Ezekiel 16:31

in that thou build thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and make thy lofty place in every street. And have not [even] been as a harlot, in that thou scorn hire.

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In The King James Version

In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

In Context

30How weak is thy heart, says lord LORD, seeing thou do all these things, the work of an impudent harlot,

32A wife who commits adultery, who takes strangers instead of her husband!

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Cross References

Isaiah 52:3For thus says LORD: Ye were sold for nothing, and ye shall be redeemed without money.

Ezekiel 16:33They give gifts to all harlots, but thou give thy gifts to all thy lovers, and bribe them, that they may come to thee on every side for thy whoredoms.

Ezekiel 20:29Then I said to them, What does the high place to which ye go mean? So the name of it is called Bamah to this day.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:16-35

Ingratitude of Israel; Shameful Idolatry of Israel. ( b. c. 593.) 15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. 16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. 17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest… Read the whole commentary →

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