Ezekiel 16:58

58 ¹You bear the penalty of your lewdness and your abominations, declares 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 an object of reproach for the daughters of Syria and all those around her, and for the daughters of the Philistines, those all around who despise you.

58 You bear the penalty of your lewdness and your abominations, declares the Lord.

59 “For thus says the Lord God: I will deal with you as you have done, you 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 for you an everlasting covenant.

Cross References

• 1. 16:58 [ch. 14:10; 23:35, 49]