Ezekiel 16:58

58 You bear the penalty of your lewdness and your abominations, says the LORD.

Ezekiel 16:58 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:58

Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations
Openly and publicly; their abominable iniquities were written as it were upon their foreheads, and were to be seen of all men; their sin was to be read in their punishment, which is meant by bearing their lewdness and abominations; namely, the punishment due unto them: saith the Lord;
who always speaks what is just and true; this is added to denote the truth of what had been, and the certainty of what would be, as follows:

Ezekiel 16:58 In-Context

56 Was not your sister Sodom a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride,
57 before your wickedness was uncovered? Now you have become like her an object of reproach for the daughters of Edom and all her neighbors, and for the daughters of the Philistines, those round about who despise you.
58 You bear the penalty of your lewdness and your abominations, says the LORD.
59 "Yea, thus says the Lord GOD: I will deal with you as you have done, who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant,
60 yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish with you an everlasting covenant.
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