Ezekiel 16:36

Ezekiel 16:36

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;

a. NLT: This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have poured out your lust and exposed yourself in prostitution to all your lovers, and because you have worshiped detestable idols, and because you have slaughtered your children as sacrifices to your gods,

b. NIV: This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you poured out your lust and exposed your naked body in your promiscuity with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children’s blood,

c. Amplified Bible: Thus says the Lord God: Because your brass [coins and gifts] and your filthiness were emptied out and your nakedness uncovered through your harlotries with your lovers, and because of all the [filthy] idols of your abominations, and the blood of your children that you gave to them,

d. Septuagint: Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast poured forth thy money therefore thy shame shall be discovered in thy harlotry with thy lovers, and [with] regard to all the imaginations of thine iniquities, and for the blood of thy children which thou hast given to them.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Writings/Prophets: Thus said the Lord HASHEM/ELOHIM: Because your shame was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered by all your harlotries with your paramours, and because of your abominable idols, and in accordance with the blood of your children whom you gave to them;

1. “Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out…”

a. filthiness [5178 * nchosheth] [Strong: copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver):--brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.] [A Complete Word Study Dictionary Old Testament: A common noun meaning lewdness, lust. It is used of female genitals or nakedness, shame or some such obscene sense of the word.]

b. poured out [8210 * shaphak] [Strong:  a primitive root; to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out:--cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.]

2. “…and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations…”

a. nakedness [6172 * ‘ervah] [Strong: nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish):--nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).]

1). A woman’s genitals.

b. discovered [1540 * galah] [Strong: to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal:--+ advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.]

c. whoredoms [8457 * taznuwth] [Stong: harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry:--fornication, whoredom.]

c. lovers [157 * ‘ahab] Strong: a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise):--(be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.]

d. idols [1544 * gilluwl] [Strong: properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol:--idol.]

e. abominations [8441 * tow’ebah] [Strong:  properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol:-- abominable (custom, thing), abomination.]

3. “…and by the blood of thy children…”

a. blood [1818 * dam] [Strong: blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood):--blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.]

b. children [1121 * ben] [Strong: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.)):--+ afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]

1). This is referring to the sacrificing of their children to idols and the devils behind them.

a). Psalm 106:36-38 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

106:38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.

4. “…which thou didst give unto them;”

a. give [5414 * nathan] [Strong: a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.):--add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.]

1). They gave their children to the idol and the devil the idol represented. Israel was judged severely because they shed innocent blood.

a). Ezekiel 36:16-19 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

36:17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me, as the uncleanness of a removed woman.

36:18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it;

36:19  And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their ways and according to their doings I judged them.