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class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div 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 />In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, kicking about in your blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />In all your years of adultery and detestable sin, you have not once remembered the days long ago when you lay naked in a field, kicking about in your own blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And in all your abominations and your whorings you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, <i>and</i> wast polluted in thy blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And in all your abominations and acts of harlotry you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, struggling in your blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And besides all your abominations and obscene practices, you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare and squirming in your blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Besides all your abominations and harlotries you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare and squirming in your blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And besides all your abominations and harlotries you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare and squirming in your blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Besides all your abominations and harlotries you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare—you were squirming in your blood!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And in all your repulsive acts and prostitutions (idolatrous immoralities) you did not [pause to] remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, squirming in your [newborn] blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In all your detestable practices and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were stark naked and thrashing around in your blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In all your detestable practices and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were stark naked and lying in your blood.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast weltering in thy blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You were so busy sinning and being a prostitute that you refused to think about the days when you were young and were rolling around naked in your own blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast weltering in thy blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />With all the disgusting things that you did and all your acts of prostitution, you didn't remember the time when you were young. You didn't remember when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your own blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />During your disgusting life as a prostitute you never once remembered your childhood--when you were naked, squirming in your own blood." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Throughout all of your detestable practices and immorality, you never did remember your earlier life when you were bare, naked, and wallowing in your own blood."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />And with all your abominable practices and prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />In all your abominations and your prostitution you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, and were wallowing in your blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And in all thy abominations and thy deeds of lewdness thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />In all your abominations and your prostitution you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, and were wallowing in your blood. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And with all your abominations and your whoredoms, "" You have not remembered the days of your youth, "" When you were naked and bare, "" You were trodden down in your blood!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And with all thine abominations and thy whoredoms, Thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, When thou wast naked and bare, Trodden down in thy blood thou wast!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And with all thine abominations and thy fornications thou didst not remember the days of thy youth, in thy being naked and nakedness, and thou wert trod under foot in thy blood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And after all thy abominations, and fornications, thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked, and full of confusion, trodden under foot in thy own blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And after all your abominations and fornications, you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and full of shame, wallowing in your own blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />In all your abominations and prostitutions you did not remember the days of your youth when you were stark naked, struggling in your blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And in all your abominations and your whorings you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, flailing about in your blood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And in all your abominations and your whoredoms you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare and lay wallowing in blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And in all your abominations and your fornications you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and cold and wallowing in blood<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And in all thine abominations and thy harlotries thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast wallowing in thy blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />This is beyond all thy fornication, and thou didst not remember thine infancy, when thou wast naked and bare, <i>and</i> didst live <i>though</i> defiled in thy blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/16-22.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=3696" 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">21</span>You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">And</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.">in all</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: tō·w·‘ă·ḇō·ṯa·yiḵ (N-fpc:: 2fs) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">your abominations</a> <a href="/hebrew/8457.htm" title="8457: wə·ṯaz·nu·ṯa·yiḵ (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 2fs) -- Fornication. Or taznuth; from zanah; harlotry, i.e. idolatry.">and acts of prostitution,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">you did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: zå̄·ḵar·tī (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">remember</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/3117.htm" title="3117: yə·mê (N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/5271.htm" title="5271: nə·‘ū·rā·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Or naur; and nturah; properly, passive participle from na'ar as denominative; youth, the state or the persons.">of your youth</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: bih·yō·w·ṯêḵ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 2fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">when you were</a> <a href="/hebrew/5903.htm" title="5903: ‘ê·rōm (Adj-ms) -- Naked, nakedness. Or merom; from aram; nudity.">naked</a> <a href="/hebrew/6181.htm" title="6181: wə·‘er·yāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Nakedness. For ervah; nudity.">and bare,</a> <a href="/hebrew/947.htm" title="947: miṯ·bō·w·se·seṯ (V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-fs) -- To tread down, trample. A primitive root; to trample.">wallowing</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: bə·ḏā·mêḵ (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2fs) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">in your own blood.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yîṯ (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,…<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="/jeremiah/2-2.htm">Jeremiah 2:2</a></span><br />“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-15.htm">Hosea 2:15</a></span><br />There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2</a></span><br />Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Jeremiah 3:1-2</a></span><br />“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD. / “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1-2</a></span><br />When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. / But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-18.htm">Deuteronomy 32:18</a></span><br />You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Isaiah 57:8</a></span><br />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="/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/13-6.htm">Hosea 13:6</a></span><br />When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-42.htm">Psalm 78:42</a></span><br />They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-4.htm">Revelation 2:4-5</a></span><br />But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love. / Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/1-9.htm">2 Peter 1:9</a></span><br />But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-9.htm">Galatians 4:9</a></span><br />But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19-20</a></span><br />Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And in all your abominations and your prostitutions you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bore, and were polluted in your blood.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ezekiel 16:3-7,43,60-63</a></b></br> And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity <i>is</i> of the land of Canaan; thy father <i>was</i> an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-2.htm">Jeremiah 2:2</a></b></br> Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land <i>that was</i> not sown.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/2-3.htm">Hosea 2:3</a></b></br> Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-2.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-7.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-15.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-9.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-2.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-2.