Ezekiel 16 · Verse 27

Ezekiel 16:27

Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.
Ezekiel 16:27, King James Version

Ezekiel 16:27 in other translations

BSBTherefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.
WEBSee therefore, I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your portion, and delivered you to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way.
ASVBehold therefore, I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, that are ashamed of thy lewd way.
YLTAnd lo, I have stretched out My hand against thee, And I diminish thy portion, And give thee to the desire of those hating thee, The daughters of the Philistines, Who are ashamed of thy wicked way.
DARBYAnd behold, I stretched out my hand over thee, and diminished thine appointed portion; and I gave thee over unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, who were confounded at thy lewd way.
BBENow, then, my hand is stretched out against you, cutting down your fixed amount, and I have given you up to the desire of your haters, the daughters of the Philistines who are shamed by your loose ways.
WebsterBehold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thy ordinary food, and delivered thee to the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of thy lewd way.

What does Ezekiel 16:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. The consequent judgments, which, however, proved of no avail in reforming the people (Is 9:13; Jr 5:3). delivered thee unto ... Philistines--(2Ki 16:6; 2Ch 28:18, 19). ashamed of thy lewd way--The Philistines were less wanton in idolatry, in that they did not, like Israel, adopt the idols of every foreign country but were content with their own (Eze 16:57; Jr 2:11).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 Have diminished thine ordinary - חקך chukkech means here the household provision made for a wife - food, clothing, and money.

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 16:27 in the original Hebrew

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וְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
נָטִ֤יתִיna.Ti.tiI stretched outH5186
יָדִי֙ya.Dihand myH3027
עָלַ֔יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921
וָאֶגְרַ֖עva.'eg.Ra'and I diminishedH1639
חֻקֵּ֑ךְchu.Kekhallotment yourH2706
וָאֶתְּנֵ֞ךְva.'e.te.Nekhand I gave youH5414
בְּנֶ֤פֶשׁbe.Ne.feshin [the] will ofH5315
שֹׂנְאוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙so.ne.'o.Ta.yikh[those who] hate youH8130
בְּנ֣וֹתbe.Not[the] daughters ofH1323
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430
הַנִּכְלָמ֖וֹתha.nikh.la.Motwho were ashamedH3637
מִדַּרְכֵּ֥ךְmi.dar.Kekhfrom conduct yourH1870
זִמָּֽה\׃zi.MahlicentiousnessH2154

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Cross references for Ezekiel 16:27

  • Isaiah 9:12

    The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Ezekiel 16:57

    Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.

  • Ezekiel 16:37

    Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

  • Ezekiel 16:47

    Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.

  • Hosea 2:9-12

    Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness. And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

  • Ezekiel 23:28-29

    For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated: And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

  • Deuteronomy 28:48-57

    Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. …

  • Isaiah 3:1

    For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

  • 2 Kings 24:2

    And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

  • Revelation 17:16

    And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

  • Ezekiel 23:46-47

    For thus saith the Lord God; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

  • Isaiah 9:17

    Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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I have.
14:9; Isa 5:25; 9:12,17
and have.
De 28:48-57; Isa 3:1; Ho 2:9-12
thine.{Chukkach,} "thy portion;" the household provision of a wife--food, clothes, and money.
delivered.The Jews, under Manasseh, and the succeeding kings of Judah, made the temple itself the scene of their open and abominable idolatries, in addition to all their idol temples! which appears to be meant by "the eminent place," and "highplaces in every street," ver. 24. Allured by the prosperity of the Egyptians, they also connected themselves with them, and joined in their multiplied and abominable idolatries. And when Jehovah punished them by wars and famines, and by the Philistines, whose daughters are represented as ashamed of their enormous idolatries, instead of being amended, they formed alliances with the Assyrians, and worshipped their gods: and they even followed every idol which was worshipped between Canaan and Chaldea.
37; 23:22,25,28,29,46,47; Ps 106:41; Jer 34:21; Re 17:16
daughters. or, cities.
2Ki 24:2; 2Ch 28:18,19; Isa 9:12
which.
47,57; 5:6,7

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Context

  • Ezekiel 16:26

    Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

  • Ezekiel 16:27

    Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

  • Ezekiel 16:28

    Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.

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Ezekiel 16:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto, he aquí que yo extendí sobre ti mi mano, y disminuí tu provisión ordinaria, y te entregué á la voluntad de las hijas de los Filisteos que te aborrecen, las cuales se avergüenzan de tu camino deshonesto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et voici, j’ai étendu ma main sur toi, et j’ai diminué ce qui t’était assigné, et je t’ai livrée à la volonté de celles qui te haïssent, les filles des Philistins, qui ont honte de tes voies d’infamie.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und siehe, ich streckte meine Hand wider dich aus und verkürzte das dir Bestimmte; und ich gab dich hin der Gier derer, die dich hassen, der Töchter der Philister, die sich vor deinem unzüchtigen Wege schämen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ecce ego extendam manum meam super te, et auferam justificationem tuam, et dabo te in animas odientium te filiarum Palæstinarum, quæ erubescunt in via tua scelerata.