These uncovered her nakedness; they seized her sons and her daughters; and as for her, they killed her with the sword; and she became a byword among women, when judgment had been executed on 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.