From: Yair Davidiy (britam@netvision.net.il)
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Ezekiel 15

NOTE FROM EDDIE:

Yair Davidi is an ORTHODOX JEW who lives in Jerusalem, Israel and
has a ministry (Brit-Am) devoted and dedicated to doing research and
spreading awareness of the Ten Lost Tribes and their reunification
with the house of Judah in the end of days.

END OF NOTE

Ezekiel 15
[Ezekiel 15:1] AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME,
SAYING,

[Ezekiel 15:2] SON OF MAN, WHAT IS THE VINE TREE MORE THAN ANY TREE, OR
THAN A BRANCH WHICH IS AMONG THE TREES OF THE FOREST?

Israel is likened to a vine in Psalm 80. The Psalm is actually
speaking mainly about the Lost Ten Tribes ("EPHRAIM AND BENJAMIN AND
MANASSEH" 80:2) and is worth reading: concerning the vine see verses
80:8-16. The boar who destroys [Psalms 80:13] it is actually Edom. The boar
was a favorite symbol amongst early Celtic (especially on the Continent)
and Germanic groups. Some of these were of Israelite origin and some were
not, though they were related. The gods Essuvus amongst the Celts and some
versions of Odin amongst the Germanics actually represent the ancestor-hero
Esau.

Psalms 80

<<GIVE EAR, O SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL, THOU THAT LEADEST JOSEPH LIKE A FLOCK;
THOU THAT DWELLEST BETWEEN THE CHERUBIMS, SHINE
FORTH. [80:1]

<<BEFORE EPHRAIM AND BENJAMIN AND MANASSEH STIR UP THY STRENGTH, AND COME
AND SAVE US. [80:2]

<<TURN US AGAIN, O GOD, AND CAUSE THY FACE TO SHINE; AND WE SHALL BE
SAVED. [80:3]

<<O LORD GOD OF HOSTS, HOW LONG WILT THOU BE ANGRY AGAINST THE PRAYER OF
THY PEOPLE? [80:4]

<<THOU FEEDEST THEM WITH THE BREAD OF TEARS; AND GIVEST THEM TEARS TO DRINK
IN GREAT MEASURE. [80:5]

<<THOU MAKEST US A STRIFE UNTO OUR NEIGHBOURS: AND OUR ENEMIES LAUGH AMONG
THEMSELVES. [80:6]

<<TURN US AGAIN, O GOD OF HOSTS, AND CAUSE THY FACE TO SHINE; AND WE SHALL
BE SAVED. [80:7]

<<THOU HAST BROUGHT A VINE OUT OF EGYPT: THOU HAST CAST OUT THE HEATHEN,
AND PLANTED IT. [80:8]

<<THOU PREPAREDST ROOM BEFORE IT, AND DIDST CAUSE IT TO TAKE DEEP ROOT, AND
IT FILLED THE LAND. [80:9]

<<THE HILLS WERE COVERED WITH THE SHADOW OF IT, AND THE BOUGHS THEREOF WERE
LIKE THE GOODLY CEDARS. [80:10]

<<SHE SENT OUT HER BOUGHS UNTO THE SEA, AND HER BRANCHES UNTO THE RIVER.
[80:11]

<<WHY HAST THOU THEN BROKEN DOWN HER HEDGES, SO THAT ALL THEY WHICH PASS BY
THE WAY DO PLUCK HER? [80:12]

<<THE BOAR OUT OF THE WOOD DOTH WASTE IT, AND THE WILD BEAST OF THE FIELD
DOTH DEVOUR IT. [80:13]

<<RETURN, WE BESEECH THEE, O GOD OF HOSTS: LOOK DOWN FROM HEAVEN, AND
BEHOLD, AND VISIT THIS VINE; [80:14]

<<AND THE VINEYARD WHICH THY RIGHT HAND HATH PLANTED, AND THE BRANCH
THAT THOU MADEST STRONG FOR THYSELF. [80:15]

<<IT IS BURNED WITH FIRE, IT IS CUT DOWN: THEY PERISH AT THE REBUKE OF THY
COUNTENANCE. [80:16]

