Ezekiel 16 · Verse 18

Ezekiel 16:18

And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.
Ezekiel 16:18, King James Version

Ezekiel 16:18 in other translations

BSBYou took your embroidered garments to cover them, and you set My oil and incense before them.
WEBYou took your embroidered garments, covered them, and set my oil and my incense before them.
ASVand thou tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them, and didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.
YLTAnd dost take the garments of thy embroidery, And thou dost cover them, And My oil and My perfume thou hast set before them.
DARBYAnd thou tookest thine embroidered garments, and coveredst them; and thou didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.
BBEAnd you took your robes of needlework for their clothing, and put my oil and my perfume before them.
WebsterAnd hast taken thy broidered garments, and covered them: and thou hast set my oil and my incense before them.

What does Ezekiel 16:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. tookest thy ... garments ... coveredst them--that is, the idols, as if an adulteress were to cover her paramours with garments which she had received from the liberality of her husband. my oil--the holy anointing oil sacred to God (Ex 30:22-25). Also that used in sacrifices (Le 2:1, 2).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Hast set mine oil and mine incense before them - It appears that they had made use of the holy vestments, and the different kinds of offerings which belonged to the Lord, to honor their idols.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 16:1-58

A parable showing the first low estate of the Jewish nation, its prosperity, idolatries, and punishment. Verses 1-58 In this chapter God's dealings with the Jewish nation, and their conduct towards him, are described, and their punishment through the surrounding nations, even those they most trusted in. This is done under the parable of an exposed infant rescued from death, educated, espoused, and richly provided…

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 16:1-58 →

Ezekiel 16:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתִּקְחִ֛יva.tik.Chiand you tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בִּגְדֵ֥יbig.Dei[the] clothes ofH899
רִקְמָתֵ֖ךְrik.ma.Tekhmulticolored cloth yourH7553
וַתְּכַסִּ֑יםva.te.kha.Simand you covered themH3680
וְשַׁמְנִי֙ve.sham.Niand oil myH8081
וּקְטָרְתִּ֔יu.ke.ta.re.Tiand incense myH7004
נָתַ֖תְּna.ta.tiyou putH5414
לִפְנֵיהֶֽם\׃lif.nei.Hem<to> before themH6440

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
This seems to intimate that the Israelites not only spent their own wealth and abundance in building and decorating idol temples, and in maintaining their worship, but that they made use of the holy vestments, and the various kinds of offerings which belonged to Jehovah, in order to honour and serve the idols of the heathen.
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Context

  • Ezekiel 16:17

    Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,

  • Ezekiel 16:18

    And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

  • Ezekiel 16:19

    My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 16:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y tomaste tus vestidos de diversos colores, y cubrístelas; y mi aceite y mi perfume pusiste delante de ellas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et tu pris tes vêtements de broderie, et tu les en couvris, et tu mis devant elles mon huile et mon encens;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und du nahmst deine buntgewirkten Kleider und bedecktest sie damit; und mein Öl und mein Räucherwerk setztest du ihnen vor;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et sumpsisti vestimenta tua multicoloria, et operuisti illas, et oleum meum et thymiama meum posuisti coram eis.