Ezekiel 16:27

I have stretched I stretched … and diminished … them that hated … were ashamed. The reference appears to be to the distant times of the Philistine supremacy in the last days of the Judges.

thine ordinaryfood] Or, allotted portion, Exodus 21:10. The measure is one to which an offended husband might have recourse. Hosea 2:9, "therefore will I take back my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof."

daughters of the Philistines i.e. the cities or small Philistine lordships. The clause might explain the phrase "diminished thy portion" her territory was seized by her enemies.

which are ashamed were ashamed. Cf. Amos 3:9, "Publish ye in the palaces of Ashdod and say, Assemble ye on the mountains of Samaria, and behold what oppressions are in the midst thereof." Whether the prophet speaks of Egyptian idolatry in the early times of Israel's life from historical sources may be uncertain. Such idolatry at this period seems nowhere else spoken of; comp. the list Judges 10:6. Possibly as he charges the people with idolatry in Egypt (ch. Ezekiel 20:7; Ezekiel 23:3; Ezekiel 23:8; Ezekiel 23:19; Ezekiel 23:21) they may not have shaken themselves clear of it even in the period of the Judges. The connexion of the country with Egypt was at all times very close.