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I will gather them against you from all around and will strip you in front of them, and they will see you stark naked. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16.htm">New Living Translation</a> this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies—the lovers with whom you have sinned, both those you loved and those you hated—and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can stare at you. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Standard Version</a> therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from every side and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16.htm">King James Bible</a> Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/16.htm">New King James Version</a> surely, therefore, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved, and all those you hated; I will gather them from all around against you and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> therefore, behold, I am going to gather all your lovers whom you pleased, all those whom you loved as well as all those whom you hated. So I will gather them against you from every direction and expose your nakedness to them so that they may see all your nakedness. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1995</a> therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom you loved and all those whom you hated. So I will gather them against you from every direction and expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a> therefore, behold, I shall gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom you loved and all those whom you hated. So I shall gather them against you from every direction and expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom you loved and all those whom you hated. So I will gather them against you from all around and uncover your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a> therefore, listen, I will gather all your lovers (pagan allies) with whom you took pleasure, and all those whom you loved with all those whom you hated; I will even gather them against you from every direction and will expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness [making you, Israel, an object of loathing and of mockery, a spectacle among the nations]. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I am therefore going to gather all the lovers you pleased —all those you loved as well as all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose your nakedness to them so they see you completely naked. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I am therefore going to gather all the lovers you pleased—all those you loved as well as all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose your nakedness to them so they see you completely naked. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/16.htm">American Standard Version</a> therefore behold, I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them against thee on every side, and will uncover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> So I, the LORD God, will gather every one of your lovers, those you liked and those you hated. They will stand around you, and I will rip off your clothes and let all of those lovers stare at your nakedness. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Revised Version</a> therefore behold, I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them against thee on every side, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> That is why I will gather all your lovers with whom you found pleasure. I will have all those who love you and hate you gather around. I will uncover your body for them, and they will see you naked. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a> Because of this I will bring all your former lovers together--the ones you liked and the ones you hated. I will bring them around you in a circle, and then I will strip off your clothes and let them see you naked. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/16.htm">International Standard Version</a> therefore, watch out! I'm about to gather all your lovers from whom you've received your pleasure, everyone whom you've loved, and those whom you've hated. I'll gather them together to oppose you from every side, and they'll uncover your nakedness in their presence. Then they'll see you completely naked. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked. <a href="/net/ezekiel/16.htm">NET Bible</a> therefore, take note: I am about to gather all your lovers whom you enjoyed, both all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will expose your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> therefore see, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those who you have loved, with all those who you have hated; I will even gather them against you on every side, and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Behold therefore, I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them on every side against thee, and will uncover thy nakedness to them, that they may see all thy nakedness. <a href="/web/ezekiel/16.htm">World English Bible</a> therefore see, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those whom you have loved, with all those whom you have hated. I will even gather them against you on every side, and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Therefore, behold, I am assembling all your lovers, "" To whom you have been sweet, "" And all whom you have loved, "" Besides all whom you have hated; And I have assembled them by you all around, "" And have revealed your nakedness to them, "" And they have seen all your nakedness. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Therefore, lo, I am assembling all thy lovers, To whom thou hast been sweet, And all whom thou hast loved, Besides all whom thou hast hated; And I have assembled them by thee round about, And have revealed thy nakedness to them, And they have seen all thy nakedness. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For this, behold me gathering all those loving thee whom thou wert pleasant to them, and all whom thou lovedst, with all whom thou hatedst; and I gathered them against thee from round about, and I uncovered thy nakedness to them, and they saw all thy nakedness.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Behold, I will gather together all thy lovers with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all whom thou hast loved, with all whom thou hast hated: and I will gather them together against thee on every side, and will discover thy shame in their sight, and they shall see all thy nakedness. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Behold, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have united, and all those whom you have loved, together with all those whom you have hated. And I will gather them together against you on every side. And I will uncover your disgrace before them, and they will see all your indecency. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Bible</a> therefore, I will now gather together all your lovers with whom you found pleasure, both those you loved and those you hated; I will gather them against you from all sides and expose you naked for them to see. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> therefore, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated; I will gather them against you from all around, and will uncover your nakedness to them, so that they may see all your nakedness.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Behold, therefore I will gather all your lovers with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those you have loved, with all those you have hated; I will even gather them against you from every side and will expose your nakedness in their presence, and they shall see all your nakedness. