Ezekiel 16:36
This is what the Lord God says: Because you were so crazy with desire you stripped yourself naked and committed adultery with your lovers and with all your disgusting idols, and because you killed your children as sacrifices to those idols,
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35So, you prostitute, listen to the message from the Lord!
Cross References
Genesis 3:10“I heard you walking in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid,” he replied.
Jeremiah 2:34On top of that, your clothes are stained with the blood of the poor and the innocent. It's not like you killed them breaking into your homes. Despite all this,
Jeremiah 19:5They have built pagan shrines to Baal where they burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal. This is something I never commanded or even mentioned. I never even thought of such a thing!
Ezekiel 16:15You were so proud of your beauty that you were unfaithful to me. You thought that because you were so famous you could prostitute yourself and sleep with anyone who passed by. They took your beautiful body for themselves.
Ezekiel 22:15I'm going to scatter you among the nations and the different countries. I will put a stop to your unclean acts.
Ezekiel 23:10They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became infamous among women, and they punished her.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:36-44
Grievous Punishment of Israel; Punishment Threatened. ( b. c. 593.) 35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord : 36 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; 37 Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast… Read the whole commentary →