Commentary

Adam Clarke

Verse 3 Her time may come - Till now, it was my long-suffering; she has fulfilled her days - completed the time of her probation; has not mended, but is daily worse; therefore her judgment can linger no longer.

Pulpit Commentary

Eze 22:3

The city sheddeth blood, etc. As in the great indictment of Isaiah (Isa 1:15, Isa 1:21; Isa 4:4), the sins of murder and idolatry are grouped together. She sins as if with the purpose "that her time" (i.e. the time of her punishment) "may come."