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That is what happened, declares the Sovereign LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Imagine it! You set before them as a sacrifice the choice flour, olive oil, and honey I had given you, says the Sovereign LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Also my bread that I gave you—I fed you with fine flour and oil and honey—you set before them for a pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, <i>wherewith</i> I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and <i>thus</i> it was, saith the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Also My food which I gave you—the pastry of fine flour, oil, and honey <i>which</i> I fed you—you set it before them as sweet incense; and <i>so</i> it was,” says the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Also My bread which I gave you, fine flour, oil, and honey with which I fed you, you would offer before them for a soothing aroma; so it happened,” declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Also My bread which I gave you, fine flour, oil and honey with which I fed you, you would offer before them for a soothing aroma; so it happened,&#8221 declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Also My bread which I gave you, fine flour, oil, and honey with which I fed you, you would offer before them for a soothing aroma; so it happened,” declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Also My bread which I gave you, fine flour, oil, and honey with which I had you eat, you gave before them for a soothing aroma; so it happened,” declares Lord Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Also My bread which I gave you, [made from the] fine flour and oil and honey with which I fed you, you even offered it before idols [no better than cow dung] as a sweet <i>and</i> soothing aroma; so it happened,” says the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The food that I gave you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I fed you—you set it before them as a pleasing aroma. That is what happened. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You also set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I gave you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I fed you. That is what happened.&#8221 This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />My bread also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savor; and thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I supplied you with fine flour, olive oil, and honey, but you sacrificed it all as offerings to please those idols. I, the LORD God, watched this happen. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />My bread also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savour, and thus it was; saith the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You also offered them sweet and fragrant sacrifices. You gave flour, olive oil, and honey-all the food that I gave you to eat. This is what happened, declares the Almighty LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I gave you food--the best flour, olive oil, and honey--but you offered it as a sacrifice to win the favor of idols." This is what the Sovereign LORD says. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Not only that, you took the food I gave you—my fine flour, olive oil, and honey with which I fed you, and you offered them to those gods in order to appease them. That's exactly what happened," says the Lord GOD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />As for my food that I gave you--the fine flour, olive oil, and honey I fed you--you placed it before them as a soothing aroma. That is exactly what happened, declares the sovereign LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />My bread also which I gave you, fine flour, and oil, and honey, with which I fed you, you even set it before them for a pleasant aroma; and thus it was,' says the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />My provisions also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, with which I fed thee, thou hast even set before them for a sweet savor: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />My bread also which I gave you, fine flour, oil, and honey, with which I fed you, you even set it before them for a pleasant aroma; and so it was,” says the Lord Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And My bread, that I gave to you, "" Fine flour, and oil, and honey, that I caused you to eat. You have even set it before them, "" For a refreshing fragrance—thus it is, "" A declaration of Lord YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And My bread, that I gave to thee, Fine flour, and oil, and honey, that I caused thee to eat. Thou hast even set it before them, For a sweet fragrance -- thus it is, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And my bread which I gave to thee, fine flour and oil and honey I gave thee to eat, and thou didst give it before them for an odor of sweetness: and it will be, says the Lord Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And my bread which I gave thee, the fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast set before them for a sweet odour; and it was done, saith the Lord God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And my bread, which I gave to you, the fine flour, and the oil, and the honey, by which I nourished you, you placed in their sight as a sweet fragrance. And so it was done, says the Lord God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />the food I had given you, the fine flour, the oil, and the honey with which I fed you, you set before them as a pleasant odor, says the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Also my bread that I gave you—I fed you with choice flour and oil and honey—you set it before them as a pleasing odor; and so it was, says the Lord GOD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the food which I gave you, the fine flour and oil and honey with which I fed you, you have set before them for a sweet savor; says the LORD God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the bread that I have given to you, fine flour and honey and oil for food, and you set it before them for a fragrance of savor, says THE LORD OF LORDS<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />My bread also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savour, and thus it was; saith the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And <i>thou tookest</i> my bread which I gave thee, (<i>yea</i> I fed thee with fine flour and oil and honey) and didst set them before them for a sweet-smelling savour: yea, it was so, saith the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=3667" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Jerusalem's Unfaithfulness</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>You took your embroidered garments to cover them, and you set My oil and incense before them. