They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgment against her.
God had often spoken to Ezekiel, and by him to the people, to this effect, but now his word comes again; for God speaks the same thing once, yea, twice, yea, many a time, and all little enough, and too little, for man perceives it not.
Commenting on Ezekiel 23:1-10
These discovered her wickedness,.... That is, stripped them of all their substance: they took her sons and her daughters; and carried them captive: and slew her with the sword; put an end to the kingdom of Israel, or the ten tribes, and which was never recovered to this day: and she became famous among women; or among the provinces, as the Targum; she became famous...
became famous--literally, "she became a name," that is, as notorious by her punishment as she had been by her sins, so as to be quoted as a warning to others. women--that is, neighboring peoples.