Ezekiel 6:9

Because I am broken. Some of the versions read, “I have broken,” that is, God broke their hearts in an effort to lead them to repentance.

Eyes. Here probably mentioned as the means by which their hearts have been enticed to evil.

A whoring. Apostasy from God is described under the figure of unfaithfulness to the marriage relationship (see Jer. 3:20).

Lothe themselves. Self-loathing is a mark of godly sorrow, which, if permitted to have its perfect work, leads to repentance (2 Cor. 7:10); otherwise the loathing represents only remorse for consequences. It was in such unholy remorse that the majority of the Israelites indulged. Nevertheless, some did sorrow after a godly sort. Like Job, they cried out, “Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes” (Job 42:6). True sorrow is thus produced: God arrests a man in his self-willed course and bids him examine himself in the mirror of His perfect law. In the light of that law, which is the glory of the sinless Jesus, the soul discovers that it is honeycombed with sin. Self-exaltation vanishes.

Intense self-loathing begins. When in this state the sinner casts his helpless soul upon Jesus and trusts wholly in the divine merits, his repentance is accepted.