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">And you set</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê·hem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5207.htm" title="5207: nî·ḥō·aḥ (N-ms) -- A quieting, soothing, tranquilizing. Or niychoach; from nuwach; properly, restful, i.e. Pleasant; abstractly, delight.">as a pleasing</a> <a href="/hebrew/7381.htm" title="7381: lə·rê·aḥ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- To smell, perceive odor. From ruwach; odor.">aroma</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: wə·laḥ·mî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">the food</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ū·nə·ṯat·tî·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2fs:: 3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I had given you—</a> <a href="/hebrew/5560.htm" title="5560: sō·leṯ (N-fs) -- Fine flour. From an unused root meaning to strip; flour.">the fine flour,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8081.htm" title="8081: wā·še·men (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Fat, oil. From shaman; grease, especially liquid; figuratively, richness.">oil,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1706.htm" title="1706: ū·ḏə·ḇaš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Honey. From an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey; by analogy, syrup.">and honey</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: he·’ĕ·ḵal·tîḵ (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs:: 2fs) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">that I had fed you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·ye·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">That is what happened,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8</a></span><br />For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Hosea 2:13</a></span><br />I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18</a></span><br />The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Jeremiah 44:17-19</a></span><br />Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster. / But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.” / “Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-29.htm">Isaiah 1:29</a></span><br />Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7</a></span><br />On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-37.htm">Deuteronomy 32:37-38</a></span><br />He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge, / which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-37.htm">Psalm 106:37-38</a></span><br />They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. / They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16-17</a></span><br />They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. / They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-10.htm">2 Kings 23:10</a></span><br />He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-21</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25</a></span><br />They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28-32</a></span><br />Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-2</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3</a></span><br />All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">My meat also which I gave you, fine flour, and oil, and honey, with which I fed you, you have even set it before them for a sweet smell: and thus it was, said the Lord GOD.</p><p class="hdg">meat</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Ezekiel 16:13</a></b></br> Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment <i>was of</i> fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-14.htm">Deuteronomy 32:14-17</a></b></br> Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8-13</a></b></br> For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, <i>which</i> they prepared for Baal… </p><p class="hdg">a sweet savour [heb] a savour of rest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">Genesis 8:21</a></b></br> And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart <i>is</i> evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Aroma</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-13.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-7.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-14.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-2.htm">Fed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-17.htm">Fine</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Flour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-18.htm">Food</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-11.htm">Fragrance</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Fragrant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Honey</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/ezekiel/15-4.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-11.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-11.htm">Odor</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Olive</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-5.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-8.htm">Provided</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Provisions</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Savor</a> <a href="/songs/1-3.htm">Savour</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-3.htm">Smell</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-4.htm">Soothing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-3.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-20.htm">Wherewith</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-23.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Aroma</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-40.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-23.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-2.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Fed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-39.htm">Fine</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-14.htm">Flour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Food</a> <a href="/hosea/14-6.htm">Fragrance</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Fragrant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Honey</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-12.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-6.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Odor</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-26.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-21.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/hosea/12-1.htm">Olive</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-25.htm">Provided</a> <a href="/daniel/11-26.htm">Provisions</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Savor</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Savour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Smell</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Soothing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-23.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-31.htm">Wherewith</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-1.htm">Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">God's extraordinary love toward her,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Her grievous judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-35.htm">Her sin, equal to her mother, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-46.htm">and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">59. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-59.htm">calls for judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">60. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-60.htm">Mercy is promised her in the end</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of ancient Israel, offerings were made to God as a form of worship and gratitude. However, here it is used to describe Israel's idolatry, where they misused God's gifts for pagan worship. The "pleasing aroma" is reminiscent of the language used in Leviticus (<a href="/leviticus/1-9.htm">Leviticus 1:9</a>) to describe sacrifices that were acceptable to God, highlighting the irony and tragedy of Israel's actions.