Ezekiel Chapter 16 verse 18 Holy Bible
and thou tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them, and didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.
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And you took your robes of needlework for their clothing, and put my oil and my perfume before them.
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And thou tookest thine embroidered garments, and coveredst them; and thou didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.
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And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.
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and you took your embroidered garments, and covered them, and did set my oil and my incense before them.
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And dost take the garments of thy embroidery, And thou dost cover them, And My oil and My perfume thou hast set before them.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 18, 19. - Mine oil and mine incense. This, as afterwards in Ezekiel 23:41, was the crowning aggravation of the guilt. The very gifts of God, designed for his worship, were prostituted to that of his rivals. The "oil" is that of Exodus 30:23-25, perfumed and set apart for sacred uses. The act of covering the idol was, as in ver. 8, the symbol of the marriage union. In the sweet savour we have the familiar phrase of Ezekiel 6:13. The scene brought before us is that of a sacrificial feast, in which cakes of flour, honey, and oil were eaten whilst incense was offered. So we have the "adored liba" of Virgil, 'AEneid,' 7:109, or more fully in Tibullus, 'Eleg.,' 1:7, 53, 54, the "thuria honores," the "liba ... dulcia melle." Thus it was, etc. As in ver. 16, the description seems to rouse an instinctive abhorrence in the prophet's mind, which finds utterance in this form: "Yes, it was even so." The words are, however, taken by the LXX., Vulgate, and Luther as opening the following verse: "And it came to pass that."
