Ezechiël 16:57

57 Aleer uw boosheid ontdekt was. Als de tijd was der versmading van de dochteren van Syrie, en van al degenen, die rondom datzelve waren, de dochteren der Filistijnen, die u verachten van rondom,

Ezechiël 16:57 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:57

Before thy wickedness was discovered
By the punishment of it, by the judgments of God brought upon them; then they were humbled, who before were proud and haughty; and might speak and think of the vengeance of God on Sodom, which before they made no mention of. It is a sad thing only to know sin, and to have it discovered only by the punishment of it: as at the time of [thy] reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all
[that are] round about her, the daughters of the Philistines;
this seems to refer to the times of Ahaz, when the Syrians smote the men of Judah; and carried many of them captive; and the Philistines invaded the cities of the low country, and southern parts of Judah, and took many of them, ( 2 Chronicles 28:5 2 Chronicles 28:18 ) ; at which time the wickedness of the Jews was discovered; and it was a plain case they had sinned against the Lord, by his suffering their enemies to come upon them, and prevail over them; which was to their reproach. The Syrians reproached them, and so did the Philistines: which despise thee round about;
they spoiled and plundered them on all sides; and treated them with scorn and contempt, who before were formidable and terrible to them: thus it is with a people when they are left of God, they are despised by men.

Ezechiël 16:57 In-Context

55 Als uw zusters, Sodom en haar dochteren, zullen wederkeren tot haar vorigen staat, mitsgaders Samaria en haar dochteren zullen wederkeren tot haar vorigen staat, zult gij ook en uw dochteren wederkeren tot uw vorigen staat.

56 Ja, uw zuster Sodom is in uw mond niet gehoord geweest, ten dage uws groten hoogmoeds,

57 Aleer uw boosheid ontdekt was. Als de tijd was der versmading van de dochteren van Syrie, en van al degenen, die rondom datzelve waren, de dochteren der Filistijnen, die u verachten van rondom,

58 Hebt gij uw schandelijke daden en uw gruwelen gedragen, spreekt de HEERE.

59 Want alzo zegt de Heere HEERE: Ik zal u ook doen, gelijk als gij gedaan hebt, die den eed veracht hebt, brekende het verbond.