Ezekiel 16:27 - Exposition

Have diminished thine ordinary food . The husband was bound to provide his wife with food and raiment ( Exodus 21:10 ). Here his first discipline for the unfaithful wife is to place her on a short allowance. Jehovah, to interpret the parable, had placed Israel under the discipline of famine and other visitations that involved a loss of wealth and power. Hosea 2:9 , Hosea 2:10 supplies a striking parallel. The daughters of the Philistines. So in verse 57. The phrase, like "the daughter of Zion," indicates the Philistine cities. These had been, from the days of Samuel to those of Ahaz ( 2 Chronicles 28:18 ), among the most persistent enemies of Judah (comp. Amos 1:6 ; Amos 3:9 ; Joel 3:4 ; Isaiah 9:12 ; Isaiah 14:29 ). In the words, were ashamed of thy lewd way , the prophet points, as his master had done ( Jeremiah 2:10 ), to the fact that other nations had at least been faithful to their inherited religion, while Judah had forsaken hers.