Ezekiel 16:23
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, Woe! Woe! to thee, Exclaimeth My Lord Yahweh;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)
In Context
24That thou didst build thee a brothel,— and didst make thee a height in every broadway:
Cross References
Ezekiel 2:10and he spread it out before me, and, it was written on the front and the back,—and there were written thereon, lamentation and sighing, and wailing.
Ezekiel 13:18and say, Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Alas! for the women Who sew oracle, cases on all elbows And prepare wraps upon the head of every stature to hunt souls,— the souls ye hunt, are those of my people, Whereas your own souls:, ye keep alive.
Zephaniah 3:1Alas for her that is rebellious, and polluted, the city that oppresseth!
Revelation 12:12For this cause, be joyful, O heavens, and ye who, therein, are tabernacling. Woe! unto the earth, and the sea, because the Adversary hath come down unto you, having great wrath—knowing that, but a little season, he hath.
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 →