Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 16:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13Thus 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.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel states or reports “Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver” at Ezekiel 16:13 as a specific part of “Jerusalem Is Portrayed as an Abandoned Child Raised and Adorned.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 16:1–14
Read Ezekiel 16:13 with 16:1–14. By itself, “Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: A city allegory gives Jerusalem foreign ancestry, abandonment at birth, survival by divine command, maturation, covenant, clothing, jewelry, food, and royal beauty.
Why It Needs Context
The verse is a premise, action, image, response, or transition within Ezekiel 16:1–14, not an independent maxim. The prophetic word through Ezekiel states or reports “Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver” at Ezekiel 16:13 as a specific part of “Jerusalem Is Portrayed as an Abandoned Child Raised and Adorned.”
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ezekiel 16:1–14 — Jerusalem Is Portrayed as an Abandoned Child Raised and AdornedSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 16:1–14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 16:1–14
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