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Then you used my special oil and my incense to worship them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And you took your embroidered garments to cover them, and set my oil and my incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You took your embroidered garments to cover them, and you set My oil and incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You took your embroidered garments and covered them, and you set My oil and My incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then you took your colorfully woven cloth and covered them, and offered My oil and My incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Then you took your embroidered cloth and covered them, and offered My oil and My incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Then you took your embroidered cloth and covered them, and offered My oil and My incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then you took your embroidered cloth and covered them and gave My oil and My incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and you took your embroidered clothing and covered them, and offered My oil and My incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then you took your embroidered clothing to cover them and set my oil and incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then you took your embroidered garments to cover them, and set My oil and incense before them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and thou tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them, and didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You dressed them in the clothes you got from me, and you offered them the olive oil and incense I gave you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and thou tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them, and didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You took off your embroidered clothes and covered the idols with them. You offered my olive oil and incense in their presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You took the embroidered clothes I gave you and put them on the images, and you offered to the images the olive oil and incense I had given you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You took your embroidered gowns and made clothes to cover them. Then you offered my olive oil and incense to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You took your embroidered garments to cover them, and you set My oil and incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You took your embroidered clothing and used it to cover them; you offered my olive oil and my incense to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and you took your embroidered garments, and covered them, and set my oil and my incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And hast taken thy broidered garments, and covered them: and thou hast set my oil and my incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You took your embroidered garments, covered them, and set my oil and my incense before them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you take the garments of your embroidery, "" And cover them, "" And you have set My oil and My incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And dost take the garments of thy embroidery, And thou dost cover them, And My oil and My perfume thou hast set before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou wilt take thy garments of variegations and cover them: and thou gavest mine oil and mine incense before them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thou tookest thy garments of divers colours, and coveredst them : and settest my oil and my sweet incense before them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you used your multicolored vestments to cover these things. And you placed my oil and my incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You took your embroidered garments to cover them; my oil and my incense you set before them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and you took your embroidered garments to cover them, and set my oil and my incense before them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you took your embroidered garments and covered them; and you have set my oil and my incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you took the garments in which you adorned yourself and you covered them, and my oil and my sweet incense you set before them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and thou didst take thy richly woven garments and cover them, and didst set Mine oil and Mine incense before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou didst take thy variegated apparel and didst clothe them, and thou didst set before them mine oil and mine incense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/16-18.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=3659" 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">17</span>You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: wat·tiq·ḥî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">You took</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/7553.htm" title="7553: riq·mā·ṯêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- Variegated stuff. From raqam; variegation of color; specifically, embroidery.">your embroidered</a> <a href="/hebrew/899.htm" title="899: biḡ·ḏê (N-mpc) -- A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage. From bagad; a covering, i.e. Clothing; also treachery or pillage.">garments</a> <a href="/hebrew/3680.htm" title="3680: wat·tə·ḵas·sîm (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-2fs:: 3mp) -- To cover. A primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. Fill up hollows; by implication, to cover.">to cover them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nå̄·ṯat·tī (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and you set</a> <a href="/hebrew/8081.htm" title="8081: wə·šam·nî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Fat, oil. From shaman; grease, especially liquid; figuratively, richness.">My oil</a> <a href="/hebrew/7004.htm" title="7004: ū·qə·ṭā·rə·tî (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Smoke, odor of (burning) sacrifice, incense. From qatar; a fumigation.">and incense</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> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>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.…<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="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Jeremiah 4:30</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7-8</a></span><br />On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices. / Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Revelation 17:4</a></span><br />The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-16.htm">Revelation 18:16</a></span><br />saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a></span><br />See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-32.htm">Jeremiah 2:32</a></span><br />Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.<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="/revelation/18-12.htm">Revelation 18:12-13</a></span><br />cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; / of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Isaiah 3:16-24</a></span><br />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.” / In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Jeremiah 10:9</a></span><br />Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm">1 Peter 3:3-4</a></span><br />Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, / but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/2-9.htm">1 Timothy 2:9</a></span><br />Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/7-10.htm">Proverbs 7:10</a></span><br />Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Isaiah 61:10</a></span><br />I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And took your broidered garments, and covered them: and you have set my oil and my incense before them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-10.htm">Ezekiel 16:10</a></b></br> I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Broidered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Cloth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-33.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-10.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">Coveredst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Embroidered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-10.htm">Embroidery</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-11.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-10.htm">Needlework</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-9.htm">Perfume</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Richly</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Robes</a> <a href="/psalms/99-8.htm">Tookest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Woven</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/26-16.htm">Broidered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-24.htm">Cloth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-39.