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Ezekiel 16:5 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Ezekiel 16:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezekiel chapter 16 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.”
Ezekiel 16:5 (KJV)
Commentary on Ezekiel 16:5
This verse presents Cast out in open field in Ezekiel's extended allegory of Jerusalem as God's bride. Rejected and left to die, 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 chapte...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ezekiel 16:5
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“in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.”
“or a dead body”
“saying”
“Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac.”
“they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel”
“that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes”
“cry out in the night”
“drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
“The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
“it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside”