Ezekiel 16:30-32
1599 Geneva Bible
30 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these things, even the work of a [a]presumptuous whorish woman?
31 In that thou buildest thine high place in the corner of every way, and makest thine high place in every street, and hast not been as an harlot [b]that despiseth a reward,
32 But as a wife that playeth the harlot, and taketh others for her husband:
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- Ezekiel 16:30 Or, that will bear rule.
- Ezekiel 16:31 Meaning, that some harlots contemn small rewards, but no lovers gave a reward to Israel, but they gave to all others: signifying that the idolaters bestow all their substance, which they receive of God for his glory, to serve their vile abominations.
Ezekiel 16:30-32
New International Version
30 “‘I am filled with fury against you,[a] declares the Sovereign Lord, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute!(A) 31 When you built your mounds at every street corner and made your lofty shrines(B) in every public square, you were unlike a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
32 “‘You adulterous wife! You prefer strangers to your own husband!
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- Ezekiel 16:30 Or How feverish is your heart,
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