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Chapter 16 is a very long chapter that tracks the lifecycle of the Israelites. From their birth through their adulthood Israel has always been a rebellious nation. When they were born, even though they were not properly clean, God still spread his mantle over them to bring them into his fold. But the people rebelled, following other nations and gods. At the beginning\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you: \u201cLive despite your blood.\u201d Yea, I said to you: \u201cLive despite your blood\u201d (verse 6).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pirkai d\u2019Rebbe Eliezer 29 explains that the phrase is repeated twice because the people were purified through blood twice in their history. The first was during the Passover story with the blood on the walls and the second is with circumcision. And indeed, this verse is part of the verses mentioned in the circumcision ceremony, and also in the haggadah. It is no surprise that the Passover sacrifice and brit milah are the two positive commandments that have a punishment if they are not fulfilled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ritva explains that these two blood rituals were linked at the time of the Exodus, because God commanded the people to perform both of these rituals in order to be freed. Exodus 12:48 commands that any uncircumcised person could not eat from the Passover sacrifice. The implication was that those who were uncircumcised were able to have a circumcision in order to partake in the Passover sacrifice in Egypt. The Ephod Bod, a commentary on the Haggadah, explains that the Israelites had to overcome two major sins to warrant saving- idolatry and sexual immorality. Circumcision and placing the blood on the doorposts helped overcome these sins. Circumcision was a reminder of the separate sexual ethics between the Israelites and the Egyptians. Placing the blood on the doorposts was a sign of trusting in God and believing that God was communicating rules to Moses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps, then, Ezekiel references these two blood connections now to show how the people have reverted back to their old ways from before the Exodus. The people were worthy of redemption because they overcame sexual immorality and idolatry. Likewise the people are worthy of destruction for re-embracing sexual immorality and idolatry.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Chapter 16 contains one of Ezekiel's most dramatic proclamations against Jerusalem. Ezekiel portrays the Jewish people as a woman, a metaphor that will re-appear in chapter 23, culminating with the death of Ezekiel's own wife in chapter 24, symbolizing the city's final destruction. He portrays Jerusalem as a harlot (verses 1-34), like her older 'sister' Samaria and her \"younger sister\" Sodom (44-58). Ezekiel spares no sensitivities \u2013 repeating derogatory terms about the woman: \u201cpoorly clad and bare\u201d (7, 22, 39); \u201ccovering\/revealing nakedness\u201d (8, 36, 37); and her blood (6, 9, 22, 38). He describes God's first compassion for her, born abandoned in a field, her umbilical cord uncut. When she sprouts into womanhood, God appears again, washes the blood from her body, clothes her with fine clothing and jewelry, and feeds her the most refined food: \"\u2018I pledged myself to you and entered into a covenant with you,\u2019 says the Lord God, \u2018and you became mine\u2019\" (8).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The response for all of God's efforts? Jerusalem begins to whore herself to others, giving away the very gifts that God had given her. \"... you made your beauty an abomination; you spread your legs to every passerby\" (25).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For her betrayal, Jerusalem will be delivered to her enemies \u2013 precisely those that she thought were her lovers \u2013 and will return to the pitiful state where she began: \u201c...They will strip you of your clothing \u2026 and leave you naked and bare\u201d (v. 39).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Despite all the sins, Ezekiel dramatically concludes that it will not lead to breaking the bond between God and His people. As he rebukes Israel, he forgives them: \u201cThat you may remember, and be put to shame \u2026 when I have forgiven you for all that you have done, says the Lord God\u201d (16:63).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why does Ezekiel believe that nothing will shatter the covenant? <\/span>One fascinating suggestion <\/span><\/a>comes from Jason Giles, who notes that Ezekiel\u2019s language draws from the Song of Moses in Deuteronomy 32. There, God discovers the destitute Jewish people in a barren location (the only other time this imagery is used in the Bible), delivers her with care so that she flourishes; but when they prosper, they forsake God. The people are punished for their disobedience, but ultimately, God restores them to greatness. Several literary parallels link the two sections. Moses describes how God cared for the people like an eagle spreading (\u05e4\u05e8\u05e9; <\/span>prsh<\/span><\/i>) its wings (\u05db\u05e0\u05e3; <\/span>knp<\/span><\/i>) over its young. Ezekiel portrays God entering the covenant with Jerusalem: He spreads (\u05e4\u05e8\u05e9; <\/span>prsh<\/span><\/i>) his garment (\u05db\u05e0\u05e3; <\/span>knp<\/span><\/i>) over her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moses' song states that its words would come back to testify against the people in the future: \u201cwhen many evils and troubles have come upon [the people], <\/span>this Song <\/span><\/i>shall confront them as a witness\u2026\u201d (Deut 31:21). In our chapter, Ezekiel is echoing the song uttered by Moses so long before. Moses sung it to the people upon their entry into the land of Israel; Ezekiel would sing it to them as they left.