Ezekiel 16:36
Thus 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,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
35Therefore O harlot, hear thou the word of Yahweh;
Cross References
Genesis 3:10And he said, The sound of thee, heard I in the garden, and I was afraid, for, naked, was I, so I hid myself.
Jeremiah 2:34Even in thy skirts, is there found, The blood of the lives of the helpless innocents,—Not in the act of breaking in, didst thou find them, yet [the blood is] on all these.
Jeremiah 19:5And have built the high places of Baal for burning up their sons in the fire as ascending-sacrifices to Baal,—Which I commanded not, Nor spake, Neither came it up on my heart,
Ezekiel 16:15Then didst thou trust in thy beauty, And become unchaste, because of thy fame,- And didst pour out thine unchastity upon every passer-by, his it was!
Ezekiel 22:15Therefore will I disperse thee among the nations, And scatter thee throughout the lands,— And will cause to cease thine impurity out of thee;
Ezekiel 23:10They disclosed her shame, Her sons and her daughters:, took they away, And herself—with the sword, they slew,— Thus became she a by-word among women, when judgments, they had executed upon her.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:36-44
Grievous Punishment of Israel; Punishment Threatened. ( b. c. 593.) 35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord : 36 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; 37 Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast… Read the whole commentary →