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As you lay there, I said, ‘Live!’ <a href="/esv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Standard Version</a> “And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’ <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16.htm">King James Bible</a> And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/16.htm">New King James Version</a> “And when I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you were in your blood, &#8216Live!&#8217 Yes, I said to you while you were in your blood, &#8216Live!&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Then I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood. So I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ Indeed I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ <a href="/amp/ezekiel/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your [newborn] blood, I said to you while you were there in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you while you were there in your blood, ‘Live!’ <a href="/csb/ezekiel/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “ ‘I passed by you and saw you thrashing around in your blood, and I said to you as you lay in your blood, “Live! ” Yes, I said to you as you lay in your blood, “Live! ” <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I passed by you and saw you lying in your blood, and I said to you as you lay in your blood: Live! Yes, I said to you as you lay in your blood: Live! <a href="/asv/ezekiel/16.htm">American Standard Version</a> And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I saw you lying there, rolling around in your own blood, and I couldn't let you die. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Revised Version</a> And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> " 'Then I went by you and saw you kicking around in your own blood. I said to you, "Live." <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Then I passed by and saw you squirming in your own blood. You were covered with blood, but I wouldn't let you die. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/16.htm">International Standard Version</a> "'"When I passed by you, I saw you kicking around, covered in your own blood. That's when I told you, 'Live!'—while you were wallowing in your blood. I commanded you to live, even as you lay there in your own blood. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ?Live!? There I said to you, ?Live!? <a href="/net/ezekiel/16.htm">NET Bible</a> "'I passed by you and saw you kicking around helplessly in your blood. I said to you as you lay there in your blood, "Live!" I said to you as you lay there in your blood, "Live!" <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "'And I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, and I said to you in your blood: 'Live.' <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thy own blood, I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yes, I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. <a href="/web/ezekiel/16.htm">World English Bible</a> “‘“When I passed by you, and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live!’ Yes, I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live!’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I pass over by you, "" And I see you trodden down in your blood, "" And I say to you in your blood, Live! Indeed, I say to you in your blood, Live! <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And I do pass over by thee, And I see thee trodden down in thy blood, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I shall pass by thee and see thee being trodden under foot in thy bloods, and saying to thee in thy bloods, Live; and saying to thee in thy bloods, Live.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And passing by thee, I saw that thou wast trodden under foot in thy own blood. and I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood: Live: I have said to thee: Live in thy blood. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But, passing by you, I saw that you were wallowing in your own blood. And I said to you, when you were in your blood: ‘Live.’ I tell you that I said to you, in your blood: ‘Live.’ <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Bible</a> Then I passed by and saw you struggling in your blood, and I said to you in your blood, “Live!” <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I passed by you, and saw you flailing about in your blood. As you lay in your blood, I said to you, “Live!<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your own blood, I said to you as you lay thus wallowing in your blood, Live, <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I passed by over you and I saw you that you wallowed in your blood, and I said to you in your blood: “Live<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And when I passed by thee, and saw thee wallowing in thy blood, I said unto thee: In thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee: In thy blood, live; <a href="/sep/ezekiel/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And I passed by to thee, and saw thee polluted in thy blood; and I said to thee, Let there be life out of thy blood: <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=3520" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Jerusalem's Unfaithfulness</a> …5No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth. 6<a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: wā·’e·‘ĕ·ḇōr (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">Then I passed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·la·yiḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wā·’er·’êḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 2fs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">and saw</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.">you wallowing</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: bə·ḏā·mā·yiḵ (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">in your blood,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: bə·ḏā·ma·yiḵ (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">and as you lay there in your blood</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wā·’ō·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">I said</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">to you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: ḥă·yî (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">‘Live!’</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: bə·ḏā·ma·yiḵ (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">There</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wā·’ō·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">I said</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">to you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: ḥă·yî (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">‘Live!’