Ezekiel 16:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then washed I thee with water, &c.— "I added every thing which had the least tendency to contribute to thy beauty and ornament." The anointing with oil was reckoned a necessary ingredient in a festival dress. See Ruth 3:3. 2 Samuel 14:2. This and the following verses allude to those parts of the woman's attire, which not only serve for use, but are used for elegance or luxury; and import, that God did not only provide the Jews with necessaries, but also with superfluities or abundance. Instead of badger's skins, Houbigant reads, purple sandals.