Ezekiel 16:27

27 "'So I used my power against you. I took away some of your land, and I handed you over to your greedy enemies, the Philistines, who were ashamed of what you had done.

Ezekiel 16:27 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:27

Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee
His chastising and correcting hand, to show his resentment at their sins, and bring them to a sense of them, and repentance for them: and have diminished thine ordinary [food];
their stated allowances, the common mercies and blessings of life they had been indulged with, but now were lessened; and particularly a famine was brought upon them, as well as they were deprived of other favours for their sins; God dealing with them as husbands with their wanton wives, who keep them to stricter allowance, and closer confinement, in order to check and tame them: and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters
of the Philistines;
which perhaps may refer to the times of Ahaz, when the Philistines invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and took many of their cities, and brought Judah low, ( 2 Chronicles 28:18 2 Chronicles 28:19 ) ; which are ashamed of thy lewd way:
of their inconstancy in changing their religion, relinquishing the worship of the true God, and embracing that of others, when they abode by their ancient religion and worship, ( Jeremiah 2:10 Jeremiah 2:11 ) . The Targum is,

``to whom if I had sent my prophets, they would have been ashamed;''

see ( Matthew 11:21 Matthew 11:23 ) .

Ezekiel 16:27 In-Context

25 You also built worship sites at the head of every street. You used your beauty to seduce people there. You offered your body to everyone who passed by. You increased your acts of prostitution.

26 You had sex with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians. You used your prostitution to make me angry.

27 "'So I used my power against you. I took away some of your land, and I handed you over to your greedy enemies, the Philistines, who were ashamed of what you had done.

28 "'You had sex with the Assyrians because you weren't satisfied. You still weren't satisfied.

29 So you increased your acts of prostitution to include the land of the merchants, the Babylonians. Even after that, you weren't satisfied.