Ezekiel 16:9
7 I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
8 Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
Then I bathed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and anointed you with oil.
10 I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
11 I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then I bathed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and anointed you with oil.
- KJV
- Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
- WEB
- “‘“Then I washed you with water. Yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.
- ASV
- Then washed I thee with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
- DARBY
- And I washed thee with water, and thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil;
- BLB
- And I washed you with water, and I rinsed off your blood from you, and I anointed you with the oil.
- ÅB
- Og jeg vasket deg med vann og skylte blodet av deg og salvet deg med olje.
- OTB
- ‘Jeg badet deg med vann og vasket blodet av deg og salvet deg med olje.
- B1930
- Og jeg tvettet dig med vann og skylte blodet av dig og salvet dig med olje.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 23:5
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Read in contextRuth 3:3
Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
Read in context1 John 2:27
And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
Read in context1 John 5:8
the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:11
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:21
Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:2
They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
Read in contextHebrews 9:10–14
They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
Read in context