Ezekiel 16:30

Why should I make a covenant with your daughter, says the Lord, while you do all these things, the works of a harlot? and you have gone a-whoring in a threefold degree with your daughters.

LXX2012 (US 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 did multiply your covenants with the land of the Chaldeans; and not even with these was you satisfied.

31You have built a house of harlotry in every top of a way, and have set up your high place in every street; and you did become as a harlot gathering hires.

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Cross References

Proverbs 7:21So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from the right path.

Isaiah 1:3The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel does not know me, and the people has not regarded me.

Jeremiah 2:12The heaven is amazed at this, and is very exceedingly horror-struck, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:3And you did retain many shepherds for a stumbling block to yourself: you had a whore's face, you did become shameless toward all.

Hosea 9:1Rejoice not, O Israel, neither make merry, as other nations: for you have gone a-whoring from your God; you have loved gifts upon every threshing 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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