John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 16:41
And they shall burn thine houses with fire ,.... As the houses in Jerusalem were by Nebuchadnezzar's army, even the temple, the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and the houses of great men, even all the houses in the city, Jeremiah 52:13 ; and as was commanded to be done to idolatrous cities, Deuteronomy 13:16 ; and this also may be said in allusion to the burning of adulterous persons, Genesis 38:24 ; and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women ; or... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 16:35-43
Adultery was by the law of Moses made a capital crime. This notorious adulteress, the criminal at the bar, being in the foregoing verses found guilty, here has sentence passed upon her. It is ushered in with solemnity, Ezek. 16:35. The prophet, as the judge, in God's name calls to her, O harlot! hear the word of the Lord. Our Saviour preached to harlots, for their conversion, to bring them into the kingdom of God, not as the prophet here, to expel them out of it. Note, An apostate church is a... read more