Ezekiel 16:30

How feeble is your heart, says the Lord, seeing that you do all these things, the work of a loose and overruling woman;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

In Context

29And you went on in your loose ways, even as far as the land of Chaldaea, and still you had not enough.

31For you have made your arched room at the top of every street, and your high place in every open place; though you were not like a loose woman in getting together your payment.

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Cross References

Psalms 78:37And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him.

Proverbs 7:21With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.

Isaiah 1:3Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.

Jeremiah 2:12Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:3So the showers have been kept back, and there has been no spring rain; still your brow is the brow of a loose woman, you will not let yourself be shamed.

Hosea 9:1Have no joy, O Israel, and do not be glad like the nations; for you have been untrue to your God; your desire has been for the loose woman's reward on every grain-floor.

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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