Ezekiel 16:23
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe to thee, saith the Lord God)
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)
In Context
24That thou didst also build thee a common stew, and madest thee a brothel house in every street.
Cross References
Ezekiel 13:18And say: Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to them that sew cushions under every elbow: and make pillows for the heads of persons of every age to catch souls: and when they caught the souls of my people, they gave life to their souls.
Zephaniah 3:1Woe to the provoking, and redeemed city, the dove.
Matthew 23:13But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men, for you yourselves do not enter in; and those that are going in, you suffer not to enter.
Revelation 12:12Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you that dwell therein. Woe to the earth, and to the sea, because the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.
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 →