<<LET THY HAND BE UPON THE MAN OF THY RIGHT HAND, UPON THE SON OF MAN WHOM
THOU MADEST STRONG FOR THYSELF. [80:17]

<<SO WILL NOT WE GO BACK FROM THEE: QUICKEN US, AND WE WILL CALL UPON THY
NAME. [80:18]

<<TURN US AGAIN, O LORD GOD OF HOSTS, CAUSE THY FACE TO SHINE; AND
WE SHALL BE SAVED>>. [80:19]

[Ezekiel 15:3] SHALL WOOD BE TAKEN THEREOF TO DO ANY WORK? OR WILL MEN
TAKE A PIN OF IT TO HANG ANY VESSEL THEREON?

The grapevine is technically a tree. If the vine produces grapes then it is
highly valued and this is the purpose for cultivating it. If the vine does
not fulfill its purpose then it is useless, just a troublesome weed. Even
for the most simple things, such as making a "pin" (i.e. peg or hook) to
hang things on, its wood is useless since it is weak and unmanageable. Same
thing for human beings, same thing for nations: We all have our task in
this world. Equality means doing our own thing and not that of someone
else.

[Ezekiel 15:4] BEHOLD, IT IS CAST INTO THE FIRE FOR FUEL; THE FIRE
DEVOURETH BOTH THE ENDS OF IT, AND THE MIDST OF IT IS BURNED. IS IT MEET
FOR ANY WORK?

[Ezekiel 15:5] BEHOLD, WHEN IT WAS WHOLE, IT WAS MEET FOR NO WORK: HOW MUCH
LESS SHALL IT BE MEET YET FOR ANY WORK, WHEN THE FIRE HATH DEVOURED IT, AND
IT IS BURNED?

The point is that to some degree we all have our own unique task in life.
We have to do what we can with what we have as we are. We cannot look at
other people and say that since they are getting along with what they are
so should we do the same. Some people have been called to do certain things
and this is why they were placed on this earth. A good doctor would not
necessarily succeed if he had to do the job of a plumber and vice versa.
As it is with individuals so it is with nations.

The nation of Israel has its own unique task.

The Ten Tribes have their task, Joseph amongst the tribes also has its
unique goal.

Judah has its obligation and the national proclivity that should enable it
to fulfill itself.

Even if you belief in Judaism that does not necessarily mean that you have
to become Jewish.

Maybe God wants you to stay amongst "Joseph" and fulfill the purpose of
your life in service to other Lost Israelites?

It is not always easy to know what one's purpose should be in this world
but we can do our best and God will guide us.

[Ezekiel 15:6] THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD; AS THE VINE TREE AMONG
THE TREES OF THE FOREST, WHICH I HAVE GIVEN TO THE FIRE FOR FUEL, SO WILL I
GIVE THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM.

[Ezekiel 15:7] AND I WILL SET MY FACE AGAINST THEM; THEY SHALL GO OUT FROM
ONE FIRE, AND ANOTHER FIRE SHALL DEVOUR THEM; AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I AM
THE LORD, WHEN I SET MY FACE AGAINST THEM.

[Ezekiel 15:8] AND I WILL MAKE THE LAND DESOLATE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE
COMMITTED A TRESPASS, SAITH THE LORD GOD.

On the simple level the Prophet is speaking to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
just before the destruction of the First temple by the Babylonians. Because
the people had sinned and had not fulfilled their national obligation their
Land would be destroyed, many would be killed, and the remainder exiled to
other places. On the prophetic level the prophet is referring to all Israel
and warning us (you and I together) to improve our ways for our own sake
and the sake of others.

Ezekiel 16

Ezekiel 16 (especially the second part of the chapter) is one of the
most important chapters for Brit-Am learning in Scripture. This
chapter refers to the OBLIGATION OF JUDAH TO HELP THE LOST TEN TRIBES
RETURN. It refers specifically to "Samaria".

[Ezekiel 16:1] AGAIN THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME,
SAYING,

[Ezekiel 16:2] SON OF MAN, CAUSE JERUSALEM TO KNOW HER
ABOMINATIONS,

[Ezekiel 16:3] AND SAY, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD UNTO JERUSALEM; THY
BIRTH AND THY NATIVITY IS OF THE LAND OF CANAAN; THY FATHER WAS AN
AMORITE, AND THY MOTHER AN HITTITE. Your actions are so bad that it is
as if you were born to other peoples, known for their iniquity.

Jerusalem was found or at least settled at an early stage by Canaanite
peoples. Most of the Canaanites inhabitants (such as the Amorites and
Hittites) were driven away but something of the original character of
these people remained in the city. When the people began to sin they
picked up aspects of the Canaanites character. It was as if, by
sinning and idolatry. the city was returning to the nature of those
who in a sense had given birth to it.

[Ezekiel 16:4] AND AS FOR THY NATIVITY, IN THE DAY THOU WAST BORN THY
NAVEL WAS NOT CUT, NEITHER WAST THOU WASHED IN WATER TO SUPPLE THEE;
THOU WAST NOT SALTED AT ALL, NOR SWADDLED AT ALL.

You were not brought up properly and never cut off from your bad
beginnings. <<THOU WAST NOT SALTED AT ALL>>:

Just after birth they would rub the baby with salt. This was considered efficacious to
strengthen the flesh. The Armenians and other groups in the Middle
East maintained this custom until recently and may still do so. Maybe
we should do so today? A lot of primitive customs are medically sound.

[Ezekiel 16:5] NONE EYE PITIED THEE, TO DO ANY OF THESE UNTO THEE, TO
HAVE COMPASSION UPON THEE; BUT THOU WAST CAST OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD,
TO THE LOTHING OF THY PERSON, IN THE DAY THAT THOU WAST BORN.

The beginnings of the Israelite Nation were actually in Egypt where
they were persecuted and despised slaves. In Egypt, according to
tradition and indications of scripture, the Israelites worshipped
idols and had little knowledge of the God of Israel.

[Ezekiel 16:6] AND WHEN I PASSED BY THEE, AND SAW THEE POLLUTED IN
THINE OWN BLOOD, I SAID UNTO THEE WHEN THOU WAST IN THY BLOOD, LIVE;
YEA, I SAID UNTO THEE WHEN THOU WAST IN THY BLOOD, LIVE.

<<THOU WAST IN THY BLOOD, LIVE>>: This is repeated twice. By virtue of the blood
of the Passover lamb and the blood of circumcision the Children of
Israel were placed under Divine Protection.

[Ezekiel 16:7] 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.

[Ezekiel 16:8] NOW WHEN I PASSED BY THEE, AND LOOKED UPON THEE,
BEHOLD, THY TIME WAS THE TIME OF LOVE; AND I SPREAD MY SKIRT OVER
THEE, AND COVERED THY NAKEDNESS: YEA, I SWARE UNTO THEE, AND ENTERED
INTO A COVENANT WITH THEE, SAITH THE LORD GOD, AND THOU BECAMEST MINE.

God entered into a covenant, similar to the bond of marriage, with Israel.

[Ezekiel 16:9] THEN WASHED I THEE WITH WATER; YEA, I THROUGHLY WASHED
AWAY THY BLOOD FROM THEE, AND I ANOINTED THEE WITH OIL.

[Ezekiel 16:10] I CLOTHED THEE ALSO WITH BROIDERED WORK, AND SHOD THEE
WITH BADGERS' SKIN, AND I GIRDED THEE ABOUT WITH FINE LINEN, AND I
COVERED THEE WITH SILK.

The Tabernacle was the place where the
Presence of God communed with Israel. It was covered over with
BADGERS' SKIN and BROIDERED WORK

[Ezekiel 16:11] I DECKED THEE ALSO WITH ORNAMENTS, AND I PUT BRACELETS
UPON THY HANDS, AND A CHAIN ON THY NECK.

[Ezekiel 16:12] AND I PUT A JEWEL ON THY FOREHEAD, AND EARRINGS IN
THINE EARS, AND A BEAUTIFUL CROWN UPON THINE HEAD.

