Ezekiel 16:30

How weak was thy heart! Exclaimeth My Lord Yahweh,— That thou couldst have done all these things, The doing of a lewd woman without shame:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

In Context

29Thou didst therefore cause thine unchaste ways to abound unto the land of Canaan as towards Chaldea. Yet even herewith, wast thou not satisfied.

31That thou couldst have built thy brothel at the head of every road, And thy height, couldst have made in every broadway,- Yet becamest not as a harlot to lay claim to a harlot’s hire.

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Cross References

Psalms 78:37But, their heart, was not fixed with him, Nor were they trusty in his covenant:

Proverbs 7:21She turneth him aside, with her great persuasiveness,—with the flattery of her lips, she compelleth him:

Isaiah 1:3An ox knoweth, his owner, And an ass his masters crib,—Israel, doth not know, My people doth not consider.

Jeremiah 2:12Be amazed, O ye heavens, at this,—And shudder, be dried up utterly, Urgeth Yahweh.

Jeremiah 3:3Therefore have been withholden the showers, And, the latter rain, hath not come,—Yet the forehead of an unchaste woman, hast thou, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.

Hosea 9:1Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation, like the peoples, for thou hast gone away unchastely from beside thy God,—thou hast loved a present, upon all the threshing-floors of corn!

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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