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Reformed 1871 · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Ezek 16:17

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Ezek 16:17

Ezek 16:17 · Douay-Rheims
“And thou tookest thy beautiful vessels, of my gold, and my silver, which I gave thee, and thou madest thee images of men, and hast committed fornication with them.”
On this verse:
“my gold . . . my silver-- (Hag 2:8). images of men--rather, "of the phallus," the Hindu lingam, or membrum virile [HAVERNICK], deified as the emblem of fecundity; man making his lust his god. English Version, however, is appropriate; Israel being represented as a woman playing the harlot with "male images," that is, images of male gods, as distinguished from female deities.”

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