Ezekiel 16:31

in that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street; and hast not been as a harlot that enhanceth her hire.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

In Context

30How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of a wanton harlot;

32Thou wife that committest adultery, that takest strangers instead of thy husband —

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Cross References

Isaiah 52:3For thus saith the LORD: Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

Ezekiel 16:33to all harlots gifts are given; but thou hast given thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hast bribed them to come unto thee from every side in thy harlotries.

Ezekiel 20:29Then I said unto them: What meaneth the high place whereunto ye go? So the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

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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