Ezekiel 16:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

Caused, etc

Excellent ornaments

Whereas

Revelation 3:17

General references

Ezekiel 16:22

Bible References

Caused, etc

I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.

The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.

The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men on foot, plus their dependants.

"But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,

Excellent ornaments

I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

Every woman will ask her neighbor and the one who happens to be staying in her house for items of silver and gold and for clothing. You will put these articles on your sons and daughters -- thus you will plunder Egypt!"

The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.

And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today?

The Lord found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.

There is no one like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the sky to help you, on the clouds in majesty.

even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said, 'This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,' or when they committed atrocious blasphemies.

Indeed, the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.

He has not done so with any other nation; they are not aware of his regulations. Praise the Lord!

He has made his people victorious, and given all his loyal followers reason to praise -- the Israelites, the people who are close to him. Praise the Lord!

Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their king!

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.

You will be a majestic crown in the hand of the Lord, a royal turban in the hand of your God.

Whereas

And with all your abominable practices and prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your blood.

He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!"

Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of the gazelle grazing among the lilies.

Otherwise, I will strip her naked, and expose her like she was when she was born. I will turn her land into a wilderness and make her country a parched land, so that I might kill her with thirst.

Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

General references

And with all your abominable practices and prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your blood.