Ezekiel
Chapter 16
1~~Again
the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God
came
unto me {Ezekiel the prophet}, saying, 2~~
"Son
of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations. 3``
{this will be the story of Jerusalem}
And
say, 'Thus said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah
unto
Jerusalem . . .
your
birth and your nativity is of the land of Canaan.
Your
father was an Amorite . . .
and
your mother an Hittite.
{means you did not have much going for you there boy!}
{Rugged
Birth of City of Jerusalem compared to a Physical Baby Birth}
4~~And
as for your birth,
on
the day you was born,
your
navel was not cut.
{birth cord was not cut - indicating probable death of the mother}.
Nor
were you washed in water for cleansing.
{an unwashed baby is a pretty gruesome thought}
Nor
were you rubbed down with salt
{salt
was used as an antiseptic in these days}
or
wrapped in swaddling clothes at all.
{means you were an ugly and gruesome baby}
{Hopeless
and Helpless Birth of Jerusalem - No Help from Any Human}
5~~Not
one eye pitied you . . .
to
do any of these unto you all . . .
to
have compassion upon you.
But
you were cast out in the open field . . .
to
the loathing of your person . . .
in
the day that you were born.
6~~
And when I {the Lord} passed by you . . .
and
saw you drowning in your own blood . . .
I
said unto you in your blood, "Live!
Yes,
I said unto you in your blood . . . Live!"
{Note: The dead mother is analogous to the Old Sin Nature. You were not only nothing, but you were a hideous and gruesome nothing - and that describes every human being since the fall of Adam - we are all BORN with sin and spiritually dead.}
7-8~~"I
have caused you to multiply as the bud/flowers of the field,
and
you have increased and grown great,
and
you have come to an excellent ornament.
{this is analogous to salvation and spiritual growth to an edification
complex in the soul}
Your
breasts have definition . . .
{analogous now to spiritual growth}
and
your hair is grown . . .
{female child here growing to a beautiful woman}
whereas
you were naked
{`eyrom - referring to a soul without doctrine - a naked soul}
and
bare.
{`eryah - nudity - referring to the naked body working overtime to
create scar tissue on that naked soul (before salvation and
spiritual growth)}
8~~Now
when I passed by you all,
and
looked upon you all, behold,
your
time was the time of love.
{female child has now reached the age of potential sexual
promiscuity}
And
I {God} spread My cloak over you all . . .
and
covered your nakedness.
{God did all that He could to protect her without violating her own
free will decisions}
Yes,
I swore unto you all . . .
and
entered into a covenant with you,"
said
the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
"and
you became Mine."
{salvation}
9-14~~"Then I {God} washed you with water.
Yes,
I thoroughly washed away your blood from you.
{the blood this time is sin and guilt}
And
I anointed you with oil.
{Ministry of the Spirit in the life of the believer (here the
Israelites)}
10~~I
clothed you also with broidered work,
and
shod you with badgers' skin,
{one of the finer skins used for a coat in this day}
and
I girded you about with fine linen,
and
I covered you with silk.
{God provided everything that would make a 'woman' happy}
11~~I
decked you also with ornaments,
and
I put bracelets upon your hands,
and
a chain on your neck.
12~~And
I put a jewel on your forehead,
{some kind of jewelry connected with the hair}
and
earrings in your ears,
and
a beautiful crown upon your head.
13~~Thus
you were really decked out
with
gold and silver . . .
and
your raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work.
You did eat fine flour, and honey, and oil.
And you were really/exceeding beautiful.
And
did you ever prosper into a kingdom.
{picture of someone functioning under GAP and prospering
spiritually and physically}
14~~And
your renown went forth among the heathen
for
your beauty . . .
for
it was perfect because of My Grace . . .
which
I put upon you,"
said
the Lord/'Adonay . . . God/Jehovah.
{what do YOU have that YOU deserve? Nothing. It is all from the
grace of God!}
15-19~~"But
you did trust in your own beauty . . .
{arrogance}
and
played the harlot because of your renown,
{adultery - spiritual and physical -
Phallic Cult idol worship mixed with orgies and human sacrifice}
and
poured out your fornications
on
every one that passed by . . .
it
was his.
{God gave her the beauty and His love. She wallowed in
approbation lust and gave her 'love' (attention, worship) to
everyone around her (ignoring God)}
16~~And
you took of your garments
and
decked yourself with bright colors,
and
played the harlot
in
your high places.
