Ezekiel 16:13

So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD GOD speaks through Ezekiel to personified Jerusalem, recounting the royal provisions and status He previously established before her covenant failure.

The words — The Hebrew וַתַּעְדִּי (va.ta'di) operates actively as "and you ornamented yourself," while סֹלֶת (solet) specifies the "fine flour" distributed for consumption.

The thread — This depiction of supplied abundance mirrors Deuteronomy 32:13, where God feeds the people honey and field produce, and aligns with Psalms 50:2, which identifies perfect beauty and divine manifestation in Zion.

Why it lands — The passage lists the exact garments, metals, and foods granted to establish Jerusalem’s initial queenly position, then requires the reader to confront the accountability attached to that unearned elevation.

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The Hebrew words

וַתַּעְדִּ֞יva./ta'.Diand/ you ornamented yourself זָהָ֣בza.Havgold וָכֶ֗סֶףva./Khe.sefand/ silver וּמַלְבּוּשֵׁךְ֙u./mal.bu.she/Khand/ clothing/ your שֵׁ֤שׁshe.shi[was] fine linen וָמֶ֙שִׁי֙va./Me.shiand/ silk וְרִקְמָ֔הve./rik.Mahand/ multicolored cloth סֹ֧לֶתSo.letfine flour וּדְבַ֛שׁu./de.Vashand/ honey וָשֶׁ֖מֶןva./She.menand/ oil אָכָ֑לְתְּ'a.khal.tiyou ate וַתִּ֙יפִי֙va./Ti.fiand/ you were beautiful בִּמְאֹ֣דbi/m.'Odwith/ muchness מְאֹ֔דme.'Odmuchness וַֽתִּצְלְחִ֖יva./titz.le.Chiand/ you prospered לִמְלוּכָֽה׃li/m.lu.Khahinto/ kingship

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 32:13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
1 Kings 4:21 And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Psalms 50:2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
Psalms 48:2 Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
Psalms 45:13 All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.
Ezekiel 16:19 And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.
Genesis 17:6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
Deuteronomy 8:8 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
1 Samuel 10:1 Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
1 Samuel 12:12 But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.