Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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Ezekiel 16:3
Birth - See the margin; the word represents "origin" under the figure of "cutting out stone from a quarry" (compare Isaiah 51:1).
An Amorite - the Amorite, a term denoting the whole people. The Amorites, being a principal branch of the Canaanites, are often taken to represent the whole stock Genesis 15:16; II Kings 21:11.
An Hittite - Compare Genesis 26:34. The main idea is that the Israelites by their doings proved themselves to be the very children of the idolatrous nations who once occupied the land of Canaan. Compare Deuteronomy 20:17.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Ezekiel 16:3:
Genesis 14:1-24
Ezekiel 16:1
Hosea 12:7
Zechariah 14:21
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