John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 16:36

"Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness uncovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers; and because of all the idols of thy abominations, and for the blood of thy children, that thou didst give unto them;" — Ezekiel 16:36 (ASV)

Thus says the Lord God, because your filthiness was poured
out Or, "your brass" ^F16 . The word is used by the Rabbins ^F17 for the bottom of a thing; and is here accordingly, by Kimchi and Ben Melech, interpreted of a woman's lower part; the same with her nakedness next mentioned; and from which, by reason of her inordinate lust, and the frequent exercise of it, and that with many different persons, a gonorrhoea, as Jarchi explains it, or a filthy flux flowed, and was poured out on her lovers; from which the filthy disease, the "lues venerea": and your nakedness discovered through your whoredoms with your lovers ; which she discovered or exposed to view herself, in order to entice her lovers to lie with her, and for the sake thereof; see (Ezekiel 16:25) ;

and with all the idols of your abominations ; or abominable idols, which were so in themselves, were abominable to God, and made the worshippers of them so likewise; these are distinguished from her lovers, the Egyptians and Assyrians, her confederates, and by means of whose alliance she fell into idolatry: and by the blood of your children, which you gave unto them ; the idols, to whom they were dedicated and sacrificed; and for whose sake, and for the worship of them, they were caused to pass through the fire, and were burnt in it; and by such shocking murders, as well as idolatrous practices, the depravity of their nature, the wickedness of their hearts, their hypocrisy, treachery, and infidelity, were discovered and made known.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F16: (Ktvxn) (ton calkon sou) , Sept. "aes tuum", Montanus, Vatablus, Calvin, Tigurine version, Starckius; "virus tuum", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator, Grotius; "aerugo tua", Cocceius.
• F17: Misn. Celim, c. 8. sect. 3. Vid. T. Bab. Nidda, fol. 41. 2. & Gloss. in ib.