Ezekiel 16:39
“And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
They shall also bring up a company against thee,.... An army, so the Targum; the Chaldean army:
and they shall stone…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Ezekiel 16:35-43
Judah is now represented as undergoing the punishment adjudged to an adulteress and murderess. Only in her utter…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
They shall strip thee also of thy clothes - thy fair jewels - Alluding to a lot common enough to prostitutes, their…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezekiel 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…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
On "eminent place" and "high places," see Eze 16:16.
strip thee … of thy clothes Reference is probably to a barbarous…
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