John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 16:23

John Gill Commentary

Ezekiel 16:23

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Ezekiel 16:23

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"And it is come to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah,)" — Ezekiel 16:23 (ASV)

And it came to pass after all your 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, you shall 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 your end for all your wickedness? the prophet said unto her, woe unto thee, because you have sinned; woe unto thee, because you are not converted, saith the Lord God."