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because of this, behold, I am gathering all your lovers in whom you take pleasure, and everyone whom you love, with those whom you hated, and I shall gather them against you from around you, and I shall reveal your nakedness in their sight and they shall see all your nakedness<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> therefore behold, I will gather all thy lovers, unto whom thou hast been pleasant, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them against thee from every side, and will uncover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Therefore, behold, I will gather all thy lovers with whom thou hast consorted, and all whom thou hast loved, with all whom thou didst hate; and I will gather them against thee round about, and will expose thy wickedness to them, and they shall see all thy shame. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=3852" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Judgment on Jerusalem</a> …36This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them, 37<a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nî (Interjection:: 1cs) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">I will surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: mə·qab·bêṣ (V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">gather</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: mə·’a·hă·ḇa·yiḵ (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc:: 2fs) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">the lovers</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.">with whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/6149.htm" title="6149: ‘ā·raḇt (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To be sweet or pleasing. A primitive root; to be agreeable.">you found pleasure,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</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.">those</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ā·haḇt (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">you loved</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</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.">those</a> <a href="/hebrew/8130.htm" title="8130: śā·nêṯ (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To hate. A primitive root; to hate.">you hated.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: wə·qib·baṣ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">I will gather</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·la·yiḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: mis·sā·ḇîḇ (Prep-m:: Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">from all around</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: wə·ḡil·lê·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">and expose</a> <a href="/hebrew/6172.htm" title="6172: ‘er·wā·ṯêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- Nakedness. From arah; nudity, literally or figuratively.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. ">before them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wə·rā·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">and they will see you</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">completely</a> <a href="/hebrew/6172.htm" title="6172: ‘er·wā·ṯêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- Nakedness. From arah; nudity, literally or figuratively.">naked.</a> 38And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Jeremiah 13:22-27</a> And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed. / Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil. / “I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind. ... <a href="/hosea/2-10.htm">Hosea 2:10</a> And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands. <a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8</a> Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away. <a href="/isaiah/47-3.htm">Isaiah 47:3</a> Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” <a href="/nahum/3-5.htm">Nahum 3:5</a> “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms. <a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Jeremiah 4:30</a> And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life. <a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16</a> And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. <a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6-8</a> Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup. / As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ / Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” <a href="/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Jeremiah 13:26</a> So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen. <a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Isaiah 3:16-17</a> The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— / the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.” <a href="/hosea/2-3.htm">Hosea 2:3</a> Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. <a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Micah 1:8</a> Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich. <a href="/jeremiah/22-22.htm">Jeremiah 22:22</a> The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness. <a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-2</a> 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.” <a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Revelation 19:2</a> For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Behold, therefore I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all them that you have loved, with all them that you have hated; I will even gather them round about against you, and will discover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.<a href="/ezekiel/23-9.htm">Ezekiel 23:9,10,22-30</a> Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted… <a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Jeremiah 4:30</a> And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.<a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Jeremiah 13:22,26</a> And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-33.htm">Direction</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-22.htm">Discover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-17.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-5.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Lovers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Nakedness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-17.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-14.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-33.htm">Side</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-22.htm">Uncover</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/21-2.htm">Direction</a> <a href="/hosea/2-10.htm">Discover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-34.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-28.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-5.htm">Lovers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm">Nakedness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-23.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-57.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-57.