ezekiel 16:37 Behold, therefore 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 round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

ezekiel 16:37 therefore, behold, I shall gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom you loved [and] all those whom you hated. So I shall gather them against you from every direction and expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness.

37. thy lovers--the Chaldeans and the Assyrians. The law of retribution is the more signally exemplified by God employing, as His instruments of judgment on Israel, those very nations whose alliance and idols Israel had so eagerly sought, besides giving her up to those who had been always her enemies. "God will make him, who leaves God for the world, disgraced even in the eyes of the world, and indeed the more so the nearer he formerly stood to Himself" [HENGSTENBERG], (Isa 47:3; Jer 13:26; Ho 2:12; Na 3:5).
all . . . thou hast hated--the Edomites and Philistines; also Moab and Ammon especially (De 23:3).
I . . . will discover thy nakedness--punishment in kind, as she had "discovered her nakedness through whoredoms" (Eze 16:36); the sin and its penalty corresponded. I will expose thee to public infamy.

ezekiel 16:37 therefore, behold, I shall gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom you loved [and] all those whom you hated. So I shall gather them against you from every direction and expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness.

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