Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 16:41

41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.

That company mentioned, ver. 40.

As Harlots and Idolaters were to be punisht, intimating also the burning Ierusalem, the Temple and Houses in it, as 2 Kings 25.9. 2 Chr. 36.19.

As God's instruments to do his Will, and also as men that satisfie their own rage.

All kind of cruelty.

O! Ierusalem, and thine Inhabitants.

The people that were gathered to besiege, take and spoil Ierusalem, and the Daughters thereof.

'Tis not said how this shall be done, whether by changing their minds, or by utterly ruining them, but this shall be done; this is the effect of the divine Judgments.

From Idolatry, and Adulteries which attend it.

Who hast been so lavish, and inclin'd to this course.

So poor, thou can'st not, or so changed, that thou wilt no more hire Paramours to come into thee.

Marginal references: Jer. 52.13.