[Ezekiel 16:13] THUS WAST THOU DECKED WITH GOLD AND SILVER; AND THY
RAIMENT WAS OF FINE LINEN, AND SILK, AND BROIDERED WORK; THOU DIDST
EAT FINE FLOUR, AND HONEY, AND OIL: AND THOU WAST EXCEEDING BEAUTIFUL,
AND THOU DIDST PROSPER INTO A KINGDOM.

<<THOU DIDST PROSPER INTO A KINGDOM>>: You had a monarch and a royal house.

[Ezekiel 16:14] AND THY RENOWN WENT FORTH AMONG THE HEATHEN FOR THY
BEAUTY: FOR IT WAS PERFECT THROUGH MY COMELINESS, WHICH I HAD PUT UPON
THEE, SAITH THE LORD GOD.

[Ezekiel 16:15] BUT THOU DIDST TRUST IN THINE OWN BEAUTY, AND PLAYEDST
THE HARLOT BECAUSE OF THY RENOWN, AND POUREDST OUT THY FORNICATIONS ON
EVERY ONE THAT PASSED BY; HIS IT WAS.

<<THOU DIDST TRUST IN THINE OWN BEAUTY>>: You thought your blessings
were due to your own talents and innate qualities. They were gifts of God
and your continued enjoyment of them was dependent on Divine favor.

[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.

You worshipped idols and set up your own houses to sin in.

[Ezekiel 16:17] THOU HAST ALSO TAKEN THY FAIR JEWELS OF MY GOLD AND OF
MY SILVER, WHICH I HAD GIVEN THEE, AND MADEST TO THYSELF IMAGES OF
MEN, AND DIDST COMMIT WHOREDOM WITH THEM,

You put up non-entities as somebodies to pay homage to. You took a
scumbag pervert murder like Arafat and gave him respect and an
apparatus of state to kill your own people with. The same applies to
Hitler and Sadam Hussein and the others. These are people who lack
decency. We should have eliminated them at the very beginning but we
gave them respect and the wherewithal to work against us. We became
the instruments of our own punishment.

[Ezekiel 16:18] AND TOOKEST THY BROIDERED GARMENTS, AND COVEREDST
THEM: AND THOU HAST SET MINE OIL AND MINE INCENSE BEFORE THEM.

Very often these scumbags are supported by funds we gave them or
which we could have diverted to better causes.

Bin Ladin attacked the USA with Saudi funds that are really
American. The Saudis probably do not really support this monster but he emerged from
the cultural and ideological background which they cultivate and his
group receives de facto protection from them. Bin Ladin and Sadam
Hussein and Gaddafi and Assad and all the others live off oil money
much of which originated in the USA or Britain or other Israelite
sources.

[Ezekiel 16:19] MY MEAT ALSO WHICH I GAVE THEE, FINE FLOUR, AND OIL,
AND HONEY, WHEREWITH I FED THEE, THOU HAST EVEN SET IT BEFORE THEM FOR
A SWEET SAVOUR: AND THUS IT WAS, SAITH THE LORD GOD.

Alternately, God gives us the wherewithal to support ourselves
reasonably or well. Very often we take this money and waste it on things that are
against the will of God such as cultic and sexual activities,
gambling, drugs, "splurging", etc. Even TV and movies: Nowadays
pornographic movies have become almost respectable. Even "good" movies
that otherwise have a positive message, or at least some entertainment
values, often have scenes and innuendos that not long ago would have
been considered unacceptable or worse. These all cost money to produce
and consume. We work and receive money and think it is our own to do
with what we will. God says that HE gave us the money for our own
needs, BUT if we use it against Him, we will have to give an
accounting.

[Ezekiel 16:20] MOREOVER THOU HAST TAKEN THY SONS AND THY DAUGHTERS,
WHOM THOU HAST BORNE UNTO ME, AND THESE HAST THOU SACRIFICED UNTO THEM
TO BE DEVOURED. IS THIS OF THY WHOREDOMS A SMALL MATTER,

<<WHOM THOU HAST BORNE UNTO ME>>: Our children are given us to bring up in the way
God wants. Not everyone can succeed in this but at least we can try.
The point is, we are not our own masters. Blessings and freedom of
action have been given us to use in positive directions or at least
not negative ones. The people of Israel and Judah in the past
practiced child sacrifice just like the Canaanites and Phoenicians
did. This was continued by the Celtic Druids. In our times we allow
(and even encourage) abortions for the "public good". The exploitation
of children is also an increasing phenomenon.

