Ezekiel 16:33
Normally all prostitutes are paid, but you were the one giving gifts to all your lovers. You even bribed them to come from all around and have sex with you.
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32You're a wife that loves adultery! You sleep with strangers instead of your husband!
Cross References
Genesis 38:16He went over to her at the side of the road and said, “I want to sleep with you.” He didn't know she was his daughter-in-law. “What will you give me if I let you sleep with me?” she asked.
Isaiah 30:3But the protection of Pharaoh will be an embarrassment to you; hiding behind Egypt will only bring you humiliation.
Isaiah 57:9You went to offer Molech olive oil, covering yourselves with many perfumes. You sent your messengers to distant places; you even went down into the world of the dead.
Ezekiel 16:41They will burn down your houses and punish you while many women watch. I will stop your prostitution, and you won't ever pay your lovers again.
Hosea 8:9They have gone up to Assyria like a donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers.
Joel 3:3They cast lots for my people; they traded boys in payment for prostitutes and girls to buy wine to drink.
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 →