King James Version
Ezekiel 16:18 in the King James Version says “And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.”
Ezekiel 16:18 · KJV
And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them, of men: Heb. of a male
And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.
My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. a sweet: Heb. a savour of rest
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, to be: Heb. to devour
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and coveredst”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
“mine oil”
H8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
“them and thou hast set”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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