The Meaning of Ezekiel 16:16 Explained

Ezekiel 16:16

KJV: And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

YLT: And thou dost take of thy garments, And dost make to thee spotted high-places, And dost go a-whoring upon them, They are not coming in -- nor shall it be!

Darby: And of thy garments thou didst take, and madest for thyself high places decked with divers colours, and didst play the harlot thereupon: the like hath not come to pass, and shall be no more.

ASV: And thou didst take of thy garments, and madest for thee high places decked with divers colors, and playedst the harlot upon them: the like things'shall not come, neither shall it be'so .

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And of thy garments  thou didst take,  and deckedst  thy high places  with divers colours,  and playedst the harlot  thereupon: [the like things] shall not come,  neither shall it be [so]. 

What does Ezekiel 16:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 16

1  Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem
6  God's extraordinary love toward her,
15  Her grievous judgment
35  Her sin, equal to her mother,
46  and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria,
59  calls for judgments
60  Mercy is promised her in the end

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 16:16 mean?

And You took some of your garments and adorned for yourself high places multicolored and played the harlot on them not [Such] things should happen nor be
וַתִּקְחִ֣י מִבְּגָדַ֗יִךְ וַתַּֽעֲשִׂי־ לָךְ֙ בָּמ֣וֹת טְלֻא֔וֹת וַתִּזְנִ֖י עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם לֹ֥א בָא֖וֹת וְלֹ֥א יִהְיֶֽה

וַתִּקְחִ֣י  And  You  took 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, second person feminine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
מִבְּגָדַ֗יִךְ  some  of  your  garments 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: בֶּגֶד 
Sense: treachery, deceit.
וַתַּֽעֲשִׂי־  and  adorned 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, second person feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לָךְ֙  for  yourself 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
בָּמ֣וֹת  high  places 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: בָּמָה  
Sense: high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform).
טְלֻא֔וֹת  multicolored 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine plural
Root: טָלָא  
Sense: to patch, spot, be spotted, be coloured.
וַתִּזְנִ֖י  and  played  the  harlot 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, second person feminine singular
Root: זָנָה 
Sense: to commit fornication, be a harlot, play the harlot.
עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם  on  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
בָא֖וֹת  [Such]  things  should  happen 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
וְלֹ֥א  nor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.

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