[Ezekiel 16:21] THAT THOU HAST SLAIN MY CHILDREN, AND DELIVERED THEM
TO CAUSE THEM TO PASS THROUGH THE FIRE FOR THEM?

This is the Beltain which symbolically was still practiced until
recently in Britain and Scandinavia and elsewhere: People and animals
would be led between or over small fires on certain days of the year.
It was called "Beltain" in Britain which is Celtic for "Fire of baal".

[Ezekiel 16:22] AND IN ALL THINE ABOMINATIONS AND THY WHOREDOMS THOU
HAST NOT REMEMBERED THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH, WHEN THOU WAST NAKED AND
BARE, AND WAST POLLUTED IN THY BLOOD.

[Ezekiel 16:23] AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER ALL THY WICKEDNESS, (WOE,
WOE UNTO THEE! SAITH THE LORD GOD;)

[Ezekiel 16:24] THAT THOU HAST ALSO BUILT UNTO THEE AN EMINENT PLACE,
AND HAST MADE THEE AN HIGH PLACE IN EVERY STREET.

[Ezekiel 16:25] THOU HAST BUILT THY HIGH PLACE AT EVERY HEAD OF THE
WAY, AND HAST MADE THY BEAUTY TO BE ABHORRED, AND HAST OPENED THY FEET
TO EVERY ONE THAT PASSED BY, AND MULTIPLIED THY WHOREDOMS.

[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.

<<TO PROVOKE ME TO ANGER>>: You
desired to be indecent for its own sake. There was always a place for
a stranger in Israel. Foreigners could become part of the Israelite
nation if they so wished BUT the Bible is against mixing with other
peoples. The Bible is also against promiscuity. Ideally a person
should be happily married and not cause trouble to himself or others.

If he does not fulfill the ideal and transgresses then there are
levels of offence. At the very minimum level, the Golden Rule should
be not to take another man's woman and not to engage in unnatural sex.
If a person ever has transgressed in any way he can repent and attempt
to atone and if he is genuine it will work.

Eisemann: Your sins were not caused by simple lusts. You went beyond
that, you wanted to do bad, to anger God.

[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.

You will be given into the hands of those who hate you.

<<THE DAUGHTERS OF THE PHILISTINES>>:

These are Palestinians. The verse is applying to Judah. Some of the Jews in
Judah will run after the Palestinians to pawn to them. This will bring
disgrace on Judah. The Palestinians are named after the Philistines.
"Palestine" is a Latinised version for the name "Philistia". The Bible
is saying that THE DAUGHTERS OF THE PHILISTINES are THEM THAT HATE
THEE. There is nothing that can be done about it apart from physically
transporting the Palestinians to suitable area far distant from
Israel.

Historically the Philistines were connected with Cyprus and with
Illyria (Albania) and what is now Croatia and with Venice (Italy) and
had connections to settlements in Spain. These connections are assumed
to have existed due to linguistic features and may or may not have
been substantial.

[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. ASSYRIANS:

Historically both Judah and Israel attempted to appease Assyria and it backfired upon
them. In modern terms "Assyria can represent Europe, especially
Germany. Germany was settled by Edomites, Canaanites, Israelites at
one stage, and descendants of Magog, and of Gomer son of Japhet, and
by descendants of the Assyrians.

There is a tradition that Assyrians settled in parts of Germany:
Josef K. L. Bihl ("In Deutschen Landen," page 69): "Trier was founded
by Trebeta, a son of the famous Assyrian King Ninus." "The inhabitants
of Trier maintain that their city is the oldest in all Europe,"

[Ezekiel 16:29] THOU HAST MOREOVER MULTIPLIED THY FORNICATION IN THE
LAND OF CANAAN UNTO CHALDEA; AND YET THOU WAST NOT SATISFIED
THEREWITH.

"CHALDEA" is another name for Babylon. In modern terms this can mean Rome.

