Ezequiel 16:17

Almeida Revista e Atualizada

Tomaste as tuas jias de enfeite, que eu te dei do meu ouro e da minha prata, fizeste esttuas de homens e te prostituste com elas.

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A Biblia Sagrada
E tomaste as tuas jias de enfeite, que eu te dei do meu ouro e da minha prata, e fizeste imagens de homens, e te prostituste com elas.

Almeida Revista e Corrigida
E tomaste as tuas jias de enfeite, que eu te dei do meu ouro e da minha prata, e fizeste imagens de homens, e te prostituste com elas.

Bible Verse Review
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hast also: Ezekiel 7:19, Ezekiel 23:14-21, Exodus 32:1-4, Hosea 2:13, Hosea 10:1

men: Heb. a male

and didst: Isaiah 44:19, Isaiah 44:20, Isaiah 57:7, Isaiah 57:8, Jeremiah 2:27, Jeremiah 2:28, Jeremiah 3:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:2 - General 2 Chronicles 24:7 - did they bestow Ezekiel 23:16 - and sent Revelation 13:14 - they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold, and of my silver, which I had given thee,.... Or "thy glorious vessels of gold and silver" h; meaning either the vessels of gold and silver in the temple, as Jerom thinks, which they converted to idolatrous uses; or rather their own household vessels of gold and silver which God had given them, as the bounties of his providence, and he had still a right unto, and which they made use of to the dishonour of his name; which argued great ingratitude in them:

and madest to thyself images of men; images in the shape of men; some were in the shape of women, others in the shape of men; here only male images are mentioned, because the idolatrous Jews are represented by an adulterous woman committing adultery, with men; and these were made by themselves, of their jewels of gold and silver; or of their golden and silver vessels, which they had to eat and drink out of; these, they melted down and made idols of them in the form of men, just as the molten calf was made of the earrings of the women, Exodus 32:3; to which some refer this passage: and as it was a piece of egregious folly in themselves to part with their jewels and plate for such purposes, and of great ingratitude to God, their benefactor, so of the grossest stupidity and ignorance to worship images so made; which was equally as stupid, or more so, than if a woman should embrace the image of a man, instead of a man himself, as it follows:

and didst commit whoredom with them: the images: that is, idolatry, which is spiritual adultery.

h כלי תפארתך מזהבי ומכספי "vasa gloriae tuae de auro meo, et de argento meo", Pagninus, Montanus; "vasa tua insigniora et elegantiora, facta ex auro meo?" Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Possibly an allusion to the custom of bearing about shrines. Compare Amos 5:26; Acts 7:43.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 16:17. And madest to thyself images of men — צלמי זכר tsalmey zachar, male images. Priapi are here meant, which were carried about in the ceremonies of Osiris, Bacchus, and Adonis; and were something like the lingam among the Hindoos. Herodotus, lib. ii, c. 48, 49, gives us an account of these male images: Πηχυαια αγαλματα νευροσπαστα, τα περιφορεουσι κατα κωμας ται γυναικες, νευον το αιδοιον, ου πολλῳ τεῳ ελασσον εον του αλλου σωματος. This was done at the worship of Bacchus in Egypt: and they who wish to see more may consult Herodotus as above. In this phallic worship the women were principally concerned.