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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/16.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />I adorned you with jewelry: I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I gave you lovely jewelry, bracelets, beautiful necklaces,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And I adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your wrists, and a chain on your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I adorned you with jewelry, put bracelets on your wrists, and a necklace around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your hands, and a necklace around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I also adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I adorned you with ornaments and I put bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I adorned you with jewelry, putting bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I adorned you with jewelry, putting bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I gave you bracelets, a necklace, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I gave you jewelry. I put bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I put jewels on you--bracelets and necklaces. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I adorned you with jewels, placing bracelets on your hand and necklaces on your neck. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I decked you with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I decked you with ornaments, put bracelets on your hands, and put a chain on your neck. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I adorn you with adornments, "" And I give bracelets for your hands, "" And a chain for your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I adorn thee with adornments, And I give bracelets for thy hands, And a chain for thy neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I shall deck thee with ornaments, and I shall give bracelets upon thy hands and a chain upon thy throat.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I decked thee also with ornaments, and put bracelets on thy hands, and a chain about thy neck. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I adorned you with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon your hands and a necklace around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I adorned you with jewelry, putting bracelets on your arms, a necklace about your neck,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I adorned you with ornaments: I put bracelets on your arms, a chain on your neck,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I decked you also with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace on your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I adorned you with ornaments, and I set bracelets on your hands and a necklace on your neck<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and decked thee also with ornaments, and put bracelets on thine hands, and a necklace on thy neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/16-11.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=3580" 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">10</span>I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5710.htm" title="5710: wā·’e‘·dêḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 2fs) -- A primitive root; to advance, i.e. Pass on or continue; causatively, to remove; specifically, to bedeck.">I adorned</a> <a href="/hebrew/5716.htm" title="5716: ‘e·ḏî (N-ms) -- Ornaments. From adah in the sense of trappings; finery; generally an outfit; specifically, a headstall.">you with jewelry,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wā·’et·tə·nāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 3fs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and I put</a> <a href="/hebrew/6781.htm" title="6781: ṣə·mî·ḏîm (N-mp) -- A bracelet, arm-clasp, a lid. Or tsamid; from tsamad; a bracelet or arm-clasp; generally, a lid.">bracelets</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.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏa·yiḵ (N-fdc:: 2fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">your wrists</a> <a href="/hebrew/7242.htm" title="7242: wə·rā·ḇîḏ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A chain (ornament for the neck). From rabad; a collar.">and a chain</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.">around</a> <a href="/hebrew/1627.htm" title="1627: gə·rō·w·nêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Neck, throat. Or garon; from garar; the throat.">your neck.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.…<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="/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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-8.htm">Revelation 19:8</a></span><br />She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-22.htm">Genesis 24:22</a></span><br />And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-9.htm">Proverbs 1:9</a></span><br />For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/songs/1-10.htm">Song of Solomon 1:10-11</a></span><br />Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels. / We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-18.htm">Isaiah 3:18-23</a></span><br />In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents; / their pendants, bracelets, and veils; / their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms; ...<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="/genesis/41-42.htm">Genesis 41:42</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.<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="/1_timothy/2-9.htm">1 Timothy 2:9-10</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, / but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-2.htm">Exodus 32:2-3</a></span><br />So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.” / Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/10-10.htm">1 Kings 10:10</a></span><br />Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/10-14.htm">1 Kings 10:14-22</a></span><br />The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents, / not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land. / King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/45-13.htm">Psalm 45:13-14</a></span><br />All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold. / In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.<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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I decked you also with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck.</p><p class="hdg">I put</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/24-22.htm">Genesis 24:22,47,53</a></b></br> And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten <i>shekels</i> weight of gold; … </p><p class="hdg">a chain</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/41-42.htm">Genesis 41:42</a></b></br> And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-9.htm">Proverbs 1:9</a></b></br> For they <i>shall be</i> an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/4-9.htm">Proverbs 4:9</a></b></br> She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.</p><p class="hdg">forehead [heb] nose</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/24-22.htm">Genesis 24:22</a></b></br> And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten <i>shekels</i> weight of gold;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-21.htm">Isaiah 3:21</a></b></br> The rings, and nose jewels,</p><p class="hdg">ear-rings</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Genesis 35:4</a></b></br> And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which <i>were</i> in their hand, and <i>all their</i> earrings which <i>were</i> in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which <i>was</i> by Shechem.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-2.htm">Exodus 32:2</a></b></br> And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which <i>are</i> in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring <i>them</i> unto me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/35-22.htm">Exodus 35:22</a></b></br> And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, <i>and</i> brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered <i>offered</i> an offering of gold unto the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">and a</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/8-9.htm">Leviticus 8:9</a></b></br> And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, <i>even</i> upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/2-17.htm">Esther 2:17</a></b></br> And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/28-5.htm">Isaiah 28:5</a></b></br> In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Adorn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Adorned</a> <a href="/psalms/110-3.htm">Adornments</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-20.htm">Arms</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-19.htm">Bracelets</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-23.htm">Chain</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-16.htm">Decked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-10.htm">Fair</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Jewelry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-7.htm">Jewels</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-5.