Lest I strip her naked] Lest I take away from her all my graces, bodily and spirituall, and bring her to extreame miserie. See Ezekiel 16:39. &Ezekiel 23:26. 29. For though this people were as an harlot for their idolatries, yet he had left them with their apparel and dowrie, and some signes of his favour; but if they went on still, he would utterly destroy them. day that she was born] Ezekiel 16:4. When I brought her out of Egypt. slay her with thirst] With the scorching heat of my wrath, not tempered with any grace or comfort, Jeremiah 2:15. Ezekiel 22:24. Amos 8:11. 13.