Ezekiel 16:37

Therefore, behold, I will gather all thy lovers with whom thou hast consorted, and all whom thou hast loved, with all whom thou didst hate; and I will gather them against thee round about, and will expose thy wickedness to them, and they shall see all thy shame.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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 hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

In Context

36Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast poured forth thy money, therefore thy shame shall be discovered in thy harlotry with thy lovers, and with regard to all the imaginations of thine iniquities, and for the blood of thy children which thou hast given to them.

38And I will be avenged on thee with the vengeance of an adulteress, and I will bring upon thee blood of fury and jealousy.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 4:30And what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with scarlet, and adorn thyself with golden ornaments; though thou adorn thine eyes with stibium, thy beauty will be in vain: thy lovers have rejected thee, they seek thy life.

Jeremiah 13:26I also will expose thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall be seen;

Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem has sinned a great sin; 1 Therefore has she come into tribulation, 1 All that used to honor her have afflicted her, 1 For they have seen her shame: 1 Yea, she herself groaned, and turned backward. 1

Ezekiel 23:9Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the children of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.

Hosea 2:3Say to your brother, My people, and to your sister, Pitied.

Hosea 8:10Therefore shall they be delivered to the nations: now I will receive them, and they shall cease a little to anoint a king and princes.

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 →

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