Ezekiel 16:17

“Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold, and of my silver, which I had given thee, &c.] Or “thy glorious vessels of gold and silver”f222; meaning either the vessels of gold and silver in the temple, as Jerom thinks, which they converted to idolatrous uses; or rather their own household vessels of gold and silver which God had given them, as the bounties of his providence, and he had still a right unto, and which they made use of to the dishonour of his name; which argued great ingratitude in them: and madest to thyself images of men; images in the shape of men; some were in the shape of women, others in the shape of men; here only male images are mentioned, because the idolatrous…”

“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.”

“Possibly an allusion to the custom of bearing about shrines. Compare Amos 5:26; Acts 7:43. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Images - Statues, molten and graven images. Commit whoredom - Idolatry, spiritual adultery. And possibly here is an allusion to the rites of Adonis, or the images of Priapus. Ezekiel 16:18”

“hast also: Eze 7:19, Eze 23:14-21; Exo 32:1-4; Hos 2:13, Hos 10:1 men: Heb. a male and didst: Isa 44:19, Isa 44:20, Isa 57:7, Isa 57:8; Jer 2:27, Jer 2:28, Jer 3:9 Ezekiel 16:18”