{the Phallic Cult was practiced in the high groves - complete
debauchery}
The
like things shall not come . . .
neither
shall it be so.
{Note: The Phallic cult - particularly the child sacrifice during the sexual activity - was so horrible, that God destroys the people who practice it to protect the rest of the human race.}
17~~You
have also taken your fair jewels of my gold
and
of my silver,
which
I had given you,
and
made to yourself images of men {idols},
{images of Baal, etc and the male sex organ}
and
did commit whoredom with them.
{a form of famine masturbation with the phallic symbols}
18~~And
took your broidered garments,
and
covered them.
And
you have set My oil and My incense before them.
{what should have been sacrificed to God under the Levitical
Offerings was offered to Baal instead}
19~~My
meat also which I gave you . . .
fine
flour, and oil, and honey,
wherewith
I fed you . . .
you
have even set it before them for a sweet savor.
And thus it was," said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah.
{Child
Sacrifice of the Phallic Cult}
20-23~~"Moreover
you have taken your sons and your daughters,
whom
you have borne unto Me,
and
these have you sacrificed unto them to be devoured.
Is this of your whoredoms a small matter?
21~~That
you have slain My children . . .
and
delivered them . . .
to
cause them to pass through the fire
for
them?
{Baal and the other false idols worshiped}
22~~And
in all your abominations
and
your whoredoms
you
have not remembered the days of your youth . . .
when
you were naked and bare . . .
and
was drowning in your blood.
23~~And
it came to pass
after
all your wickedness . . .
woe,
woe unto you!"
said
the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah.
24-29~~"That
you have also built for yourself
'an
eminent place'/''a house of prostitution' . . .
and
have made you an high place in every street.
{declined further from the house of prostitution to being a street
whore}
25~~You
have built your high place
at
every head of the way,
{she had a stall on every corner to solicit}
and
have made your beauty despised,
{she has become grotesque and someone must be drunk to
fornicate with her}
and
have opened your feet to every one that passed by,
{reduced to giving a free peep show to entice business}
and multiplied your whoredoms.
26~~You
have also committed fornication
with
the Egyptians your neighbors . . .
great
of flesh.
{referring to the 'woe to those who go down to Egypt' - trying to
rely on the military strength of Egypt for Jerusalem's protection
type of thing}
And
have increased your whoredoms,
to
provoke Me to anger.
27~~Behold,
therefore I have stretched out My hand over you,
and
have diminished your ordinary food,
and
delivered you unto the will of them who hate you . . .
the
daughters of the Philistines,
who
are ashamed of your lewd way.
{the Philistines are crude Greek peoples - yet even they are
ashamed of what the people of Jerusalem are practicing!
'Shocking the Unshockable'}
28~~You
have played the whore also with the Assyrians,
because
you were not satisfied.
{referring to the Jews sending protection money to the Assyrians}
Yes,
you have played the harlot with them,
and
yet could not be satisfied.
{principle here is promiscuity always ruins a woman - if she is free
with her sex to a number of men, she will never recognize and
respond to her right man - the one designed for her by God}
29~~You
have moreover multiplied your fornication
in
the land of Canaan unto Chaldea.
{from when the Jews entered the promised land to going out under
the 5th cycle of discipline never were they satisfied}
And yet you were not satisfied herewith."
{Note: Believers can not take God's love and worship false idols and find happiness. Neither can women pass around their physical favors and find happiness.}
30-31~~"How
weak is your 'right lobe'/heart {thinking}",
said
the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
"seeing
you do all these things . . .
the
work of an imperious/dominating whorish woman . . . 31~~
{this is a woman who takes the roll of a man - tries to run
everything}
in
that you build 'your eminent place'/'house of prostituion'
in
the head of every way,
and
make your high place in every street . . .
and
{finally} have not been as an harlot,
in
that you 'scoff hire'/'scorn wages'."
{now she becomes a complete nymphomaniac - sex with anyone
and everyone and no longer even cares to be paid}
32-35
"But as a wife who commits adultery . . .
who
takes strangers instead of her husband!
33 They give gifts to all whores.
But
you give your gifts to all your lovers . . .
and
hire them . . .
that
they may come unto you on every side
for
your whoredom.
34
And the contrary is in you
from
other women in your whoredoms,
whereas
none followed you to commit whoredoms . . .
and
in that you give a reward,
and
no reward is given unto you all,
therefore
you are contrary.
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