Ezekiel Chapter 16 verse 12 Holy Bible
And I put a ring upon thy nose, and ear-rings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.
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And I put a ring in your nose and ear-rings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.
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and I put a ring on thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.
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And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
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I put a ring on your nose, and ear-rings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.
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And I give a ring for thy nose, And rings for thine ears, And a crown of beauty on thy head.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - A jewel on thy forehead; better, with the Revised Version, a ring upon thy nose. The word has the same meaning in Genesis 24:47 ("earring" in the Authorized Version); Isaiah 3:21 (where the Authorized Version gives "nose jewels"); Proverbs 11:22. Jerome, however, notes (in loc.) that the Syrian women of his time wore pendants or lockets that hung from the forehead to the nostrils. The crown, or diadem (LXX., στέφανος καυχήσεως), the thin circlet of gold confining the hair, completed the catalogue of ornaments. The Chaldee Targum continues its spiritual interpretation: "I gave the ark of my covenant to be among you, and the cloud of my glory overshadowed you, and the angel of my presence led you in the way." And, if we assume, as we legitimately may assume, that Ezekiel, above all others, the prophet of symbolism, did not fill up his picture with details which were only meant to fill it up, this seems a not unfitting interpretation.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) A jewel on thy forehead.--Literally, a nose-ring on thy nostril, the custom of the time sanctioning this mode of ornament.In contrast to God's kindness and abundant blessing, Israel's grievous sin is now described (Ezekiel 16:15-34). It is to be remembered that however this extraordinary sin was the natural fruit of neglected grace, it yet was extraordinary. It is not by mere hyperbole that Israel is represented as worse than others. The grace which does not elevate always reacts by directing to a lower depth. (See Excursus at end of this Book on Ezekiel 5:7).
