Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 16:30-34
Ezekiel 16:30-34. How weak is thy heart Not only unstable as to good resolutions, but even restless and unsettled in evil practices, still hankering after some new kind of idolatry, and resolved to indulge a wandering appetite, Ezekiel 16:28-29. The work of an imperious, whorish woman A woman that acknowledges no superior, and will neither be guided nor governed. In that thou buildest thine eminent place See Ezekiel 16:16; Ezekiel 16:22. And hast not been as a harlot, in that thou... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 16:27-29
Ezekiel 16:27-29. Behold, therefore Open thine eyes, thou secure and foolish adulteress, see what has been done against thee, and consider it is for thy lewdness. I have stretched out my hand over thee I have chastised and punished thee already in some measure. And have diminished thine ordinary food Have taken away some of thy opulence, and abridged thee of many necessaries and conveniences. And delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee Have excited them to make war against... read more