Ezekiel 16:23

23 The Sovereign Lord said, "You are doomed! Doomed! You did all that evil, and then

Ezekiel 16:23 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:23

And it came to pass after all thy wickedness
This refers either to what goes before, so Kimchi; and the sense is, it shall be again as it was at first, after and because of all the above wickedness committed, thou shalt be left naked and bare, and destitute of all that is good: or rather to what follows in the next clause; and the meaning is, to all this wickedness before mentioned, which was so great that it might be thought nothing more could be added to it; and yet the following things were, as building an eminent place, and high places, in all streets and heads of ways: woe, woe unto thee, saith the Lord of hosts;
which is repeated, to show the indignation of the Lord against all this wickedness; to arouse their attention to their sin and punishment, and to show the certainty of it; and it may be it denotes both their misery in this world, and in that to come. The Targum of the whole is,

``what shall be in thine end for all thy wickedness? the prophet said unto her, woe unto thee, because thou hast sinned; woe unto thee, because thou art not converted, saith the Lord God.''

Ezekiel 16:23 In-Context

21 without taking my children and sacrificing them to idols?
22 During your disgusting life as a prostitute you never once remembered your childhood - when you were naked, squirming in your own blood."
23 The Sovereign Lord said, "You are doomed! Doomed! You did all that evil, and then
24 by the side of every road you built places to worship idols and practice prostitution.
25 You dragged your beauty through the mud. You offered yourself to everyone who came by, and you were more of a prostitute every day.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.