<p><b>the food I had given you</b><br>This refers to the blessings and provisions God had bestowed upon Israel. In the wilderness, God provided manna (<a href="/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31</a>) and later, in the Promised Land, He gave them abundance. The phrase underscores God's role as the provider and the ingratitude of Israel in using these gifts for idolatry. It echoes the covenant relationship where God promised to care for His people if they remained faithful.<p><b>the fine flour, oil, and honey</b><br>These items were symbols of prosperity and blessing in the ancient Near East. Fine flour was a staple for making bread, oil was used for cooking and anointing, and honey was a luxury item. In <a href="/deuteronomy/8-8.htm">Deuteronomy 8:8</a>, these are listed among the bounties of the Promised Land. Their misuse in idol worship represents a profound betrayal of the covenant relationship with God.<p><b>that I had fed you</b><br>This emphasizes God's provision and care for Israel. It recalls the sustenance provided during the Exodus and the ongoing blessings in the land of Canaan. The phrase highlights the divine origin of these gifts, contrasting with their profane use in idolatry. It serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness despite Israel's unfaithfulness.<p><b>That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD</b><br>This statement serves as a divine confirmation of the events described. It underscores the authority and sovereignty of God in declaring judgment. The phrase "declares the Lord GOD" is a prophetic formula used throughout Ezekiel to affirm the truth and certainty of God's words. It serves as a solemn reminder of the consequences of Israel's actions and the seriousness of their covenant breach.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He conveyed God's messages, often using vivid imagery and allegory.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, depicted in this chapter as an unfaithful wife who has turned away from her covenant with God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who provided abundantly for His people but was betrayed by their idolatry.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>The central event in this passage, where Israel misused the blessings given by God to worship false gods.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The historical context of Ezekiel's prophecies, where Israel faced the consequences of their unfaithfulness to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_our_responsibility.htm">God's Provision and Our Responsibility</a></b><br>God provides abundantly for His people, but with provision comes the responsibility to use His gifts for His glory, not for idolatry or self-indulgence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but can be anything that takes the place of God in our hearts. We must guard against allowing God's blessings to become idols.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God's call to repentance is always open. We must recognize our failings and return to God, trusting in His mercy and grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_covenant.htm">Faithfulness in Covenant</a></b><br>Just as God is faithful to His covenant, we are called to be faithful in our relationship with Him, honoring Him with our lives and resources.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_purpose_of_a_grain_offering.htm">What is the purpose of a grain offering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_unique_angelic_feeding_in_1_kings_19.htm">Why does God's direct intervention through angelic feeding appear uniquely in this chapter and not elsewhere in Elijah's ministry, leading to questions about consistency? (1 Kings 19:5-7)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_1_kings_17's_miracle_inconsistent.htm">Does the portrayal of supernatural sustenance and miracles in 1 Kings 17 contradict or create inconsistencies with other Old Testament accounts of God's provision?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And you set</span><br /><span class="heb">נָתַ֨תִּי</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯat·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before them</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵיהֶ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as a pleasing</span><br /><span class="heb">נִיחֹ֖חַ</span> <span class="translit">(nî·ḥō·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> </span><span class="str2">A quieting, soothing, tranquilizing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">aroma</span><br /><span class="heb">לְרֵ֥יחַ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·rê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7381.htm">Strong's 7381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To smell, perceive odor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the food</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלַחְמִי֩</span> <span class="translit">(wə·laḥ·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> </span><span class="str2">Food, bread, grain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I had given you—</span><br /><span class="heb">וּנְתַתִּ֧יהוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·nə·ṯat·tî·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the fine flour,</span><br /><span class="heb">סֹ֣לֶת</span> <span class="translit">(sō·leṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5560.htm">Strong's 5560: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fine flour</span><br /><br /><span class="word">oil,</span><br /><span class="heb">וָשֶׁ֤מֶן</span> <span class="translit">(wā·še·men)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8081.htm">Strong's 8081: </a> </span><span class="str2">Grease, liquid, richness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and honey</span><br /><span class="heb">וּדְבַשׁ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḏə·ḇaš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1706.htm">Strong's 1706: </a> </span><span class="str2">Honey, syrup</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that I had fed you.</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶֽאֱכַלְתִּ֔יךְ</span> <span class="translit">(he·’ĕ·ḵal·tîḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">That is what happened,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֶּ֑הִי</span> <span class="translit">(way·ye·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">declares</span><br /><span class="heb">נְאֻ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’um)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> </span><span class="str2">An oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Ezekiel 16:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Ezekiel 16:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Ezekiel 16:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Ezekiel 16:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Ezekiel 16:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Ezekiel 16:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Ezekiel 16:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Ezekiel 16:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Ezekiel 16:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Ezekiel 16:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:19 My bread also which I gave you (Ezek. 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