[Ezekiel 16:30] HOW WEAK IS THINE HEART, SAITH THE LORD GOD, SEEING
THOU DOEST ALL THESE THINGS, THE WORK OF AN IMPERIOUS WHORISH WOMAN;
"IMPERIOUS": In Hebrew "shaletet" meaning "ruling", "taking control".

"AN IMPERIOUS WHORISH WOMAN": This phrase combines the qualities of
a woman who tells others what to do. This is associated with an
emasculating female who is also whorish. Perhaps the two qualities
"imperious" and "whorish" are connected as far as women are concerned?

[Ezekiel 16:31] IN THAT THOU BUILDEST THINE EMINENT PLACE IN THE HEAD
OF EVERY WAY, AND MAKEST THINE HIGH PLACE IN EVERY STREET; AND HAST
NOT BEEN AS AN HARLOT, IN THAT THOU SCORNEST HIRE;

[Ezekiel 16:32] BUT AS A WIFE THAT COMMITTETH ADULTERY, WHICH TAKETH
STRANGERS INSTEAD OF HER HUSBAND!

[Ezekiel 16:33] THEY GIVE GIFTS TO ALL WHORES: BUT THOU GIVEST THY
GIFTS TO ALL THY LOVERS, AND HIREST THEM, THAT THEY MAY COME UNTO THEE
ON EVERY SIDE FOR THY WHOREDOM.

This is speaking of a married woman
who commits adultery and bribes her lovers with gifts in exchange for
their attentions.

[Ezekiel 16:34] AND THE CONTRARY IS IN THEE FROM OTHER WOMEN IN THY
WHOREDOMS, WHEREAS NONE FOLLOWETH THEE TO COMMIT WHOREDOMS: AND IN
THAT THOU GIVEST A REWARD, AND NO REWARD IS GIVEN UNTO THEE, THEREFORE
THOU ART CONTRARY.

[Ezekiel 16:35] WHEREFORE, O HARLOT, HEAR THE WORD OF THE
LORD:

[Ezekiel 16:36] THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD; BECAUSE THY FILTHINESS WAS
POURED OUT, AND THY NAKEDNESS DISCOVERED THROUGH THY WHOREDOMS WITH
THY LOVERS, AND WITH ALL THE IDOLS OF THY ABOMINATIONS, AND BY THE
BLOOD OF THY CHILDREN, WHICH THOU DIDST GIVE UNTO THEM;

[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 16:38] AND I WILL JUDGE THEE, AS WOMEN THAT BREAK WEDLOCK AND
SHED BLOOD ARE JUDGED; AND I WILL GIVE THEE BLOOD IN FURY AND
JEALOUSY.

[Ezekiel 16:39] AND I WILL ALSO GIVE THEE INTO THEIR HAND, AND THEY
SHALL THROW DOWN THINE EMINENT PLACE, AND SHALL BREAK DOWN THY HIGH
PLACES: THEY SHALL STRIP THEE ALSO OF THY CLOTHES, AND SHALL TAKE THY
FAIR JEWELS, AND LEAVE THEE NAKED AND BARE.

[Ezekiel 16:40] THEY SHALL ALSO BRING UP A COMPANY AGAINST THEE, AND
THEY SHALL STONE THEE WITH STONES, AND THRUST THEE THROUGH WITH THEIR
SWORDS.

[Ezekiel 16:41] AND THEY SHALL BURN THINE HOUSES WITH FIRE, AND
EXECUTE JUDGMENTS UPON THEE IN THE SIGHT OF MANY WOMEN: AND I WILL
CAUSE THEE TO CEASE FROM PLAYING THE HARLOT, AND THOU ALSO SHALT GIVE
NO HIRE ANY MORE.

[Ezekiel 16:42] SO WILL I MAKE MY FURY TOWARD THEE TO REST, AND MY
JEALOUSY SHALL DEPART FROM THEE, AND I WILL BE QUIET, AND WILL BE NO
MORE ANGRY.

[Ezekiel 16:43] BECAUSE THOU HAST NOT REMEMBERED THE DAYS OF THY
YOUTH, BUT HAST FRETTED ME IN ALL THESE THINGS; BEHOLD, THEREFORE I
ALSO WILL RECOMPENSE THY WAY UPON THINE HEAD, SAITH THE LORD GOD: AND
THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT THIS LEWDNESS ABOVE ALL THINE ABOMINATIONS.

