John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:10
I clothed thee also, with broidered work ,.... Or, "with needle work" F17 רקמה "veste acupicta", Vatablus, Grotius; "acupicto", Montanus, Cocceius, Starckius. ; with garments of divers colours, like Joseph's coat; perhaps it may refer to the rich raiment borrowed of the Egyptians, when they came out from thence. So the Targum, "and I clothed you with various garments, the desirable things of your enemies;' and which, with their other clothes, waxed not old all the while they were... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 16:6-14
In there verses we have an account of the great things which God did for the Jewish nation in raising them up by degrees to be very considerable. 1. God saved them from the ruin they were upon the brink of in Egypt (Ezek. 16:6): ?When I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thy own blood, loathed and abandoned, and appointed to die, as sheep for the slaughter, then I said unto thee, Live. I designed thee for life when thou wast doomed to destruction, and resolved to save thee from death.?... read more