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Ezekiel 16:3 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Ezekiel 16:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezekiel chapter 16 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. birth: Heb. cutting out, or, habitation”
Ezekiel 16:3 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ezekiel 16:3
This verse presents Thy birth and nativity in Ezekiel's extended allegory of Jerusalem as God's bride. Jerusalem's shameful origins, illustrating God's grace in choosing, rescuing, and elevating Israel from nothing to covenant partnership. The imagery depicts the foundational gospel pattern—God's initiative in salvation, not human merit or initiative. Israel contributed nothing to her election; God chose, rescued, cleansed, and covenanted with her purely from grace.The allegory's power lies in contrasting God's gracious actions with Israel's subsequent unfaithfulness (developed later in the ch...
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Cross-References for Ezekiel 16:3
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“who loathes her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters”
“you who follow after righteousness”
“and the Amorite”
“who did choose Abram”
“the devil”
“you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God”
“You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?,Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?,,,,,,,,”
“according to all that the Amorites did”
“in the land of your birth”
“for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.,But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.,וְדוֹר רְבִיעִי יָשׁוּבוּ הֵנָּה כִּי לֹא־שָׁלֵם עֲוֺן הָאֱמֹרִי עַד־הֵנָּה׃ ,And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”