Jerusalem Plays the Harlot
Eze 16:8-13 LSB -
[8] "Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, you were at the time for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine," declares Lord Yahweh.
[9] "Then I washed you with water, rinsed your blood off from you, and anointed you with oil.
[10] "I also clothed you with embroidered cloth and put sandals of porpoise skin on your feet; and I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
[11] "I also adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.
[12] "I also put a ring in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a splendid crown on your head.
[13] "Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil; so you were exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty.
Yahweh’s Everlasting Covenant
Eze 16:60-63 LSB -
[60] "Nevertheless, I Myself will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
[61] "Then you will remember your ways and feel dishonor when you receive your sisters, [both] your older and your younger; and I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.
[62] "Thus I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall know that I am Yahweh,
[63] so that you may remember and be ashamed and never open your mouth anymore because of your dishonor, when I have atoned for you for all that you have done," declares Lord Yahweh.
Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine
ESV Global Study Bible: Footnotes for Ezekiel 17
Ezek. 17:11–18 The first part identifies the characters of the fable (vv. 11–15) before spelling out the moral of the story (vv. 16–18). The first eagle is the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, who takes her king, that is, Judah’s king Jehoiachin (the “twig”), to Babylon (v. 12). The royal offspring (the “seed”) is Zedekiah (v. 13). Zedekiah’s failure was to break his covenant with Nebuchadnezzar (vv. 13–14) by turning to Egypt (v. 15), whose king was Hophra, the lesser eagle. Ultimately, hope in Egyptian aid will prove useless (v. 17; see Jer. 37:6–10). Breaking this political covenant will bring disaster on Zedekiah and his people (Ezek. 17:18).
The King Shall Die in Babylon
The Soul Who Sins Will Die
Eze 18:20 LSB - [20] "The soul who sins will die. The son will not bear the iniquity of the father, nor will the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.
Eze 18:31 LSB - [31] "Cast away from yourselves all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Now why will you die, O house of Israel?
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