Ezekiel 16:37
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
רָצָה
râtsâh
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
נָקַף
nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
גָּלָה
gâlâh
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
עֶרְוָה
ʻervâh
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
עֶרְוָה
ʻervâh
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּלָה gâlâh
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
Study H1540 →עֶרְוָה ʻervâh
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
Study H6172 →עֶרְוָה ʻervâh
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
Study H6172 →נָקַף nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
Study H5362 →Cross References
And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
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.
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
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.
Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou...
Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
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