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Ezekiel 16

Ezek. 16:39 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And I will also give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: 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.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
thee into their hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
, and they shall throw down
harac (Hebrew #2040)
to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
KJV usage: beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, X utterly.
Pronounce: haw-ras'
Origin: a primitive root
thine eminent place
gab (Hebrew #1354)
the back (as rounded (compare 1460 and 1479); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.
KJV usage: back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye)brows, nave, ring.
Pronounce: gab
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve
s, and shall break down
nathats (Hebrew #5422)
to tear down
KJV usage: beat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-thats'
Origin: a primitive root
thy high places
ramah (Hebrew #7413)
a height (as a seat of idolatry)
KJV usage: high place.
Pronounce: raw-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of 7311
: they shall strip
pashat (Hebrew #6584)
to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e. unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)
KJV usage: fall upon, flay, invade, make an invasion, pull off, put off, make a road, run upon, rush, set, spoil, spread selves (abroad), strip (off, self).
Pronounce: paw-shat'
Origin: a primitive root
u thee also of thy clothes
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
, and shall take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
κthy fair
tiph'arah (Hebrew #8597)
from 6286; ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beauty(- iful), bravery, comely, fair, glory(-ious), hono; ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively):--beauty(-iful), bravery, comely, fair, glory(-ious), honour, majesty.
Pronounce: tif-aw-raw'
Origin: or tiphereth {tif-eh'-reth}
jewels
kliy (Hebrew #3627)
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
KJV usage: armour ((-bearer)), artillery, bag, carriage, + furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, X one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, + psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, + whatsoever.
Pronounce: kel-ee'
Origin: from 3615
, and leave
yanach (Hebrew #3240)
to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
KJV usage: bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to 5117, and the others here.)
Pronounce: yaw-nakh'
Origin: a primitive root
thee naked
`eyrom (Hebrew #5903)
from 6191; nudity
KJV usage: naked(- ness).
Pronounce: ay-rome'
Origin: or merom {ay-rome'}
and bare
`eryah (Hebrew #6181)
nudity
KJV usage: bare, naked, X quite.
Pronounce: er-yaw'
Origin: for 6172
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Ezek. 16:24,31• 24that thou didst also build unto thee a place of debauchery, and didst make thee a high place in every street:
 31in that thou buildest thy place of debauchery at the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street! And thou hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest reward, (Ezek. 16:24,31)
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Hos. 2:3• 3lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her as a dry land, and slay her with thirst. (Hos. 2:3)
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instruments of thine ornament.

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Cross References

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And I.For the enormous idolatries and cruelties of Judah and Jerusalem, Jehovah determined to gather together the surrounding nations, both those with whom they had formed alliances, as the Egyptians and Assyrians, and such as had always been inimical to them, as Edom, Ammon, Moab, and Philistia, to inflict, or to witness, his judgments upon them. Having exposed their enormous crimes to view, He would pass sentence upon them:
He would give Jerusalem into the hands of the Chaldeans, who would destroy the city and temple which they had polluted; level their cities and high places with the ground; slay, plunder, and enslave the people.they shall throw.
Ezek. 16:24‑25,31• 24that thou didst also build unto thee a place of debauchery, and didst make thee a high place in every street:
 25thou didst build thy high place at every head of the way, and madest thy beauty to be abhorred, and thou didst open thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiply thy whoredom.
 31in that thou buildest thy place of debauchery at the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street! And thou hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest reward, (Ezek. 16:24‑25,31)
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Ezek. 7:22‑24• 22And I will turn my face from them; and they shall profane my secret place; and the violent shall enter into it, and profane it.
 23Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
 24Therefore will I bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses; and I will make the pride of the strong to cease; and their sanctuaries shall be profaned. (Ezek. 7:22‑24)
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Isa. 27:9• 9By this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit of the taking away of his sin: when he shall make all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are crumbled in pieces,--the Asherahs and the sun-images shall not stand. (Isa. 27:9)
shall strip.
Ezek. 16:10‑20• 10and I clothed thee with embroidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I bound thee about with byssus, and covered thee with silk.
 11And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck;
 12and I put a ring on thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.
 13Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver, and thy raiment was byssus, and silk, and embroidered work. Thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou becamest exceedingly beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
 14And thy fame went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect through my magnificence, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.
 15But thou didst confide in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by: his it was.
 16And of thy garments thou didst take, and madest for thyself high places decked with divers colours, and didst play the harlot thereupon: the like hath not come to pass, and shall be no more.
 17And thou didst take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of males, and didst commit fornication with them.
 18And thou tookest thine embroidered garments, and coveredst them; and thou didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.
 19And my bread which I had given thee, the fine flour and the oil and the honey wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savour: thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah.
 20And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hadst borne unto me, and these didst thou sacrifice unto them, to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter, (Ezek. 16:10‑20)
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Ezek. 23:26,29• 26They shall also strip the of thy garments, and take away thy fair jewels.
 29And they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare; so that the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy fornications. (Ezek. 23:26,29)
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Isa. 3:16‑24• 16And Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-out neck and wanton eyes, and go along mincing, and making a tinkling with their feet;
 17therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
 18In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents,
 19the pearl-drops, and the bracelets, and the veils,
 20the head-dresses, and the stepping chains, and the girdles, and the scent-boxes, and the amulets;
 21the finger-rings, and the nose-rings;
 22the festival-robes, and the tunics, and the mantles, and the wallets;
 23the mirrors, and the fine linen bodices, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.
 24And it shall come to pass, instead of perfume there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe of display, a girding of sackcloth; brand instead of beauty. (Isa. 3:16‑24)
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Hos. 2:3,9‑13• 3lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her as a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
 9Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my new wine in its season, and will withdraw my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
 10And now will I discover her impiety in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.
 11And I will cause all her mirth to cease: her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths! and all her solemnities.
 12And I will make desolate her vine and her fig-tree, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards which my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
 13And I will visit upon her the days of the Baals, wherein she burned incense to them, and decked herself with her rings and jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith Jehovah. (Hos. 2:3,9‑13)
thy fair jewels.
Heb. instruments of thine ornament.

J. N. Darby Translation

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and I will give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thy place of debauchery, and shall break down thy high places; and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.