Ezekiel 16:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Thy renown; thy name was great and honoured. Among the heathen; not only next neighbours, but the uttermost ends of the earth, as it is said of the queen of Sheba, heard thereof. For thy beauty; the excellent order of thy government, prosperity of thy country, riches of thy merchants, and abundance of thy peace. Perfect; 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. My comeliness which I had put upon thee; the form of the civil government and its laws, the wisdom, justice, and courage of the governors, 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, Deuteronomy 4:7,8. The visible, outward, emblematic 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.

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.