[Ezekiel 16:44] BEHOLD, EVERY ONE THAT USETH PROVERBS SHALL USE THIS
PROVERB AGAINST THEE, SAYING, AS IS THE MOTHER, SO IS HER DAUGHTER.

[Ezekiel 16:45] THOU ART THY MOTHER'S DAUGHTER, THAT LOTHETH HER
HUSBAND AND HER CHILDREN; AND THOU ART THE SISTER OF THY SISTERS,
WHICH LOTHED THEIR HUSBANDS AND THEIR CHILDREN: YOUR MOTHER WAS AN
HITTITE, AND YOUR FATHER AN AMORITE.

[Ezekiel 16:46] AND THINE ELDER SISTER IS SAMARIA, SHE AND HER
DAUGHTERS THAT DWELL AT THY LEFT HAND: AND THY YOUNGER SISTER, THAT
DWELLETH AT THY RIGHT HAND, IS SODOM AND HER DAUGHTERS.

<<AND THINE ELDER SISTER IS SAMARIA>>: This means the northern kingdom of Israel
of which Samaria was the center. The name "Samaria" can represent the
Lost Ten tribes of Israel, especially Manasseh. The city Samaria was
in the territory of Manasseh. In many respects Manasseh (rather than
Ephraim) was really the most important tribe of the northern kingdom.

[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.

[Ezekiel 16:48] AS I LIVE, SAITH THE LORD GOD, SODOM THY SISTER HATH
NOT DONE, SHE NOR HER DAUGHTERS, AS THOU HAST DONE, THOU AND THY
DAUGHTERS.

[Ezekiel 16:49] BEHOLD, THIS WAS THE INIQUITY OF THY SISTER SODOM,
PRIDE, FULNESS OF BREAD, AND ABUNDANCE OF IDLENESS WAS IN HER AND IN
HER DAUGHTERS, NEITHER DID SHE STRENGTHEN THE HAND OF THE POOR AND
NEEDY.

Social injustice, waste, overindulgence, and indolence were the crimes of Sodom.

[Ezekiel 16:50] AND THEY WERE HAUGHTY, AND COMMITTED ABOMINATION
BEFORE ME: THEREFORE I TOOK THEM AWAY AS I SAW GOOD.

[Ezekiel 16:51] NEITHER HATH SAMARIA COMMITTED HALF OF THY SINS; BUT
THOU HAST MULTIPLIED THINE ABOMINATIONS MORE THAN THEY, AND HAST
JUSTIFIED THY SISTERS IN ALL THINE ABOMINATIONS WHICH THOU HAST DONE.

The Lost Ten tribes were taken away and only Judah remained. Ezekiel
is saying that the sins of Judah were worse than those of the Ten
Tribes!

[Ezekiel 16:52] THOU ALSO, WHICH HAST JUDGED THY SISTERS, BEAR THINE
OWN SHAME FOR THY SINS THAT THOU HAST COMMITTED MORE ABOMINABLE THAN
THEY: THEY ARE MORE RIGHTEOUS THAN THOU: YEA, BE THOU CONFOUNDED ALSO,
AND BEAR THY SHAME, IN THAT THOU HAST JUSTIFIED THY SISTERS.

[Ezekiel 16:53] WHEN I SHALL BRING AGAIN THEIR CAPTIVITY, THE
CAPTIVITY OF SODOM AND HER DAUGHTERS, AND THE CAPTIVITY OF SAMARIA AND
HER DAUGHTERS, THEN WILL I BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY OF THY CAPTIVES
IN THE MIDST OF THEM:

<<THE CAPTIVITY OF SODOM AND HER DAUGHTERS>>:

Malbim says here that at the return "Samaria" and "Sodom" (?) will be
the most important section of the Israelite nation whereas Judah will
be pulled after them and returned through them. He repeats this
message in 16:55. The Lost Ten Tribes will return. Manasseh will
return. The exiles of Judah who remained in exile will return together
with the Lost Ten Tribes. Abarbanel (1435-1509): "The Ten Tribes will
return to Samaria and its daughter-regions and so will the scattered
dispersion of Judah by gathered in from the four corners of the
earth".