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-3.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-7.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">Coveredst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-16.htm">Embroidered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-7.htm">Embroidery</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-26.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-7.htm">Needlework</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Perfume</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-16.htm">Richly</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-16.htm">Robes</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">Tookest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-16.htm">Woven</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 biblical times, embroidered garments were a sign of wealth and status, often used in religious ceremonies. The act of using these garments for idolatry signifies a profound betrayal of the covenant. This imagery is reminiscent of the betrayal seen in <a href="/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8</a>, where Israel misuses God's gifts. The garments can also symbolize the righteousness and purity God intended for His people, which they defiled through idolatry.<p><b>and you set My oil and incense before them</b><br>Oil and incense were integral to worship in the temple, representing the presence and favor of God. The use of "My oil and incense" underscores that these were sacred items meant for worshiping Yahweh alone. By setting them before idols, Israel was not only misappropriating what was holy but also attempting to transfer the worship due to God to false gods. This act parallels the warning in <a href="/exodus/30-9.htm">Exodus 30:9</a> against offering unauthorized incense. The oil can also be seen as a type of the Holy Spirit, and its misuse signifies a rejection of God's Spirit. The incense, often associated with prayer (<a href="/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2</a>), being offered to idols, indicates a misdirection of devotion and communication meant for God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the author of the book. He is known for his vivid visions and symbolic actions, which convey God's messages to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city is personified as an unfaithful wife in <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Ezekiel 16</a>. This chapter uses allegory to describe Jerusalem's spiritual adultery and idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this passage, God expresses His disappointment and anger towards Jerusalem for their idolatry and misuse of His gifts.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>The central event in this passage, where Jerusalem uses God's gifts for idol worship, symbolizing their spiritual unfaithfulness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The historical context of Ezekiel's prophecies, where the Israelites are in captivity due to their disobedience and idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><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 also be anything that takes the place of God in our hearts. We must examine our lives for modern-day idols.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/misuse_of_god's_gifts.htm">Misuse of God's Gifts</a></b><br>God provides us with resources and blessings. We must use them to honor Him, not for selfish purposes or to serve other 'gods' in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adultery.htm">Spiritual Adultery</a></b><br>Just as Jerusalem was unfaithful to God, we must guard against spiritual adultery by maintaining a faithful relationship with Him through prayer, worship, and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Despite the severity of Jerusalem's sin, God's desire is for repentance and restoration. We should seek forgiveness and turn back to God when we stray.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Even when we are unfaithful, God remains faithful. His love and commitment to His people are unwavering, offering hope for redemption.<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_was_moses'_tabernacle.htm">What was Moses' Tabernacle?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_exodus_28_gems_match_israel's_trade.htm">Exodus 28:15-21: Could the precise identification and sourcing of twelve specific gemstones align historically with the Israelites' environment and trading networks?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_isaiah_63's_violence.htm">Isaiah 63:7-9 speaks of God's lovingkindness and mercy; how can this be harmonized with the violent imagery earlier in the chapter?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 18, 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Mine oil and mine incense</span>. This, as afterwards in <a href="/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Ezekiel 23:41</a>, was the crowning aggravation of the guilt. The very gifts of God, designed for his worship, were prostituted to that of his rivals. The "oil" is that of <a href="/exodus/30-23.htm">Exodus 30:23-25</a>, perfumed and set apart for sacred uses. The act of covering the idol was, as in ver. 8, the symbol of the marriage union. In the sweet savour we have the familiar phrase of <a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Ezekiel 6:13</a>. The scene brought before us is that of a sacrificial feast, in which cakes of flour, honey, and oil were eaten whilst incense was offered. So we have the "adored liba" of Virgil, 'AEneid,' 7:109, or more fully in Tibullus, 'Eleg.,' 1:7, 53, 54, the "thuria honores," the "liba ... dulcia melle." <span class="cmt_word">Thus it was,</span> etc. As in ver. 16, the description seems to rouse an instinctive abhorrence in the prophet's mind, which finds utterance in this form: "Yes, it was even so." The words are, however, taken by the LXX., Vulgate, and Luther as opening the following verse: "And it came to pass that." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/16-18.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">You took</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּקְחִ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiq·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your embroidered</span><br /><span class="heb">רִקְמָתֵ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(riq·mā·ṯêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7553.htm">Strong's 7553: </a> </span><span class="str2">Variegation of color, embroidery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">garments</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּגְדֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(biḡ·ḏê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_899.htm">Strong's 899: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to cover them,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתְּכַסִּ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tə·ḵas·sîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3680.htm">Strong's 3680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To plump, fill up hollows, to cover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and you set</span><br /><span class="heb">נָתַ֖תְּ</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯat)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine 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">My oil</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשַׁמְנִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šam·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common 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 incense</span><br /><span class="heb">וּקְטָרְתִּ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·qə·ṭā·rə·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7004.htm">Strong's 7004: </a> </span><span class="str2">Smoke, odor of (burning) sacrifice, incense</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before them.</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃</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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Ezekiel 16:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Ezekiel 16:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Ezekiel 16:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Ezekiel 16:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Ezekiel 16:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Ezekiel 16:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Ezekiel 16:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Ezekiel 16:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Ezekiel 16:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Ezekiel 16:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/16-18.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:18 And you took your embroidered garments (Ezek. 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