Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 16:14

14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.

Thy name was great and honoured.

Not only next Neighbours, but the uttermost ends of the Earth, as 'tis said of the Queen of Sh[illegible: 1 letter]ba, heard thereof.

The excellent order of thy Government, prosperi[illegible: 1 letter]y of thy Countrey, riches of thy Merchants, and abundance of thy peace.

The best of any upon Earth, no Nations had such Laws as they had, or God so near them, it was perfect in its kind.

The form of the Civil Government and its Laws, the Wisdom, Justice and Courage of the Governours, the due compliance of the governed, and the Holiness, purity and truth of their Religion; all which concurred to make up this beauty, and it was that God put upon them, or set before them, Deut. 4.7, 8. The visible, outward, emblematick part of all was beautiful; the invisible, inward, and spiritual part was much more beautiful and ought to be duly considered. Thus far what God did for her.