Ezekiel 16:17
And you took the fair jewels, my silver and gold which I had given to you, and made for yourself male images, acting like a loose woman with them;
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18And you took your robes of needlework for their clothing, and put my oil and my perfume before them.
Cross References
Exodus 32:1And when the people saw that Moses was a long time coming down from the mountain, they all came to Aaron and said to him, Come, make us a god to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us up out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.
Isaiah 57:7You have put your bed on a high mountain: there you went up to make your offering.
Jeremiah 3:9So that through all her loose behaviour the land became unclean, and she was untrue, giving herself to stones and trees.
Ezekiel 16:11And I made you fair with ornaments and put jewels on your hands and a chain on your neck.
Hosea 2:13And I will give her punishment for the days of the Baals, to whom she has been burning perfumes, when she made herself fair with her nose-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, giving no thought to me, says the Lord.
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 →