Ezekiel 16:17

Thou didst take also thy fair jewels of my gold and my silver, which I gave thee, and didst make to thyself images of men, and didst commit fornication with them;

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In The King James Version

Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,

In Context

16And of thy garments thou didst take, and didst make thee high places, spread with divers colors, and didst play the harlot thereon, the like things to which shall not come to pass, neither shall they be.

18and thou didst take thy broidered garments and cover them; and thou didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.

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Cross References

Isaiah 57:7Upon a high and lofty mountain settest thou thy bed; Thither dost thou go up to offer sacrifice;

Jeremiah 3:9And when by the fame of her lewdness she had polluted the land, committing adultery with stone and wood,

Ezekiel 16:11And I decked thee with ornaments, and put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain upon thy neck.

Hosea 2:13I will punish her for the days of the Baals, When she burned incense to them, And decked herself with her rings and her jewels, And went after her lovers, And forgot me, saith Jehovah.

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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