John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 16:35

"Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah:" — Ezekiel 16:35 (ASV)

Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord. The sentence about to be pronounced; adjudging to be slain with the sword, to be stoned and burned; the crime for which is to be read in the name of harlot, justly given to an apostate people; as it often is to the church of Rome in the book of the Revelation. The Targum is, ``whose works are as an harlots; O congregation of Israel, receive the words of the Lord;'' which follow: