Ezekiel 16:26-29

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 16:15-34

In these verses we have an account of the great wickedness of the people of Israel, especially in worshipping idols, notwithstanding the great favours that God had conferred upon them, by which, one would think, they should have been for ever engaged to him. This wickedness of theirs is here represented by the lewd and scandalous conversation of that beautiful maid which was rescued from ruin, brought up and well provided for by a kind friend and benefactor, that had been in all respects as a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:26

Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians ,.... By entering into leagues and alliances with them, and seeking to them for help and assistance against their enemies; from whose bondage they had formerly been delivered, and whose society they were cautioned against; and yet they forsook the Lord, and joined themselves to them by solemn covenant; and not only so, but fell into the worship of their idols, who were a people of all others the most superstitious, and given to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:27

Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee ,.... His chastising and correcting hand, to show his resentment at their sins, and bring them to a sense of them, and repentance for them: and have diminished thine ordinary food ; their stated allowances, the common mercies and blessings of life they had been indulged with, but now were lessened; and particularly a famine was brought upon them, as well as they were deprived of other favours for their sins; God dealing with them... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:28

Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians ,.... By entering into alliances with them, and worshipping their idols; which was done in the times of Ahaz, who sent to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria for help, and to Damascus for the fashion of the altar there, and built one according to it, 2 Kings 7:10 ; because thou wast unsatiable ; not content with the alliance and idolatries of the Egyptians: yea, thou hast played the harlot with them ; with the Assyrians: and yet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:29

Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan ,.... Or, "with the land of Canaan" F12 אל ארץ כנען "cum terra Canaan", Munster, so some in Vatablus, Tigurine version, Noldius, p. 39. No. 288. ; with the inhabitants of it, doing the same evils, committing the same idolatries, as the old inhabitants of Canaan did; and so the Targum, "and thou hast multiplied thine idols, that thou mightest be joined to the people of Canaan:' or, "to the land of Canaan" ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:26

Great of flesh - The most extensive idolaters . Bene vasatis-longa mensura incognita nervy - Juv. Sat. 9:34. This is the allusion. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:27

Have diminished thine ordinary - חקך chukkech means here the household provision made for a wife - food, clothing, and money. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:26

Verse 26 I Mentioned at the beginning of the chapter, that the Prophet blames the Jews not for one single kind of fornication, but for two different kinds. Interpreters do not observe this, but think that the Prophet is always discoursing of idols and superstitions. But if we prudently weigh all the circumstances, what I have said will not appear doubtful, namely, that the Jews were condemned not only for vitiating the worship of God by their perverse fictions, but for flying, now to the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:27

Verse 27 Here God reproves the hardness of the Jews because admonition did not render them wise. The common proverb aptly says, “fools grow wise only by the rod;” and when their obstinacy is such that the rod does no good, their faults are indeed desperate. Hence God complains, when he had chastised the Jews, that even this did not profit them, for they were so perverse that they did not apply their minds to reflect upon their sins. For God’s blows ought to rouse us up, so that our faults... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:28

Verse 28 I interpret this verse also of the covenant by which the Jews had entangled themselves, when they willingly joined themselves to the Assyrians; for this was a sure sign of distrust, when they so desired foreign aid, as if they had been deprived of God’s protection. And it would be absurd to explain this verse of idolatries, since the prophets were not accustomed to speak in this way, that the people committed fornication with the Assyrians, because they imitated their superstitions and... read more

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