Ezekiel 16:30
“‘“How weak is your heart,” says the Lord GOD, “since you do all these things, the work of an impudent prostitute;
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Psalms 78:37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
Proverbs 7:21With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
Isaiah 1:3The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.”
Jeremiah 2:12“Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says the LORD.
Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.
Hosea 9:1Don’t rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; for you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every grain 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 →