Ezekiel 16:35

Therefore O harlot, hear thou the word of Yahweh;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:

In Context

34And so there came about in thee, the reverse of women, in thine unchastity, In that they did not follow thee for purposes of lewdness,— And in that thou gavest a present while, no present, was given to thee So didst thou become, the reverse.

36Thus saith My Lord Yahweh,— Because thy money, was poured out, and thy shame, was uncovered, in thine unchastity, unto thy lovers,—and unto all thine abominable manufactured gods, even as the blood of thy children, whom thou didst deliver up unto them,

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:19Then he said, Therefore, hear thou the word of Yahweh,—I saw Yahweh, sitting upon his throne, and all the host of the heavens, standing by him, on his right hand, and on his left.

Isaiah 1:21How hath she become unchaste!—The city that was Faithful,—Full of justice, Righteousness lodged in her, But, now, murderers!

Isaiah 28:14Wherefore, hear ye the word of Yahweh, Ye men who scoff,—Ye rulers of this people that is in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 3:6And Yahweh said unto me, in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what apostate Israel, did? She used to go upon every high mountain and beneath every green tree, and commit unchastity there.

Ezekiel 20:47And thou shalt say to the forest of the South Hear the word of Yahweh,— Thus saith My Lord Yahweh-Behold me! kindling in thee a fire. And it shall devour in thee every moist tree and every dry tree. The spreading flame shall not be quenched, Then shall be scorched thereby all faces from south to north;

Hosea 2:5For their mother, hath been unchaste, and she that conceived them, hath caused shame,—for she said, Let me go after my lovers! who used to give my bread, and my water, my wool, and my flax, mine oil, and my drink.

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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