John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 16:37

"therefore behold, I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them against thee on every side, and will uncover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness." — Ezekiel 16:37 (ASV)

Behold, therefore I will gather all your lovers, with whom you
have taken pleasure
Or, "with whom you have mixed" ^F18 ; in unlawful embraces, joined in sinful alliances, or in idolatrous practices: and all [them] that you have loved ;
the Egyptians and Assyrians, whose friendship and idolatrous customs they were fond of: with all [them] that you have hated ;
as the Philistines, Moabites, and Ammonites: I will even gather them round about against you ;
as they were in the Chaldean army, which consisted of many nations.

and will discover your nakedness unto them, that they may see all your
nakedness ;
as a just retaliation for discovering it herself, as in (Ezekiel 16:36) ; than which nothing can be more disagreeable to the sex. The Milesian virgins were restrained from suicide by a law, which ordered that such should be drawn naked through the market place. This is to be understood of the spoiling of the city and temple.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F18: (Mhyle tbre rva) "quibus commixtuisti cum illis", Starckius.