Ezekiel 16 · Verse 22

Ezekiel 16:22

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 polluted in thy blood.
Ezekiel 16:22, King James Version

Ezekiel 16:22 in other translations

BSBAnd 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.
WEBIn 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd 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!
DARBYAnd in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, when thou wast weltering in thy blood.
BBEAnd in all your disgusting and false behaviour you had no memory of your early days, when you were uncovered and without clothing, stretched out in your blood.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Ezekiel 16:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. not remembered ... youth--Forgetfulness of God's love is the source of all sins. Israel forgot her deliverance by God in the infancy of her national life. See Eze 16:43, to which Eze 16:60 forms a lovely contrast (Jr 2:2; Ho 11:1).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 16:22 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.

וְאֵ֤תve.'Etand withH853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
תּוֹעֲבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙to.'a.vo.Ta.yikhabominations yourH8441
וְתַזְנֻתַ֔יִךְve.taz.nu.Ta.yikhand prostitution<s> yourH8457
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
זָכַ֖רְתְּza.khar.tiyou rememberedH2142
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְמֵ֣יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
נְעוּרָ֑יִךְne.'u.Ra.yikhyouth<s> yourH5271
בִּֽהְיוֹתֵךְ֙bih.yo.teKhwhen were youH1961
עֵרֹ֣ם'e.RomnakednessH5903
וְעֶרְיָ֔הve.'er.Yahand barenessH6181
מִתְבּוֹסֶ֥סֶתmit.bo.Se.setkicking aboutH947
בְּדָמֵ֖ךְbe.da.Mekhin blood yourH1818
הָיִֽית\׃ha.Yityou wereH1961

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 16:22

  • Jeremiah 2:2

    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 that was not sown.

  • Ezekiel 16:43

    Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord God: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.

  • Hosea 11:1

    When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

  • Ezekiel 16:3-7

    And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. 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. …

  • Ezekiel 16:60-63

    Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.

  • Hosea 2:3

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3-7,43,60-63; Jer 2:2; Ho 2:3; 11:1

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Context

  • Ezekiel 16:21

    That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?

  • Ezekiel 16:22

    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 polluted in thy blood.

  • Ezekiel 16:23

    And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord God;)

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Ezekiel 16:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y con todas tus abominaciones y tus fornicaciones no te has acordado de los días de tu mocedad, cuando estabas desnuda y descubierta, cuando estabas envuelta en tu sangre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et avec toutes tes abominations et tes prostitutions, tu ne t’es pas souvenue des jours de ta jeunesse, quand tu étais nue et découverte, gisante dans ton sang.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und bei allen deinen Greueln und deinen Hurereien gedachtest du nicht der Tage deiner Jugend, als du nackt und bloß warst, zappelnd in deinem Blute lagst. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et post omnes abominationes tuas et fornicationes, non es recordata dierum adolescentiæ tuæ, quando eras nuda et confusione plena, conculcata in sanguine tuo.