John Calvin Commentary Ezekiel 16:58

"Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith Jehovah." — Ezekiel 16:58 (ASV)

Here God repeats what we saw before: that the Jews were deprived of all excuse. We know how bold they were in their complaints, and how they always cried out when God treated them severely. Therefore, since complaints were always flying about from this proud people, here, as before, God pronounces that they deserved their sufferings: you bear, He says, not any excessive harshness with which you falsely accuse Me, but your abominations and crimes.

The Hebrew word זמה, zemeh, means simply 'purpose,' but also 'abomination,' so it is better translated here as 'wickedness' or 'baseness.'

So now we understand the prophet’s intention: that the Jews indeed suffered the just reward for their wickedness, and that the penalties that awaited them could not be attributed to God as too severe, since if they weighed their own enormities, these would be found heavier than God’s treatment of them. Furthermore, this verse also encompasses the final destruction of the city and temple, although God at the same time adds the punishment by which He wished to recall them to the way of life.