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm">Uncover</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 16</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/16-1.htm">Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem</a> 6. <a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">God's extraordinary love toward her,</a> 15. <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Her grievous judgment</a> 35. <a href="/ezekiel/16-35.htm">Her sin, equal to her mother, </a> 46. <a href="/ezekiel/16-46.htm">and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria, </a> 59. <a href="/ezekiel/16-59.htm">calls for judgments</a> 60. <a href="/ezekiel/16-60.htm">Mercy is promised her in the end</a> </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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure This phrase indicates a divine response to Israel's unfaithfulness, symbolized by the metaphor of a promiscuous woman. The "lovers" represent the foreign nations and idols Israel pursued instead of remaining faithful to God. Historically, Israel often sought alliances with surrounding nations like Egypt and Assyria, which led to spiritual adultery. The gathering of these "lovers" signifies God's intention to bring judgment upon Israel through the very nations they trusted.all those you loved and all those you hated This highlights the indiscriminate nature of Israel's alliances and idolatries. The phrase suggests that Israel's relationships with these nations were complex, involving both affection and animosity. Biblically, this reflects the inconsistency in Israel's spiritual fidelity, as seen in their oscillation between worshiping God and idols. The inclusion of both "loved" and "hated" underscores the totality of Israel's betrayal.I will gather them against you from all around This gathering from "all around" indicates a comprehensive judgment. Geographically, Israel was surrounded by powerful nations, and historically, these nations often became instruments of God's discipline. The phrase suggests a siege or encirclement, reminiscent of the Babylonian conquest. This reflects the prophetic warnings given by other prophets, such as Jeremiah, about the consequences of Israel's disobedience.and expose you before them Exposure here symbolizes shame and humiliation. In ancient Near Eastern culture, public exposure was a severe disgrace, often associated with defeat and subjugation. This imagery is used to convey the depth of Israel's spiritual nakedness and vulnerability due to their infidelity. Theologically, it serves as a warning of the consequences of abandoning God's covenant.and they will see you completely naked Nakedness in the Bible often symbolizes shame, guilt, and judgment. This phrase emphasizes the totality of Israel's exposure and the complete stripping away of their false securities. It echoes the consequences of sin seen in <a href="/genesis/3-7.htm">Genesis 3:7</a>, where Adam and Eve's disobedience led to their awareness of nakedness. Theologically, it points to the need for repentance and the covering of sin, ultimately fulfilled in Christ's atonement.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He is known for his vivid visions and symbolic actions. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city symbolically represented as an unfaithful wife in this chapter, illustrating Israel's spiritual adultery through idolatry and alliances with pagan nations. 3. <a href="/topical/l/lovers.htm">Lovers</a> Symbolic of the foreign nations and idols with whom Israel committed spiritual adultery, seeking alliances and worshiping false gods. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The righteous judge who declares the consequences of Israel's unfaithfulness, emphasizing His holiness and justice. 5. <a href="/topical/n/nakedness.htm">Nakedness</a> A metaphor for shame and exposure, representing the consequences of Israel's sins being laid bare before the nations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adultery.htm">Spiritual Adultery</a> Just as Israel was unfaithful to God by turning to other nations and idols, Christians must guard against idolatry in their own lives, whether it be materialism, power, or other distractions. <a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment.htm">Divine Judgment</a> God's judgment is a response to unfaithfulness. It serves as a reminder of His holiness and the seriousness of sin. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> While this passage focuses on judgment, the broader biblical account includes God's desire for repentance and restoration, offering hope for those who turn back to Him. <a href="/topical/p/public_consequences_of_sin.htm">Public Consequences of Sin</a> Sin often leads to public shame and exposure. This serves as a warning to live a life of integrity and faithfulness to God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> The gathering of nations against Israel demonstrates God's control over history and His ability to use even foreign powers to accomplish His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 16</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_punish_in_ezekiel_16_37-41.htm">If God is just, why does He threaten severe punishment in Ezekiel 16:37–41, yet allow similar injustices elsewhere in the Bible to go unpunished? </a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_signs_of_the_end_times.htm">What are the signs of the end times?</a> <a href="/q/will_everyone_be_saved.htm">Will all be saved? (1 Timothy 2:4 vs. Matthew 7:13-14)</a> <a href="/q/why_does_a_loving_god_allow_predestination.htm">How can a loving God allow predestination while holding people accountable?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(37) Thou hast loved . . . hast hated.--Not only those with whom Israel had sought alliances, but those who had been her hereditary foes, like the Philistines and Edomites, shared in the spoil of her land. Much of this had been already accomplished (see <a href="/2_kings/16-6.htm" title="At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelled there to this day.">2Kings 16:6</a>; <a href="/context/2_chronicles/28-17.htm" title="For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.">2Chronicles 28:17-18</a>, &c). Israel's weakness and wickedness should be fully exposed to all her enemies.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 37. - I will gather all thy lovers, etc. Interpreting the parable, the" lovers" are the nations with which Judah had allied herself, and whose religion she had adopted. In that confederacy of Moabites, Ammonites, Syrians, Philistines, Edomites and Chaldeans them should be small difference between those whom she had loved and those whom she had hated. All alike would exult in her shame and her fall (comp. <a href="/psalms/137-7.htm">Psalm 137:7</a>; <a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">2 Kings 24:2</a>). <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>therefore לָ֠כֵן (lā·ḵên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> So -- thus I will surely הִנְנִ֨י (hin·nî) Interjection | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> Lo! behold! gather מְקַבֵּ֤ץ (mə·qab·bêṣ) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> To gather, collect all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the lovers מְאַהֲבַ֙יִךְ֙ (mə·’a·hă·ḇa·yiḵ) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f with whom you found pleasure, עָרַ֣בְתְּ (‘ā·raḇt) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6149.htm">Strong's 6149: </a> To be sweet or pleasing all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every those אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you loved אָהַ֔בְתְּ (’ā·haḇt) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f and עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every those אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you hated. שָׂנֵ֑את (śā·nêṯ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8130.htm">Strong's 8130: </a> To hate I will gather וְקִבַּצְתִּי֩ (wə·qib·baṣ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> To gather, collect them אֹתָ֨ם (’ō·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case against you עָלַ֜יִךְ (‘ā·la·yiḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against from all around מִסָּבִ֗יב (mis·sā·ḇîḇ) Preposition-m | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> A circle, neighbour, environs, around and expose וְגִלֵּיתִ֤י (wə·ḡil·lê·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> To denude, to exile, to reveal [you] עֶרְוָתֵךְ֙ (‘er·wā·ṯêḵ) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6172.htm">Strong's 6172: </a> Nakedness before them, אֲלֵהֶ֔ם (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to and they will see וְרָא֖וּ (wə·rā·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every your nakedness. עֶרְוָתֵֽךְ׃ (‘er·wā·ṯêḵ) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6172.htm">Strong's 6172: </a> Nakedness <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:37 Therefore see I will gather all your (Ezek. 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