Ezekiel 16:54 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

That thou mayest bear thine own shame - by being put on a level with those whom thou hast so much despised.

In that thou art a comfort unto them - since they see thee as miserable as themselves. It is a kind of In that thou art a comfort unto them - since they see thee as miserable as themselves. It is a kind of melancholy "comfort" to those chastised to see others as sorely punished as themselves (Ezekiel 14:22-23).

Ezekiel 16:54

54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.