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I clothed you also with embroidered work, and shod you with sealskin, and I girded you about with fine linen, and covered you with silk.
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A Picture of Lavish Grace
Commentators explain that the luxurious clothing—embroidered work, fine leather shoes, linen, and silk—are powerful metaphors for God's overwhelming and extravagant generosity. The point is not the specific items, but the picture they paint of a God who holds nothing back. As John Calvin notes, God "omitted nothing in pouring forth the riches of His goodness" on His people.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Badgers’ skin - Probably the skin of the dolphin or dugong (Exodus 25:5 note).
Silk - For a robe, a turban, or (as …
19th Century
Anglican
These verses describe the purifications and preparations for marriage to one of high rank (Esther 2:12). The reality corresponding to t…
Baptist
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with sil…
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16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet, in a metaphor, relates other benefits of God by which He liberally adorned His people; for we know that God omitted nothing in po…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I clothed thee also, with broidered work Or, "with needle work" F17 ; with garments of divers colours, li…
In this chapter, God's dealings with the Jewish nation and their conduct toward Him are described, along with their punishment through the surround…
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