John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:54
That thou mayest bear thine own shame ,.... So long as the captivity remains; even until Sodom and Samaria, the Gentiles, and the ten tribes, are called and converted: and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done ; or, "for all that thou hast done" F5 מכל אשר עשית "propter omnia quae fecisti", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator. ; for and because of all the abominable sins they had been guilty of: in that thou art a comfort to them ; to Sodom and Samaria;... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 16:44-59
The prophet here further shows Jerusalem her abominations, by comparing her with those places that had gone before her, and showing that she was worse than any of them, and therefore should, like them, be utterly and irreparably ruined. We are all apt to judge of ourselves by comparison, and to imagine that we are sufficiently good if we are but as good as such and such, who are thought passable; or that we are not dangerously bad if we are no worse than such and such, who, though bad, are not... read more