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/songs/4-9.htm">Necklace</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-7.htm">Ornaments</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Adorn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Adorned</a> <a href="/psalms/110-3.htm">Adornments</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-42.htm">Arms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-42.htm">Bracelets</a> <a href="/daniel/5-7.htm">Chain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Decked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-17.htm">Fair</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-39.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-17.htm">Jewelry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-17.htm">Jewels</a> <a href="/daniel/5-7.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/daniel/5-29.htm">Necklace</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-26.htm">Ornaments</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 ancient Near Eastern cultures, jewelry was a sign of wealth, status, and favor. The adornment signifies God's grace and the honor He bestowed upon Israel, elevating them from a state of destitution to one of beauty and splendor. This imagery is reminiscent of the adornment of the bride in <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Isaiah 61:10</a>, where God clothes His people with garments of salvation and righteousness.<p><b>and I put bracelets on your wrists</b><br>Bracelets were common in ancient times as symbols of beauty and wealth. In the context of Ezekiel, they represent the security and protection God provided to Israel. The bracelets can also be seen as a metaphor for the binding nature of the covenant between God and His people, much like the binding of a marriage. This imagery is echoed in <a href="/hosea/2-19.htm">Hosea 2:19-20</a>, where God speaks of betrothing Israel to Himself in faithfulness and love.<p><b>and a chain around your neck</b><br>Neck chains were often worn as ornaments of distinction and honor. In biblical times, they could signify authority and dignity, as seen in <a href="/genesis/41-42.htm">Genesis 41:42</a>, where Pharaoh places a gold chain around Joseph's neck as a sign of his new position. In Ezekiel, the chain symbolizes the honor and identity God bestowed upon Israel, setting them apart as His chosen people. This adornment also foreshadows the spiritual riches and identity believers receive in Christ, as described in <a href="/ephesians/1-3.htm">Ephesians 1:3-14</a>, where believers are blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ.<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, tasked with delivering God's messages to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>Symbolically represented as a woman in this chapter, Jerusalem is the city that God chose and adorned, representing His people, Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The one who adorns Jerusalem, symbolizing His covenant relationship and blessings bestowed upon His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The historical context in which Ezekiel prophesied, a time of judgment and reflection for Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/adornments.htm">Adornments</a></b><br>Symbolic of the blessings and honor God bestowed upon Israel, representing His love and covenant.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_covenant_love.htm">God's Covenant Love</a></b><br>God's adornment of Jerusalem symbolizes His deep love and commitment to His people, reflecting the covenant relationship He established with Israel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/blessings_and_responsibilities.htm">Blessings and Responsibilities</a></b><br>The adornments represent not only blessings but also the responsibilities that come with being God's chosen people. Israel was to reflect God's glory and righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adornment.htm">Spiritual Adornment</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to adorn ourselves spiritually with virtues such as love, humility, and righteousness, reflecting our identity in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God's willingness to adorn and restore them highlights His mercy and the possibility of repentance and renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_in_christ.htm">Identity in Christ</a></b><br>Just as Jerusalem was adorned, believers are adorned with the righteousness of Christ, signifying our new identity and status before God.<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/can_christians_wear_religious_jewelry.htm">Should Christians wear religious jewelry?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_nose_rings.htm">What is the Bible's stance on nose rings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_jewelry.htm">What does the Bible say about wearing jewelry?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_11_16_align_with_evidence.htm">In Ezekiel 11:16, how can the claimed scattering be reconciled with the limited archaeological and historical evidence for a mass dispersion at that specific time?</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>(11-14) In these verses the Divinely-given prosperity and glory of Israel is set forth under the sustained figure of the ornaments and food of a royal eastern bride. The various particulars mentioned are familiar to all readers of the Scripture histories. The latter part of <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm" title="Thus were you decked with gold and silver; and your raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; you did eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and you were exceeding beautiful, and you did prosper into a kingdom.">Ezekiel 16:13</a> and <a href="/ezekiel/16-14.htm" title="And your renown went forth among the heathen for your beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put on you, said the Lord GOD.">Ezekiel 16:14</a> evidently refer to the times of David and Solomon, when the kingdom of Israel extended from the Euphrates to the "river of Egypt," and very many of the surrounding kingdoms were made tributary. Israel then was renowned among the heathen, but its glory was pre-eminently as the nation of Jehovah, "through my comeliness which I had put upon thee."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Ornaments</span>. Same word as in ver. 7, but here taken in its more usual sense. (For bracelets, see <a href="/ezekiel/23-42.htm">Ezekiel 23:42</a>; <a href="/genesis/24-22.htm">Genesis 24:22, 30</a>; <a href="/numbers/31-50.htm">Numbers 31:50</a>. For <span class="cmt_word">chain</span>, <a href="/genesis/41-42.htm">Genesis 41:42</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/16-11.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">I adorned</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֶעְדֵּ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’e‘·dêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5710.htm">Strong's 5710: </a> </span><span class="str2">To advance, pass on, continue, to remove, to bedeck</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you with jewelry,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶ֑דִי</span> <span class="translit">(‘e·ḏî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5716.htm">Strong's 5716: </a> </span><span class="str2">Finery, an outfit, a headstall</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I put</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’et·tə·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third 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">bracelets</span><br /><span class="heb">צְמִידִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·mî·ḏîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6781.htm">Strong's 6781: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bracelet, arm-clasp, a lid</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your wrists</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדַ֔יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and a chain</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָבִ֖יד</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·ḇîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7242.htm">Strong's 7242: </a> </span><span class="str2">A chain (ornament for the neck)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">around</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your neck.</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּרוֹנֵֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(gə·rō·w·nêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1627.htm">Strong's 1627: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neck, throat</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/16-11.htm">Ezekiel 16:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16-11.htm">Ezekiel 16:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16-11.htm">Ezekiel 16:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16-11.htm">Ezekiel 16:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16-11.htm">Ezekiel 16:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/16-11.htm">Ezekiel 16:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/16-11.htm">Ezekiel 16:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/16-11.htm">Ezekiel 16:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/16-11.htm">Ezekiel 16:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/16-11.htm">Ezekiel 16:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/16-11.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:11 I decked you with ornaments and (Ezek. 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