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Ezekiel 16 depicts the nascent relationship between God and Israel in graphically erotic terms. God, the male protector, follows the feminine Israel from her birth \u201cwallowing in blood\u201d to her maturity into womanhood with \u201cfirm breasts and sprouted hair\u201d.\u00a0 Though fully formed physically she remains naked, prompting God to \u201cspread His robe\u201d over her, not simply to cover her nakedness, but to embrace her in marriage. God replaces the \u201claw of Moses and Israel\u201d which seals the earthly betrothal formula whereby the Jewish groom \u201cconsecrates\u201d the bride (<\/span>harei at mekudedshet li<\/span><\/em>), with a covenantal oath that publicly broadcasts an exclusive commitment to His national bride- <\/span>You became Mine<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rabbinic traditions often view divine behaviour as a model for human beings. They understand the injunction to \u201cwalk in His ways\u201d (Deut.28:9) as a cardinal mitzvah demanding \u201cas He is so shall you be,\u201d philosophically recognizable as <\/span>imitatio dei<\/span><\/em>, and listed in the top ten of Maimonides\u2019 enumeration of positive commandments. There are thus two dimensions of God\u2019s betrothal of Israel which pose a model that \u201cwalking in His ways\u201d would oblige every mundane betrothal to include.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The first is its national feature. When the pronouncement is made that regular marriage is sanctified in conformity with Mosaic law, there is the danger that the law\u2019s instrumental role also forging a national ethos might be lost in the technical complexities of what we term <\/span>halakha<\/span><\/em>. God\u2019s address to Jerusalem, the Jewish nation\u2019s capital, at the beginning of the chapter as His potential bride, introduces the national characteristic that hovers over every marriage, reminding the couple that its partnership contributes to Israel\u2019s nation building, the '<\/em><\/span>am<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/i>as well as perpetuating its religion, the <\/span>dat<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

The second is the spiritual feature of God\u2019s \u201cspreading His robe\u201d over Israel, thus drawing her into His realm. The regular \u2018betrothal\u2019 (<\/span>erusin<\/span><\/em>) blessing depicts the ceremony as a halakhic sanction of an exclusive nature, using the language of legality in consecrating by way of \u201cforbidding and permitting.\u201d God\u2019s nuptials however prevent the primary act of consecration \u201cin accordance with Mosaic law\u201d which immediately follows from connoting solely that legalistic sense. Mosaic law of course does not regulate God\u2019s conduct for He is the transcendent Source of it. While the earthly Jewish marriage grounds a husband and wife and enfolds them into Judaism\u2019s laws and traditions governing their relationship and the house they will eventually build, God\u2019s pristine ceremony does not ground but elevates. Strikingly, it is precisely a \u201ctime of lovemaking\u201d ('<\/em><\/span>et dodim<\/span><\/em>) that invites divine matrimony (v. 8). Yet, all the actions that follow in that verse combine to transform lovemaking from what might become self-serving to a sublime relationship: protection provided by <\/span>spreading a robe<\/span><\/em>; compassion of <\/span>covering nakedness<\/span><\/em>; the inviolable commitment of an <\/span>oath; <\/span><\/i>the reciprocity of <\/span>entering a covenant<\/span><\/em>; <\/span><\/i>and the inimitable uniqueness of <\/span>you became Mine<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ezekiel\u2019s cosmic marriage then foregrounds all others by consecrating rather than merely formalizing marriage, jolting the couple into the meta-halakhic ineffable space it must also inhabit to truly flourish.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":73842,"alt":"","title":"ez16-just married","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married.png","width":1920,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married-300x300.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married-768x768.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married-1024x1024.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1920,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married-1200x1200.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married-420x420.png","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"A Cosmic Betrothal Model","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"God spreads God\u2019s robe over a consecrated Israel","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":73842,"alt":"","title":"ez16-just married","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married.png","width":1920,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married-300x300.