Albert Barnes Commentary


Albert Barnes Commentary
"Behold therefore, I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary [food], and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, that are ashamed of thy lewd way." — Ezekiel 16:27 (ASV)
Have diminished thine ordinary food - As a husband lessens the things which provide for the luxury of an unfaithful wife, so did the Lord cut Israel short as a result of her unfaithfulness.
Daughters - The small cities. The Philistines have left a permanent record of their supremacy in the name of the holy land - Palestine. It was a special shame to be subjected to so small a power as that of Philistia ; but the very Philistines were ashamed of Judah’s unfaithfulness, and were themselves truer to their false gods than Judah was to Yahweh.