Ezekiel 16:41-42

     41. The result of the awful judgment shall be, when divine vengeance has run its course, it shall cease.

      burn— (De 13:16; 2Ki 25:9).

      women—the surrounding Gentile nations to whom thou shalt be an object of mocking (Ps 137:7).

      I will cause thee to cease . . . harlot— (Eze 23:27). Thou shalt no longer be able to play the harlot through My judgments.

      thou . . . shall give . . . no hire . . . any more—Thou shalt have none to give.

     42. my fury . . . rest—when My justice has exacted the full penalty commensurate with thy awful guilt (see on Eze 5:13). It is not a mitigation of the penalty that is here foretold, but such an utter destruction of all the guilty that there shall be no need of further punishment [CALVIN].

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