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married-768x768.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married-1024x1024.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1920,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married-1200x1200.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez16-just-married-420x420.png","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Ezekiel","chapter":"16","chapter_main_number":"468","date":"20270615","wall_id":"468"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":5,"id":"73839","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Sinful Similar To Sisters, Samaria And Sodom ","post_title":"Sinful Similar To Sisters, Samaria And Sodom","slug":"sinful-similar-to-sisters-samaria-and-sodom","old_id":"73839","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":72948,"post_title":"Tova Ganzel","slug":"tova-ganzel","old_id":"72948","first_name":"Tova ","last_name":"Ganzel ","description":"Dr. Tova Ganzel is the Director of the Midrasha at Bar-Ilan University, and is one the first trained women\u2019s halakhic advisors (Yoatzot Halacha). 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Throughout the chapters dating to the years prior to the destruction there is a motif of words and terms that relate to women. This image is fully realized with the death of the prophet\u2019s wife, symbolizing the final destruction of the city.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The detailed description of the unfaithfulness of this woman \u2013 Jerusalem \u2013 emphasizes the chasm between her humble beginnings, with no lineage and no identity, and the abundance God bestowed upon her and His favors done for her that ultimately end in her betrayal. God\u2019s response is a detailed description of total annihilation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ezekiel compares the deeds of the city of Jerusalem to those of Samaria and Sodom. The sin of Sodom, as depicted here, is that despite the economic stability and strength of its inhabitants, they did not support the poor and needy. Ezekiel attributes only social sins to Sodom in order to emphasize the more grievous sins of Jerusalem, which are described as unfaithfulness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Despite the people\u2019s actions in the present, the covenant that God remembers and maintains even in the future is a covenant of youth, and even at the time of their sin, this historical covenant will stand. This is also why the nation is rebuked just as it is being forgiven.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Published in conjunction with hatanach.com. 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\u00a0<\/span>Our chapter opens with:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The word of the LORD came to me: O mortal, proclaim Jerusalem\u2019s abominations to her, and say: Thus said the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: By origin and birth you are from the land of the Canaanites\u2014your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite (1-3).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And near its closing, it reiterates:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why, everyone who uses proverbs applies to you the proverb \u201clike mother, like daughter.\u201d You are the daughter of your mother, who rejected her husband and children. And you are the sister of your sisters, who rejected their husbands and children; for you are daughters of a Hittite mother and an Amorite father (44-45).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rashi identified the Amorite father with Abraham and Hittite mother with Sarah: \u201cAbraham and Sarah derived their greatness from there [Amorites] and the Hittites provided her with a gravesite.\u201d Eliezer of Beaugency, however, clarified that \u201cthey [Israel] were not descended from Amorites and Hittites\u201d; rather, their actions were typical of those nations among whom their parents had dwelt\u2014as implied by \u201clike mother like daughter\u201d (44).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moshe Greenberg wrote: \u201cSince the city of Jerusalem is addressed\u2014symbolizing Israel\u2014its pagan antecedents are exploited for reprobating the people.\u201d He also cited Benjamin Mazar, onetime dean of Israeli biblical archaeologists (on whose team I served digging at the southern wall of the Temple early in 1968), who took note of a striking connection between the Hittites and the very city of Jerusalem:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Jebusites, apparently belonging to the Hittites and their satellites, migrated from the north during the first half of the twelfth century BCE, after the destruction of the Hittite empire. This is the background of Ezekiel 16:3.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Greenberg, citing Gen 10:15. Judges 19:1, and 2 Samuel 5:6, concluded: \u201cBiblical ethnography connects Canaanites, Amorites and Hittites very closely, and these three to the Jebusites, the pre-Israelite inhabitants of the city.\u201d (Anchor Bible, <\/span>Ezekiel<\/span><\/i>, 274).