Origen
Patristic
c. A.D. 184–253
“You see that she is handed over to the souls of strangers, she who is unworthy to practice the law and the words of God.”
The interpretation timeline
Ezek 16:26
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Ezek 16:26 · Douay-Rheims
“And thou hast committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, men of large bodies, and hast multiplied thy fornications to provoke me.”
Patristic
before A.D. 750
254
A.D.
348
A.D.
Pachomius the Great
Patristic
c. A.D. 292–348
“If we have promised God purity, may we never be found in fornication, of which there are several forms. It is said that they prostituted themselves in a number of ways. My brothers, may no one ever catch us in deeds of this kind. May no one ever find us fallen below every other person.”
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.