Ezekiel 16:31

in that thou didst build thine arched place at the head of every way, and make thy high place in every street! Thou wast not like a harlot, who scoffeth at her hire,

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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 faint was thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, that thou didst all those things which an imperious whorish wife doeth,

32but as an adulterous wife, that taketh strangers instead of her husband.

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Cross References

Isaiah 52:3For thus saith Jehovah: For naught were ye sold, And without money shall ye be ransomed.

Ezekiel 16:33To all women that commit fornication men give a reward; but thou gavest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hiredst them to come to thee from every side to commit fornication with thee.

Ezekiel 20:29Then I said to them, What is the high place to which ye go? And it is called The High Place 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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