</a> 7I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/2-6.htm">Exodus 2:6</a> When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.” <a href="/hosea/2-3.htm">Hosea 2:3</a> Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a> Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. <a href="/jeremiah/30-17.htm">Jeremiah 30:17</a> But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.” <a href="/lamentations/2-19.htm">Lamentations 2:19</a> Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-10.htm">Deuteronomy 32:10</a> He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye. <a href="/psalms/72-12.htm">Psalm 72:12-14</a> For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper. / He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed. / He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight. <a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Isaiah 1:6</a> From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. <a href="/isaiah/41-14.htm">Isaiah 41:14</a> Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. <a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1</a> But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine! <a href="/isaiah/57-18.htm">Isaiah 57:18</a> I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners, <a href="/luke/10-33.htm">Luke 10:33-34</a> But a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, and when he saw him, he had compassion. / He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. <a href="/luke/15-20.htm">Luke 15:20</a> So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. <a href="/john/5-21.htm">John 5:21</a> For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes. <a href="/romans/5-6.htm">Romans 5:6</a> For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And when I passed by you, and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said to you when you were in your blood, Live; yes, I said to you when you were in your blood, Live.and saw<a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Exodus 2:24,25</a> And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob… <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Exodus 3:7,8</a> And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; … <a href="/acts/7-34.htm">Acts 7:34</a> I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.polluted.<a href="/isaiah/14-19.htm">Isaiah 14:19</a> But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.<a href="/isaiah/51-23.htm">Isaiah 51:23</a> But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.<a href="/micah/7-10.htm">Micah 7:10</a> Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.Live<a href="/ezekiel/20-5.htm">Ezekiel 20:5-10</a> And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; … <a href="/exodus/19-4.htm">Exodus 19:4-6</a> Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself… <a href="/deuteronomy/9-4.htm">Deuteronomy 9:4</a> Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/14-19.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-12.htm">Kicking</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Life</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-20.htm">Live</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-26.htm">Past</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-11.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Squirming</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-9.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-12.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-12.htm">Wallowing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-5.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Weltering</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-9.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Kicking</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-38.htm">Life</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-48.htm">Live</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-8.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-11.htm">Past</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Squirming</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-27.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Wallowing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-7.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Weltering</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 16</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/16-1.htm">Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem</a> 6. <a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">God's extraordinary love toward her,</a> 15. <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Her grievous judgment</a> 35. <a href="/ezekiel/16-35.htm">Her sin, equal to her mother, </a> 46. <a href="/ezekiel/16-46.htm">and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria, </a> 59. <a href="/ezekiel/16-59.htm">calls for judgments</a> 60. <a href="/ezekiel/16-60.htm">Mercy is promised her in the end</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood This phrase depicts God’s observation of Israel in a state of helplessness and abandonment, symbolized by a newborn left in its blood. Historically, this reflects Israel's condition in Egypt, where they were oppressed and without hope. The imagery of blood signifies both life and death, highlighting the dire situation. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, unwanted infants were sometimes left to die, emphasizing the severity of Israel's plight. This also parallels the spiritual state of humanity before divine intervention, as seen in <a href="/romans/5-6.htm">Romans 5:6-8</a>, where Christ died for the ungodly.and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ God’s command for Israel to "Live!" signifies divine intervention and grace. This act of mercy is reminiscent of God’s covenant promises, where He chooses to give life and blessing despite Israel’s unworthiness. Theologically, this reflects the theme of regeneration and new birth found in the New Testament, such as in <a href="/john/3-3.htm">John 3:3-7</a>, where Jesus speaks of being born again. The repetition of "Live!" underscores the certainty and power of God’s word, which brings life from death, echoing the resurrection power seen in Christ’s victory over the grave.There I said to you, ‘Live!’ The repetition of the command "Live!" emphasizes God’s determination and the effectiveness of His word. It signifies a turning point, where God’s intervention transforms Israel’s fate. This mirrors the prophetic nature of God’s promises, as seen in <a href="/ezekiel/37.htm">Ezekiel 37:1-14</a>, where the dry bones are brought to life. Theologically, it points to the transformative power of God’s grace, which is central to the Christian message of salvation through Jesus Christ, who offers eternal life to all who believe, as stated in <a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He is the author of the book of Ezekiel, which contains visions and messages from God. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city symbolically represented in this passage. God uses the imagery of an abandoned child to describe Jerusalem's spiritual state and His compassion towards it. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The speaker in this verse, who demonstrates His mercy and power by giving life to what was lifeless and abandoned. 4. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation symbolized by the abandoned child, representing their spiritual destitution and God's redemptive intervention. 5. <a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a> The historical context during which Ezekiel prophesied. The Israelites were in captivity, reflecting their spiritual and physical desolation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_grace.htm">God's Sovereign Grace</a> God initiates salvation and life. Just as He commanded life to the abandoned child, He calls us to spiritual life through His grace, not because of our merit. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_desperation_and_divine_intervention.htm">Spiritual Desperation and Divine Intervention</a> The imagery of wallowing in blood signifies utter helplessness. Recognize our spiritual need and God's power to intervene and transform our lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_life.htm">The Value of Life</a> God values life and speaks life into situations of death and despair. We are called to value life and speak hope into the lives of others. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a> Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains faithful. Trust in God's promises and His ability to fulfill them in our lives. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_renewal.htm">Repentance and Renewal</a> Acknowledge our spiritual state and turn to God for renewal. His command to "Live!" is an invitation to repentance and a new beginning.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 16</a> <a href="/q/how_can_i_reconcile_with_god.htm">How can I reconcile with God?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_heb._13_20-21_align_with_other_atonement_views.htm">(Hebrews 13:20-21) How can this text's explanation of God's covenant through Jesus align with other biblical passages that present conflicting perspectives on atonement and redemption?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_abandonment_in_ezekiel.htm">Why does Ezekiel 16:4-5 describe God allowing the abandonment of a newborn if He is portrayed elsewhere as compassionate and all-powerful?</a> <a href="/q/key_themes_in_revelation.htm">What are the key themes in the Book of Revelation?</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>(6) Live.--While they were in this condition, God took pity on them. He delivered them from their oppressors; He raised up a leader for them , He gave them a law and a Church, with its priesthood and its sacraments; He led them into the land of promise, delivered them from their enemies, and constituted them a nation under the most favourable circumstances for their growth and development in all righteousness. The sense is well expressed in our version; but the original does not contain the word when, nor words corresponding to the words in italics. The connection shows that "in thy blood" is to be taken with "I said," and not with "live;" it was while Israel was in its unclean and neglected condition that the gracious word "live" was spoken. The Chaldee paraphrast has adopted the other connection, and ingeniously explained, "I revealed myself that I might redeem you, because I saw that you were afflicted in your bondage; and I said unto you, In the blood of circumcision I will pity you. and I said unto you, In the blood of the passover I will redeem you." The word polluted is better rendered by the margin, trodden under foot, referring to their oppressed condition in Egypt.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - For polluted, read, with the Revised Version, weltering, the primary meaning of the verb being that of stamping or treading, and omit "when thou wast," as weakening the condensed force of the original. The marvel of that unlooked for pity is emphasized by the iteration of the word of mercy, Live. The commentary of the Chaldee Targum is sufficiently curious to be quoted: "And the memory of my covenant with your fathers came into my mind, and I was revealed that I might redeem you, because it was manifest to me that ye were afflicted in your bondage, and I said unto you, 'I will have compassion on you in the blood of circumcision,' and I said unto you, 'I will redeem you by the blood of the Passover'" (Rosenmuller). The thought underlying this strange interpretation is that blood might be the means of life as well as of pollution, and in that thought there is a significance at once poetical and profound, almost, as it were, anticipating the later thoughts that the blood of Jesus cleanseth from all sin (<a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7</a>; <a href="/revelation/1-5.htm">Revelation 1:5</a>), that we make our robes white in the blood of the Lamb (<a href="/revelation/7-14.htm">Revelation 7:14</a>). There is no reason, however, for believing that such thoughts were present to the prophet's mind. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then I passed וָאֶעֱבֹ֤ר (wā·’e·‘ĕ·ḇōr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> To pass over, through, or by, pass on by עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ (‘ā·la·yiḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against you and saw וָֽאֶרְאֵ֔ךְ (wā·’er·’êḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see you squirming מִתְבּוֹסֶ֖סֶת (miṯ·bō·w·se·seṯ) Verb - Hitpael - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_947.htm">Strong's 947: </a> To tread down, trample in your blood, בְּדָמָ֑יִךְ (bə·ḏā·mā·yiḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed and as you lay there in your blood בְּדָמַ֣יִךְ (bə·ḏā·ma·yiḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed I said וָאֹ֤מַר (wā·’ō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to you, לָךְ֙ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> “Live!” חֲיִ֔י (ḥă·yî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> To live, to revive [There] בְּדָמַ֥יִךְ (bə·ḏā·ma·yiḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed I said וָאֹ֥מַר (wā·’ō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to you, לָ֖ךְ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> “Live!” חֲיִֽי׃ (ḥă·yî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> To live, to revive <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Ezekiel 16:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Ezekiel 16:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Ezekiel 16:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Ezekiel 16:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Ezekiel 16:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Ezekiel 16:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Ezekiel 16:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Ezekiel 16:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Ezekiel 16:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Ezekiel 16:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:6 When I passed by you and saw (Ezek. 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