for the sin's sake." So glad you hit publish! A city as itself is not good or evil. Change). This is referred to as the blood verse. And they said, "Get out of here. And you grew up, and you became tall and reached full womanhood. Just because it seems out of sorts, doesnt mean I can discard it and wipe it from my very own slate. That is, they turned away from God and they began to worship every god of all of the people that were round about. The Blood Verse is found in the Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 16, Verse 6. Note, It is God that gives us our gold and silver; the products of trade, of art and industry, are the gifts of God's providence to us, as well as the fruits of the earth. saith the Lord GOD;) 24 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee a high place in every street.