Ezekiel 16:58

58 You alone must bear your bad reputation and your detestable ways. This is what the LORD says.

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 but you will no longer talk about your sister Sodom as in your haughty days
57 before your wickedness was exposed. You are now the reproach of all the daughters of Edom and all those around her, including the daughters of the Philistines. They mock you on every side.
58 You alone must bear your bad reputation and your detestable ways. This is what the LORD says.
59 The LORD God proclaims: I will do to you just as you have done, despising solemn pledges and breaking covenants.
60 Nevertheless, I will remember my covenant with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
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