Ezekiel 16:31

In that thou buildest thy eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street; and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

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In The King James Version

In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

In Context

30How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things , the work of an imperious lewd woman;

32But as a wife that committeth adultery, who taketh strangers instead of her husband!

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Cross References

Isaiah 52:3For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for naught; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

Ezekiel 16:33They give gifts to all lewd women: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come to thee on every side for thy lewdness.

Ezekiel 20:29Then I said to them, What is the high place to which ye go? and its name is called Bamah to this day.

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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