[Ezekiel 16:54] THAT THOU MAYEST BEAR THINE OWN SHAME, AND MAYEST BE
CONFOUNDED IN ALL THAT THOU HAST DONE, IN THAT THOU ART A COMFORT UNTO
THEM.

[Ezekiel 16:55] WHEN THY SISTERS, SODOM AND HER DAUGHTERS, SHALL
RETURN TO YOUR FORMER ESTATE. UNTIL NOW THEY ARE STILL OVERTURNED AND
HAVE NOT RETURNED UNTO THEIR FORMER STATE.

This is a message for Judah: In order for Judah to realize herself
and to bring back all her exiles and rehabilitate herself Judah must
also seek the Lost Ten Tribes and cause them to return! This is
important to Judah for her own sake! It is also hinting that
rehabilitation of the Land itself is somehow connected with the return
of the Lost Ten Tribes. See our Commentary on Isaiah 56:8 and Hosea
chapter six, where we have explained that according to prophecy: part
of Judah would return to the Land and begin to build it up. Then the
Lost Ten Tribes would return in two stages together with the remnant
of Judah. The first part of this process is well on its way.

<<SODOM AND HER DAUGHTERS, SHALL RETURN TO THEIR FORMER
ESTATE, AND SAMARIA AND HER DAUGHTERS SHALL RETURN TO THEIR FORMER
ESTATE>>:

Malbim:
[addressing Judah] "For they shall be most important section in the
returning and you subservient to them, and you shall return through
them". Abarbanel: "There is no doubt that this promised ingathering
will occur in the Times of the Messiah. Until now it has never been
fulfilled".

[Ezekiel 16:58] THOU HAST BORNE THY LEWDNESS AND THINE ABOMINATIONS,
SAITH THE LORD.

[Ezekiel 16:59] FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD; I WILL EVEN DEAL WITH
THEE AS THOU HAST DONE, WHICH HAST DESPISED THE OATH IN BREAKING THE
COVENANT.

[Ezekiel 16:60] NEVERTHELESS I WILL REMEMBER MY COVENANT WITH THEE IN
THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH, AND I WILL ESTABLISH UNTO THEE AN EVERLASTING
COVENANT.

[Ezekiel 16:61] THEN THOU SHALT REMEMBER THY WAYS, AND BE ASHAMED,
WHEN THOU SHALT RECEIVE THY SISTERS, THINE ELDER AND THY YOUNGER: AND
I WILL GIVE THEM UNTO THEE FOR DAUGHTERS, BUT NOT BY THY COVENANT.

Judah must seek to bring the Lost Ten Tribes back. God makes the
participation of Judah in the process of returning the Lost Ten Tribes
a prior condition for the rehabilitation of Judah herself!

<<I WILL GIVE THEM UNTO THEE FOR DAUGHTERS>>:

Judah will have some degree of
directional task to play in helping the Ten Tribes return and showing
them the way in which they should go. Judah however is also obligated
to get his own act together or else (God forbid) be punished.

<<BUT NOT BY THY COVENANT>>:

The Lost Ten Tribes will not necessarily have
to convert to Judaism in our sense of the word though they will renew
the covenant between Israel and the Almighty and Judah is obligated to
assist them.

[Ezekiel 16:62] AND I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH THEE; AND THOU
SHALT KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD: God will once again accept Judah and
all Israel.

[Ezekiel 16:63] THAT THOU MAYEST REMEMBER, AND BE CONFOUNDED, AND
NEVER OPEN THY MOUTH ANY MORE BECAUSE OF THY SHAME, WHEN I AM PACIFIED
TOWARD THEE FOR ALL THAT THOU HAST DONE, SAITH THE LORD GOD.

Even after we return we will have to remind ourselves of our
previous degradation and be ashamed of ourselves. Ultimately Israel
will have to teach and in some way rule the rest of the world.
Humility and a consciousness of our own past and present failings
could help in directing other peoples.

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