Ezekiel 16:37

37 therefore see, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those who you have loved, with all those who you have hated; I will even gather them against you on every side, and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.

Ezekiel 16:37 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:37

Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou
hast taken pleasure
Or, "with whom thou hast mixed" ^F18; in unlawful embraces, joined in sinful alliances, or in idolatrous practices: and all [them] that thou hast loved;
the Egyptians and Assyrians, whose friendship and idolatrous customs they were fond of: with all [them] that thou hast hated;
as the Philistines, Moabites, and Ammonites: I will even gather them round about against thee;
as they were in the Chaldean army, which consisted of many nations: and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy
nakedness;
as a just retaliation for discovering it herself, as in ( Ezekiel 16:36 ) ; than which nothing can be more disagreeable to the sex. The Milesian virgins were restrained from suicide by a law, which ordered that such should be drawn naked through the market place. This is to be understood of the spoiling of the city and temple.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (Mhyle tbre rva) "quibus commixtuisti cum illis", Starckius.

Ezekiel 16:37 In-Context

35 Therefore, prostitute, hear the word of the LORD:

36 Thus says the Lord GOD, Because your filthiness was poured out, and your nakedness uncovered through your prostitution with your lovers; and because of all the idols of your abominations, and for the blood of your children, that you gave to them;

37 therefore see, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those who you have loved, with all those who you have hated; I will even gather them against you on every side, and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.

38 I will judge you, as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.

39 I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places; and they shall strip you of your clothes, and take your beautiful jewels; and they shall leave you naked and bare.