Eze 16:14, Joh 15:3 | JFB | STEP | 14. thy renown . . . among . . . heathen —The theocracy reached its highest point under Solomon, when distant potentates heard of his "fame" ( , &c.), for example, the queen of Sheba, Hiram, &c. ( ). my comeliness —It was not thine own, but imparted by Me.

Ezekiel 16:14

14. thy renown . . . among . . . heathen—The theocracy reached its highest point under Solomon, when distant potentates heard of his "fame" (1Ki 10:1, &c.), for example, the queen of Sheba, Hiram, &c. (La 2:15).

my comeliness—It was not thine own, but imparted by Me.

John 15:3

3. Now—rather, "Already."

ye are clean through—by reason of.

the word I have spoken to you—already in a purified, fruitful condition, in consequence of the long action upon them of that searching "word" which was "as a refiner's fire" (Mal 3:2, 3).