Ezekiel 16:26 - Exposition

With the Egyptians. The words point to political and commercial alliances, in themselves a whoredom ( Isaiah 23:17 ; Nahum 3:4 ), such as Zedekiah, like some of his predecessors, had trusted in, as well as to the adoption of Egyptian worship, such as we have seen in Ezekiel 8:10 , the one leading naturally to the other. The words, great of flesh, may point, as we interpret the parable, to the supposed strength of the stout and stalwart soldiers, the chariots and horses of the Egyptians, but possibly also may be a euphemism for the mere animal vigour which stimulated passion.