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Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary [food], and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.
Ezekiel 16:27 — KJV
Diminished thine ordinary food. God designed that this should be a disciplinary measure to bring the unfaithful wife to a consciousness of her sin. Men are so prone to forget that all temporal blessings come from God. He causes His sun to shine on both the righteous and the wicked. By His power immediately exercised, every seed springs into life, and the earth yields her bounties for the sustenance of man. God wishes that by a removal of these benefits men will be reminded of their utter dependence upon Him.
Philistines. From the time of the judges the Philistines had been persistent enemies of Israel. They were subdued by David, but became troublesome again during the period of the later kings (2 Kings 18:8; 2 Chronicles 26:7; 28:18). They were frequently the subject of prophetic utterances (Isaiah 9:12; Jeremiah 25:20; 47:1, 4; Ezekiel 25:15, 16; Amos 1:6-8; 3:9; Obadiah 19; Zephaniah 2:5; Zechariah 9:6).
Ashamed. The figure is probably based on the idea that the Philistines had at least adhered to their gods and had not exchanged them for others as Israel had done (see Jeremiah 2:10, 11).
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