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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16:15 \u201cAnd you trusted in your beauty and played the whore with your name, and you spilled out your whoring upon every passerby--his it was.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The image of unfaithful Israel as a whore betraying her Spouse by dalliance with alien gods is common in the Prophets, appearing in Hoesa, Isaiah, and Jeremiah. No other prophet, however, focuses at such length and so concretely as does Ezekiel on the physical aspects of promiscuity. One detects here an expression of Ezekiel\u2019s distinctive psychology, which appears to have some sort of morbid obsession with the female body in its sexual aspect. The word \u201cwhore\u201d and its derivatives are repeated again and again.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From: Robert Alter, The Hebrew Bible, vol. 2: Prophets, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. 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\u201cViolence Against Women in Ezekiel\u201d<\/a> by Adam Bellows: Looking at the way women are portrayed in Ezekiel and what that teaches us about how to treat women<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWait! What? Dolphin Skins?!\u201d<\/a> by Michael Howald: Are dolphins mentioned in the Torah?<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWomen of the Bible: Female Body Images in the Bible\u201d<\/a> by Elizabeth Goldstein: An analysis of texts with female depictions of God<\/p>\r\n

\u201cChild Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East\u201d<\/a> by Rabbi Jay M Stein: The Biblical prohibition against child sacrifice and its origins\u00a0<\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Go deeper into the chapter....","tile_main_caption":"Source Sheets - Ezekiel 16","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Links to learning resources","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":42232,"alt":"","title":"sefaria-words-sunburst","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","width":608,"height":395,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-300x195.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":195,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","medium_large-width":608,"medium_large-height":395,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","large-width":608,"large-height":395,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","1536x1536-width":608,"1536x1536-height":395,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","2048x2048-width":608,"2048x2048-height":395,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","post_full_size-width":608,"post_full_size-height":395,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","home_baner-width":608,"home_baner-height":395}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"Sefaria word sunburst visualization","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Ezekiel","chapter":"16","chapter_main_number":"468","date":"20270615","wall_id":"468"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":11,"id":"73829","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Points to Ponder - Ezekiel 16 ","post_title":"Points to Ponder - Ezekiel 16","slug":"points-to-ponder-ezekiel-16","old_id":"73829","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":38102,"post_title":"929-English","slug":"929-english","old_id":"38102","first_name":"","last_name":"929-English","description":"","short_description":"","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":38333,"alt":"","title":"\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","width":1513,"height":860,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-300x171.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":171,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-768x437.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":437,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1024x582.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":582,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","1536x1536-width":1513,"1536x1536-height":860,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","2048x2048-width":1513,"2048x2048-height":860,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1200x682.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":682,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-739x420.png","home_baner-width":739,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"468","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"","post_main_content_content":"

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  1. Taking it up a notch<\/em>. The metaphoric images of the relationship of God and His people as a committed couple that demands loyalty, exists elsewhere in prophetic literature. But Ezekiel dials up the intensity, both emotionally, and in the stark tone and color of his descriptions. This is an anguished cry, and if he has to turn up the volume to such a pitch, then we understand there is a huge problem.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Twice treasonous<\/em>. Jerusalem betrays both religiously with foreign cultic practices (verses 16-21) and politically with alliances with Assyria and Egypt (verses 26-28).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
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