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-34.htm">Early</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Harlotries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Kicking</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-20.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-7.htm">Naked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-2.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Prostitution</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-20.htm">Remembered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Squirming</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-14.htm">Uncovered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Wallowing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Weltering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Whoredoms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-14.htm">Youth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/daniel/11-4.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-39.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-19.htm">Early</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Harlotries</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-12.htm">Kicking</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-34.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-61.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-39.htm">Naked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-9.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-47.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Prostitution</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-60.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-43.htm">Remembered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Squirming</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Uncovered</a> <a href="/mark/9-20.htm">Wallowing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-28.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Weltering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Whoredoms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-43.htm">Youth</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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The abominations refer to idolatrous practices and alliances with pagan nations, which were seen as acts of unfaithfulness to God. The imagery of prostitution is used throughout the Old Testament, notably in Hosea, to illustrate Israel's unfaithfulness. The historical context involves Israel's repeated turning to other gods and political alliances instead of relying on Yahweh. This spiritual adultery is condemned as it breaks the covenant relationship established at Sinai.<p><b>you did not remember the days of your youth</b><br>This phrase calls Israel to recall their humble beginnings and the grace they received from God. The "days of your youth" refers to the early history of Israel, particularly the time of the Exodus and the wilderness wanderings when they were entirely dependent on God. This forgetfulness is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, where Israel often forgets God's past deliverance and provision, leading to their downfall. The call to remember is a call to repentance and a return to covenant faithfulness.<p><b>when you were naked and bare</b><br>This imagery emphasizes Israel's vulnerability and helplessness before God intervened on their behalf. "Naked and bare" symbolizes a state of need and destitution, reflecting Israel's condition in Egypt before God delivered them. It also alludes to the shame and exposure that comes from sin, as seen in the story of Adam and Eve. Theologically, it underscores the idea that without God's covering and provision, humanity is exposed and vulnerable.<p><b>wallowing in your own blood</b><br>This graphic image refers to the state of Israel before God's intervention, likened to an abandoned newborn left in its blood. It signifies the desperate and hopeless condition of Israel before God chose them and made them His people. This phrase connects to the covenantal language of life and death, where blood often symbolizes life, sacrifice, and covenant. Theologically, it points to the need for divine intervention and salvation, which is ultimately fulfilled in the sacrificial work of Jesus Christ, who cleanses and redeems through His blood.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He is known for his vivid visions and symbolic actions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city being addressed in this chapter, symbolically represented as an unfaithful wife who has forgotten her humble beginnings and God's grace.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel's_youth.htm">Israel's Youth</a></b><br>Refers to the early days of the nation, particularly the time of the Exodus and the wilderness wanderings, when Israel was dependent on God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/abominations_and_prostitution.htm">Abominations and Prostitution</a></b><br>Symbolic of Israel's idolatry and unfaithfulness to God, often depicted as spiritual adultery.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_covenant.htm">God's Covenant</a></b><br>The relationship established between God and Israel, which Israel has broken through idolatry and sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/remembering_god's_past_mercies.htm">Remembering God's Past Mercies</a></b><br>Reflect on how God has delivered and provided for you in the past. Forgetting these acts can lead to spiritual complacency and unfaithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_spiritual_adultery.htm">The Danger of Spiritual Adultery</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just a historical issue but a present danger. Anything that takes the place of God in our hearts can become an idol.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_humility.htm">The Importance of Humility</a></b><br>Recognize our humble beginnings and dependence on God. Pride can lead us away from acknowledging our need for Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>God calls us to repentance and offers restoration. No matter how far we have strayed, His grace is sufficient to bring us back.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>As believers, we are in a covenant relationship with God through Christ. Faithfulness to this covenant is essential in our walk with Him.<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_does_the_bible_say_on_child_sacrifice.htm">What does the Bible say about child sacrifice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_homosexuality.htm">What does the Bible, including Jesus, say about homosexuality?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_israel's_idolatry_in_hosea_9_1.htm">In Hosea 9:1, what evidence supports or disputes Israel's alleged widespread idolatry as described here?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_homosexuality_considered_sinful.htm">Is homosexuality considered sinful?</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">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast not remembered.</span> The words gain a fuller significance when we recollect those of Ezekiel's master (<a href="/jeremiah/2-2.htm">Jeremiah 2:2</a>). The husband remembered "the love of her espousals;" the faithless wife forgot from what a life of shame and misery she had then been rescued. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֤ת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your abominations</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹעֲבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·‘ă·ḇō·ṯa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and acts of prostitution,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתַזְנֻתַ֔יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯaz·nu·ṯa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8457.htm">Strong's 8457: </a> </span><span class="str2">Harlotry, idolatry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">remember</span><br /><span class="heb">זָכַ֖רְתְּ</span> <span class="translit">(zā·ḵart)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the days</span><br /><span class="heb">יְמֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(yə·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your youth</span><br /><span class="heb">נְעוּרָ֑יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(nə·‘ū·rā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5271.htm">Strong's 5271: </a> </span><span class="str2">Youth, the state, the persons</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when you were</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּֽהְיוֹתֵךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(bih·yō·w·ṯêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">naked</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵרֹ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·rōm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5903.htm">Strong's 5903: </a> </span><span class="str2">Naked, nakedness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bare,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעֶרְיָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘er·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6181.htm">Strong's 6181: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nakedness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wallowing</span><br /><span class="heb">מִתְבּוֹסֶ֥סֶת</span> <span class="translit">(miṯ·bō·w·se·seṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_947.htm">Strong's 947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tread down, trample</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your own blood.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּדָמֵ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḏā·mêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Ezekiel 16:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Ezekiel 16:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Ezekiel 16:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Ezekiel 16:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Ezekiel 16:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Ezekiel 16:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Ezekiel 16:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Ezekiel 16:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Ezekiel 16:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Ezekiel 16:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/16-22.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:22 In all your abominations and your prostitution (Ezek. 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