Ezekiel 16:18

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

"And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them." - Ezekiel 16:18
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What does Ezekiel 16:18 mean?

Ezekiel 16:18 in the King James Version states: "And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them." This verse is part of a larger passage in the book of Ezekiel that uses the metaphor of an unfaithful wife to…

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The Cost of Compromise: A Reflection on Ezekiel 16:18

In the book of Ezekiel, the Lord speaks to His people through vivid imagery and powerful metaphors, drawing them not only to a place of remembrance but also warning them against their unfaithfulness. Ezekiel 16:18 states, "And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them…

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A Prayer for Purity and Restoration

Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I bow my heart in reverence and humility, acknowledging Your everlasting grace and mercy. Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path; I seek to understand and apply the wisdom drawn from Ezekiel 16:18, which says, "And…

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Ezekiel 16:18 - "And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them."
Ezekiel 18:16 - "Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,"
Numbers 16:18
Genesis 18-16
Ezekiel 18:5 - "¶ But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,"
Ezekiel 21:18 - "¶ The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,"
Ezekiel 16:35 - "¶ Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:"
Ezekiel 18:1 - "The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,"
Numbers 32:16-18
Numbers 32:16-18
Psalm 10:16-18
Ezekiel 36:16 - "¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 16:2 - "Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,"
Ezekiel 16:1 - "Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 42:18 - "He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed."
Ezekiel 45:16 - "All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel."
Ezekiel 40:18 - "And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement."
"Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment," - Ezekiel 18:16
Ezekiel 10:18 - "Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims."
Ezekiel 16:56 - "For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,"
Ezekiel 39:16 - "And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land."
Ezekiel 16:32 - "But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!"
Ezekiel 16:58 - "Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD."
Ezekiel 12:18 - "Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;"
Ezekiel 16:16 - "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."
Ezekiel 18:10 - "¶ If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,"
Ezekiel 18:18 - "As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity."
Acts 18:16 - "And he drave them from the judgment seat."
Ezekiel 43:16 - "And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof."