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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 16:23 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| Eze 16:23 |
Strong Concordance |
And it came to pass after [0310] all thy wickedness [07451], (woe [0188], woe [0188] unto thee! saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069];) |
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King James |
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;) |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| woe, woe unto thee, &c.--This parenthetical exclamation has an awful effect coming like a lightning flash of judgment amidst the black clouds of Israel's guilt. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| After all ... - Besides these things, there was the introduction of other idolatrous rites from the nations with whom Israel had contact. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Extent and Magnitude of the Idolatry
Eze 16:23. And it came to pass after all thy wickedness - Woe, woe to thee! is the saying of the Lord Jehovah - Eze 16:24. Thou didst build thyself arches, and didst make thyself high places in all the streets. Eze 16:25. Thou didst build thy high places at every cross road, and didst disgrace thy beauty, and stretch open thy feet for every one that passed by, and didst increase thy whoredom. Eze 16:26. Thou didst commit fornication with the sons of Egypt thy neighbours, great in flesh, and didst increase thy whoredom to provoke me. Eze 16:27. And, behold, I stretched out my hand against thee, and diminished thine allowance, and gave thee up to the desire of those who hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of thy lewd way. Eze 16:28. And thou didst commit fornication with the sons of Asshur, because thou art never satisfied; and didst commit fornication with them, and wast also not satisfied. Eze 16:29. And thou didst increase thy whoredom to Canaan's land, Chaldaea, and even thereby wast not satisfied. Eze 16:30. How languishing is thy heart! is the saying of the Lord Jehovah, that thou doest all this, the doings of a dissolute prostitute. Eze 16:31. When thou buildest thy arches at every cross road, and madest thy high places in every road, thou wast not like the harlot, since thou despisedst payment. Eze 16:32. The adulterous wife taketh strangers instead of her husband. Eze 16:33. Men give presents to all prostitutes; but thou gavest thy presents to all thy suitors, and didst reward them for coming to thee from all sides, for fornication with thee. Eze 16:34. And there was in thee the very opposite of the women in thy whoredom, that men did not go whoring after thee. In that thou givest payment, and payment was not given to thee, thou wast the very opposite. - By אחרי כל־רעתך, the picture of the wide spread of idolatry, commenced in Eze 16:22, is placed in the relation of chronological sequence to the description already given of the idolatry itself. For all sin, all evil, must first exist before it can spread. The spreading of idolatry was at the same time an increase of apostasy from God. This is not to be sought, however, in the face that Israel forsook the sanctuary, which God had appointed for it as the scene of His gracious presence, and built itself idol-temples (Kliefoth). It consisted rather in this, that it erected idolatrous altars and little temples at all street-corners and cross-roads (Eze 16:24, Eze 16:25), and committed adultery with all heathen nations (Eze 16:26, Eze 16:28, Eze 16:29), and could not be induced to relinquish idolatry either by the chastisements of God (Eze 16:27), or by the uselessness of such conduct (Eze 16:32-34). כל־רעתך is the whole of the apostasy from the Lord depicted in Eze 16:15-22, which prevailed more and more as idolatry spread. The picture of this extension of idolatry is introduced with woe! woe! to indicate at the outset the fearful judgment which Jerusalem was bringing upon itself thereby. The exclamation of woe is inserted parenthetically; for ותּבני (Eze 16:24) forms the apodosis to ויהי in Eze 16:23. גּב and רמה are to be taken as general terms; but, as the singular גּבּך with the plural רמתיך in Eze 16:39 plainly shows, גּב is a collective word. Hvernick has very properly called attention to the analogy between גּב and קבּה in Num 25:8, which is used there to denote an apartment furnished or used for the service of Baal-peor. As קבּה, from קבב, signifies literally that which is arched, a vault; so גּב, from גּבב, is literally that which is curved or arched, a hump or back, and hence is used here for buildings erected for idolatrous purposes, small temples built on heights, which were probably so called to distinguish them as chapels for fornication. The ancient translations suggest this, viz.: lxx οἴκημα πορνικόν and ἔκθεμα, which Polychron. explains thus: προαγώγιον ἔνθα τὰς πόρνας τρέφειν εἴωθασι; Vulg.: lupanar and prostibulum. רמה signifies artificial heights, i.e., altars built upon eminences, commonly called bâmōth. The word râ̂̂mâh is probably chosen here with an allusion to the primary signification, height, as Jerome has said: quod excelsus sit ut volentibus fornicari procul appareat fornicationis locus et non necesse sit quaeri.
The increase of the whoredom, i.e., of the idolatry and illicit intercourse with heathenish ways, is individualized in Eze 16:26-29 by a specification of historical facts. We cannot agree with Hitzig in restricting the illicit intercourse with Egypt (Eze 16:26), Asshur (Eze 16:28), and Chaldaea (Eze 16:29) to political apostasy, as distinguished from the religious apostasy already depicted. There is nothing to indicate any such distinction. Under the figure of whoredom, both in what precedes and what follows, the inclination of Israel to heathen ways in all its extent, both religious and political, is embraced. Egypt stands first; for the apostasy of Israel from the Lord commenced with the worship of the golden calf, and the longing in the wilderness for the fleshpots of Egypt. From time immemorial Egypt was most deeply sunken in the heathenish worship of nature. The sons of Egypt as therefore described, in accordance with the allegory, as גּדלי , magni carne (bâzâr, a euphemism; cf. Eze 23:20), i.e., according to the correct explanation of Theodoret: μεθ ̓ὑπερβολῆς τῇ τῶν εἰδώλων θεραπείᾳ προστετηκότας ου. The way in which God punished this erring conduct was, that, like a husband who endeavours by means of chastisement to induce his faithless wife to return, He diminished the supply of food, clothing, etc. (chōg, as in Pro 30:8), intended for the wife (for the fact compare Hos 2:9-10); this He did by "not allowing Israel to attain to the glory and power which would otherwise have been conferred upon it; that is to say, by not permitting it to acquire the undisturbed and undivided possession of Canaan, but giving it up to the power and scorn of the princes of the Philistines" (Kliefoth). נתן בּנפשׁ, to give any one up to the desire of another. The daughters of the Philistines are the Philistian states, corresponding to the representation of Israel as an adulterous wife. The Philistines are mentioned as the principal foes, because Israel fell completely into their power at the end of the period of the Judges (cf. Judg 13-16; Sa1 4:1); and they are referred to here, for the deeper humiliation of Israel, as having been ashamed of the licentious conduct of the Israelites, because they adhered to their gods, and did not exchange them for others as Israel had done (compare Jer 2:10-11). זמּה (v. 27) is in apposition to דּרכּך: thy way, which is zimmâh. Zimmâh is applied to the sin of profligacy, as in Lev 18:17. - But Israel was not improved by this chastisement. It committed adultery with Asshur also from the times of Ahaz, who sought help from the Assyrians (Kg2 16:7.); and even with this it was not satisfied; that is to say, the serious consequences brought upon the kingdom of Judah by seeking the friendship of Assyria did not sober it, so as to lead it to give up seeking for help from the heathen and their gods. In Eze 16:28, תּזני אל is distinguished from תּזנים (זנה, with accus.). The former denotes the immoral pursuit of a person for the purpose of procuring his favour; the latter, adulterous intercourse with him, when his favour has been secured. The thought of the verse is this: Israel sought the favour of Assyria, because it was not satisfied with illicit intercourse with Egypt, and continued to cultivate it; yet it did not find satisfaction or sufficiency even in this, but increased its adultery אל־ארץ כּנען כּשׂדּימה, to the Canaan's-land Chaldaea. ארץ כּנען is not the proper name of the land of Canaan here, but an appellative designation applied to Chaldaea (Kasdim) or Babylonia, as in Eze 17:4 (Raschi). The explanation of the words, as signifying the land of Canaan, is precluded by the fact that an allusion to Canaanitish idolatry and intercourse after the mention of Asshur would be out of place, and would not coincide with the historical order of things; since it cannot be shown that "a more general diffusion of the religious customs of Canaan took place after the Assyrian era." And it is still more decidedly precluded by the introduction of the word כּשׂדּימה, which cannot possibly mean as far as, or unto, Chaldaea, and can only be a more precise definition of ארץ כנען. The only thing about which a question can be raised, is the reason why the epithet כנען should have been applied to Chaldaea; whether it merely related to the commercial spirit, in which Babylon was by no means behind the Canaanitish Tyre and Sidon, or whether allusion was also made to the idolatry and immorality of Canaan. The former is by no means to be excluded, as we find that in Eze 17:4 "the land of Canaan" is designated "a city of merchants" (rōkhelim). But we must not exclude the latter either, inasmuch as in the Belus- and Mylitta-worship of Babylon the voluptuous character of the Baal- and Astarte-worship of Canaan had degenerated into shameless unchastity (cf. Herodotus, i. 199).
In Eze 16:30, the contents of Eze 16:16-29 are summed up in the verdict which the Lord pronounces upon the harlot and adulteress: "yet how languishing is thy heart!" אמלה (as a participle Kal απ. λεγ..; since the verb only occurs elsewhere in the Pual, and that in the sense of faded or pining away) can only signify a morbid pining or languishing, or the craving of immodest desire, which has grown into a disease. The form לבּה is also ἁπ. λεγ..; but it is analogous to the plural לבּות.
(Note: Hitzig objects to the two forms, which do not occur elsewhere; and with the help of the Sept. rendering τὶ διαθῶ τὴν θυγατέρα σου, which is a mere guess founded upon the false reading מה אמלה, he adopts the conjectural reading מה אמלה לבתּך, "what hope is there for thy daughter?" by which he enriches the Hebrew language with a new word (אמלה ), and the prophecy contained in this chapter with a thought which is completely foreign to it, and altogether unsuitable.)
שׁלּטת, powerful, commanding; as an epithet applied to zōnâh, one who knows no limit to her actions, unrestrained; hence in Arabic, insolent, shameless. Eze 16:31 contains an independent sentence, which facilitates the transition to the thought expanded in Eze 16:32-34, namely, that Jerusalem had surpassed all other harlots in her whoredoms. If we take Eze 16:31 as dependent upon the protasis in Eze 16:30, we not only get a very dragging style of expression, but the new thought expressed in Eze 16:31 is reduced to a merely secondary idea; whereas the expansion of it in Eze 16:32. shows that it introduces a new feature into the address. And if this is the case, ולא־הייתי cannot be taken as co-ordinate with עשׂיתי htiw etanidro-oc, but must be construed as the apodosis: "in thy building of rooms...thou wast not like the (ordinary) harlot, since thou disdainest payment." For the plural suffix attached to בּבנותיך, see the commentary on Eze 6:8. The infinitive לקלּס answers to the Latin gerund in ndo (vid., Ewald, 237c and 280d), indicating wherein, or in what respect, the harlot Jerusalem differed from an ordinary prostitute; namely, in the fact that she disdained to receive payment for her prostitution. That this is the meaning of the words, is rendered indisputable by Eze 16:32-34. But the majority of expositors have taken לקלּס as indicating the point of comparison between Israel and other harlots, i.e., as defining in what respect Israel resembled other prostitutes; and then, as this thought is at variance with what follows, have attempted to remove the discrepancy by various untenable explanations. Most of them resort to the explanation: thou wast not like the other prostitutes, who disdain to receive their payment offered for their prostitution, in the hope of thereby obtaining still more,
(Note: Jerome adopts this rendering: non facta es quasi meretrix fastidio augens pretium, and gives the following explanation: "thou hast not imitated the cunning prostitutes, who are accustomed to raise the price of lust by increasing the difficulties, and in this way to excite their lovers to greater frenzy." Rosenmller and Maurer have adopted a similar explanation: "thou differest greatly from other harlots, who despise the payment offered them by their lovers, that they may get still more; for thou acceptest any reward, being content with the lowest payment; yea, thou dost even offer a price to thine own lovers.")
an explanation which imports into the words a thought that has no existence in them at all. Hvernick seeks to fix upon קלס, by means of the Aramaean, the meaning to cry out (crying out payment), in opposition to the ordinary meaning of קלס, to disdain, or ridicule, in which sense Ezekiel also uses the noun קלּסה in Eze 22:4. Hitzig falls back upon the handy method of altering the text; and finally, Kliefoth gives to ל the imaginary meaning "so far as," i.e., "to such a degree that," which cannot be defended either through Exo 39:19 or from Deu 24:5.
With the loose way in which the infinitive construct with ל is used, we grant that the words are ambiguous, and might have the meaning which the majority of the commentators have discovered in them; but this view is by no means necessary, inasmuch as the subordinate idea introduced by לקלּס אתנן may refer quite as well to the subject of the sentence, "thou," as to the zōnâh with whom the subject is compared. Only in the latter case the קלּס would apply to other harlots as well as to Israel; whereas in the former it applies to Israel alone, and shows in what it was that Israel did not resemble ordinary prostitutes. But the explanation which followed was a sufficient safeguard against mistake. In this explanation adulteresses are mentioned first (v. 32), and then common prostitutes (vv. 33, 34). V. 32 must not be taken, as it has been by the majority of commentators, as an exclamation, or a reproof addressed to the adulteress Jerusalem: O thou adulterous wife, that taketh strangers instead of her husband! Such an exclamation as this does not suit the connection at all. But the verse is not to be struck out on that account, as Hitzig proposes. It has simply to be construed in another way, and taken as a statement of what adulteresses do (Kliefoth). They take strangers instead of their husband, and seek their recompense in the simple change, and the pleasure of being with other men. תּחת אישׁהּ, lit., under her husband, i.e., as a wife subject to her husband, as in the connection with זנה in Eze 23:5 and Hos 4:12 (see the comm. on Num 5:19). - Eze 16:33, Eze 16:34. Common prostitutes give themselves up for presents; but Israel, on the contrary, gave presents to its lovers, so that it did the very opposite to all other harlots, and the practice of ordinary prostitutes was left far behind by that of Israel. The change of forms נדא and נדן (a present) is probably to be explained simply on the ground that the form נדא was lengthened into נדן with a consonant as the termination, because the suffix could be attached more easily to the other. הפך, the reverse, the opposite, i.e., with the present context, something unheard of, which never occurred in the case of any other harlot. - Ezekiel has thus fulfilled the task appointed him in Eze 16:2, to charge Jerusalem with her abominations. The address now turns to an announcement of the punishment. |
2 Son [01121] of man [0120], cause Jerusalem [03389] to know [03045] her abominations [08441],
34 And the contrary [02016] is in thee from other women [0802] in thy whoredoms [08457], whereas none followeth [0310] thee to commit whoredoms [02181]: and in that thou givest [05414] a reward [0868], and no reward [0868] is given [05414] unto thee, therefore thou art [01961] contrary [02016].
33 They give [05414] gifts [05078] to all whores [02181]: but thou givest [05414] thy gifts [05083] to all thy lovers [0157], and hirest [07809] them, that they may come [0935] unto thee on every side [05439] for thy whoredom [08457].
19 And the priest [03548] shall charge her by an oath [07650], and say [0559] unto the woman [0802], If no man [0376] have lain [07901] with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside [07847] to uncleanness [02932] with another instead of thy husband [0376], be thou free [05352] from this bitter [04751] water [04325] that causeth the curse [0779]:
12 My people [05971] ask [07592] counsel at their stocks [06086], and their staff [04731] declareth [05046] unto them: for the spirit [07307] of whoredoms [02183] hath caused them to err [08582], and they have gone a whoring [02181] from under their God [0430].
5 And Aholah [0170] played the harlot [02181] when she was mine [08478]; and she doted [05689] on her lovers [0157], on the Assyrians [0804] her neighbours [07138],
5 When a man [0376] hath taken [03947] a new [02319] wife [0802], he shall not go out [03318] to war [06635], neither shall he be charged [05674] with any business [01697]: but he shall be free [05355] at home [01004] one [0259] year [08141], and shall cheer up [08055] his wife [0802] which he hath taken [03947].
19 And they made [06213] two [08147] rings [02885] of gold [02091], and put [07760] them on the two [08147] ends [07098] of the breastplate [02833], upon the border [08193] of it, which was on the side [05676] of the ephod [0646] inward [01004].
4 Thou art become guilty [0816] in thy blood [01818] that thou hast shed [08210]; and hast defiled [02930] thyself in thine idols [01544] which thou hast made [06213]; and thou hast caused thy days [03117] to draw near [07126], and art come [0935] even unto thy years [08141]: therefore have I made [05414] thee a reproach [02781] unto the heathen [01471], and a mocking [07048] to all countries [0776].
32 But as a wife [0802] that committeth adultery [05003], which taketh [03947] strangers [02114] instead of her husband [0376]!
33 They give [05414] gifts [05078] to all whores [02181]: but thou givest [05414] thy gifts [05083] to all thy lovers [0157], and hirest [07809] them, that they may come [0935] unto thee on every side [05439] for thy whoredom [08457].
34 And the contrary [02016] is in thee from other women [0802] in thy whoredoms [08457], whereas none followeth [0310] thee to commit whoredoms [02181]: and in that thou givest [05414] a reward [0868], and no reward [0868] is given [05414] unto thee, therefore thou art [01961] contrary [02016].
8 Yet will I leave a remnant [03498], that ye may have some that shall escape [06412] the sword [02719] among the nations [01471], when ye shall be scattered [02219] through the countries [0776].
32 But as a wife [0802] that committeth adultery [05003], which taketh [03947] strangers [02114] instead of her husband [0376]!
31 In that thou buildest [01129] thine eminent place [01354] in the head [07218] of every way [01870], and makest [06213] thine high place [07413] in every street [07339]; and hast not been as an harlot [02181], in that thou scornest [07046] hire [0868];
30 How weak [0535] is thine heart [03826], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], seeing thou doest [06213] all these things, the work [04639] of an imperious [07986] whorish [02181] woman [0802];
31 In that thou buildest [01129] thine eminent place [01354] in the head [07218] of every way [01870], and makest [06213] thine high place [07413] in every street [07339]; and hast not been as an harlot [02181], in that thou scornest [07046] hire [0868];
32 But as a wife [0802] that committeth adultery [05003], which taketh [03947] strangers [02114] instead of her husband [0376]!
33 They give [05414] gifts [05078] to all whores [02181]: but thou givest [05414] thy gifts [05083] to all thy lovers [0157], and hirest [07809] them, that they may come [0935] unto thee on every side [05439] for thy whoredom [08457].
34 And the contrary [02016] is in thee from other women [0802] in thy whoredoms [08457], whereas none followeth [0310] thee to commit whoredoms [02181]: and in that thou givest [05414] a reward [0868], and no reward [0868] is given [05414] unto thee, therefore thou art [01961] contrary [02016].
31 In that thou buildest [01129] thine eminent place [01354] in the head [07218] of every way [01870], and makest [06213] thine high place [07413] in every street [07339]; and hast not been as an harlot [02181], in that thou scornest [07046] hire [0868];
16 And of thy garments [0899] thou didst take [03947], and deckedst [06213] thy high places [01116] with divers colours [02921], and playedst the harlot [02181] thereupon: the like things shall not come [0935], neither shall it be so.
17 Thou hast also taken [03947] thy fair [08597] jewels [03627] of my gold [02091] and of my silver [03701], which I had given [05414] thee, and madest [06213] to thyself images [06754] of men [02145], and didst commit whoredom [02181] with them,
18 And tookest [03947] thy broidered [07553] garments [0899], and coveredst [03680] them: and thou hast set [05414] mine oil [08081] and mine incense [07004] before [06440] them.
19 My meat [03899] also which I gave [05414] thee, fine flour [05560], and oil [08081], and honey [01706], wherewith I fed [0398] thee, thou hast even set [05414] it before [06440] them for a sweet [05207] savour [07381]: and thus it was, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
20 Moreover thou hast taken [03947] thy sons [01121] and thy daughters [01323], whom thou hast borne [03205] unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed [02076] unto them to be devoured [0398]. Is this of thy whoredoms [08457] a small matter [04592],
21 That thou hast slain [07819] my children [01121], and delivered [05414] them to cause them to pass through [05674] the fire for them?
22 And in all thine abominations [08441] and thy whoredoms [08457] thou hast not remembered [02142] the days [03117] of thy youth [05271], when thou wast naked [05903] and bare [06181], and wast polluted [0947] in thy blood [01818].
23 And it came to pass after [0310] all thy wickedness [07451], (woe [0188], woe [0188] unto thee! saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069];)
24 That thou hast also built [01129] unto thee an eminent place [01354], and hast made [06213] thee an high place [07413] in every street [07339].
25 Thou hast built [01129] thy high place [07413] at every head [07218] of the way [01870], and hast made thy beauty [03308] to be abhorred [08581], and hast opened [06589] thy feet [07272] to every one that passed by [05674], and multiplied [07235] thy whoredoms [08457].
26 Thou hast also committed fornication [02181] with the Egyptians [01121] [04714] thy neighbours [07934], great [01432] of flesh [01320]; and hast increased [07235] thy whoredoms [08457], to provoke me to anger [03707].
27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out [05186] my hand [03027] over thee, and have diminished [01639] thine ordinary [02706] food, and delivered [05414] thee unto the will [05315] of them that hate [08130] thee, the daughters [01323] of the Philistines [06430], which are ashamed [03637] of thy lewd [02154] way [01870].
28 Thou hast played the whore [02181] also with the Assyrians [01121] [0804], because [01115] thou wast unsatiable [07646]; yea, thou hast played the harlot [02181] with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied [07654].
29 Thou hast moreover multiplied [07235] thy fornication [08457] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667] unto Chaldea [03778]; and yet thou wast not satisfied [07646] herewith [02063].
30 How weak [0535] is thine heart [03826], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], seeing thou doest [06213] all these things, the work [04639] of an imperious [07986] whorish [02181] woman [0802];
4 He cropped off [06998] the top [07218] of his young twigs [03242], and carried [0935] it into a land [0776] of traffick [03667]; he set [07760] it in a city [05892] of merchants [07402].
4 He cropped off [06998] the top [07218] of his young twigs [03242], and carried [0935] it into a land [0776] of traffick [03667]; he set [07760] it in a city [05892] of merchants [07402].
28 Thou hast played the whore [02181] also with the Assyrians [01121] [0804], because [01115] thou wast unsatiable [07646]; yea, thou hast played the harlot [02181] with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied [07654].
7 So Ahaz [0271] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to Tiglathpileser [08407] king [04428] of Assyria [0804], saying [0559], I am thy servant [05650] and thy son [01121]: come up [05927], and save [03467] me out of the hand [03709] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758], and out of the hand [03709] of the king [04428] of Israel [03478], which rise up [06965] against me.
17 Thou shalt not uncover [01540] the nakedness [06172] of a woman [0802] and her daughter [01323], neither shalt thou take [03947] her son's [01121] daughter [01323], or her daughter's [01323] daughter [01323], to uncover [01540] her nakedness [06172]; for they are her near kinswomen [07608]: it is wickedness [02154].
10 For pass over [05674] the isles [0339] of Chittim [03794], and see [07200]; and send [07971] unto Kedar [06938], and consider [0995] diligently [03966], and see [07200] if there be such a thing.
11 Hath a nation [01471] changed [03235] their gods [0430], which are yet no gods [0430]? but my people [05971] have changed [04171] their glory [03519] for that which doth not profit [03276].
1 And the word [01697] of Samuel [08050] came to all Israel [03478]. Now Israel [03478] went out [03318] against [07125] the Philistines [06430] to battle [04421], and pitched [02583] beside Ebenezer [072]: and the Philistines [06430] pitched [02583] in Aphek [0663].
9 Therefore will I return [07725], and take away [03947] my corn [01715] in the time [06256] thereof, and my wine [08492] in the season [04150] thereof, and will recover [05337] my wool [06785] and my flax [06593] given to cover [03680] her nakedness [06172].
10 And now will I discover [01540] her lewdness [05040] in the sight [05869] of her lovers [0157], and none [0376] shall deliver [05337] her out of mine hand [03027].
8 Remove far [07368] from me vanity [07723] and lies [01697] [03577]: give [05414] me neither poverty [07389] nor riches [06239]; feed [02963] me with food [03899] convenient [02706] for me:
20 For she doted [05689] upon their paramours [06370], whose flesh [01320] is as the flesh [01320] of asses [02543], and whose issue [02231] is like the issue [02231] of horses [05483].
29 Thou hast moreover multiplied [07235] thy fornication [08457] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667] unto Chaldea [03778]; and yet thou wast not satisfied [07646] herewith [02063].
28 Thou hast played the whore [02181] also with the Assyrians [01121] [0804], because [01115] thou wast unsatiable [07646]; yea, thou hast played the harlot [02181] with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied [07654].
26 Thou hast also committed fornication [02181] with the Egyptians [01121] [04714] thy neighbours [07934], great [01432] of flesh [01320]; and hast increased [07235] thy whoredoms [08457], to provoke me to anger [03707].
26 Thou hast also committed fornication [02181] with the Egyptians [01121] [04714] thy neighbours [07934], great [01432] of flesh [01320]; and hast increased [07235] thy whoredoms [08457], to provoke me to anger [03707].
27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out [05186] my hand [03027] over thee, and have diminished [01639] thine ordinary [02706] food, and delivered [05414] thee unto the will [05315] of them that hate [08130] thee, the daughters [01323] of the Philistines [06430], which are ashamed [03637] of thy lewd [02154] way [01870].
28 Thou hast played the whore [02181] also with the Assyrians [01121] [0804], because [01115] thou wast unsatiable [07646]; yea, thou hast played the harlot [02181] with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied [07654].
29 Thou hast moreover multiplied [07235] thy fornication [08457] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667] unto Chaldea [03778]; and yet thou wast not satisfied [07646] herewith [02063].
8 And he went [0935] after [0310] the man [0376] of Israel [03478] into the tent [06898], and thrust [01856] both [08147] of them through, the man [0376] of Israel [03478], and the woman [0802] through [0413] her belly [06897]. So the plague [04046] was stayed [06113] from the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
39 And I will also give [05414] thee into their hand [03027], and they shall throw down [02040] thine eminent place [01354], and shall break down [05422] thy high places [07413]: they shall strip [06584] thee also of thy clothes [0899], and shall take [03947] thy fair [08597] jewels [03627], and leave [03240] thee naked [05903] and bare [06181].
23 And it came to pass after [0310] all thy wickedness [07451], (woe [0188], woe [0188] unto thee! saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069];)
24 That thou hast also built [01129] unto thee an eminent place [01354], and hast made [06213] thee an high place [07413] in every street [07339].
15 But thou didst trust [0982] in thine own beauty [03308], and playedst the harlot [02181] because of thy renown [08034], and pouredst out [08210] thy fornications [08457] on every one that passed by [05674]; his it was.
16 And of thy garments [0899] thou didst take [03947], and deckedst [06213] thy high places [01116] with divers colours [02921], and playedst the harlot [02181] thereupon: the like things shall not come [0935], neither shall it be so.
17 Thou hast also taken [03947] thy fair [08597] jewels [03627] of my gold [02091] and of my silver [03701], which I had given [05414] thee, and madest [06213] to thyself images [06754] of men [02145], and didst commit whoredom [02181] with them,
18 And tookest [03947] thy broidered [07553] garments [0899], and coveredst [03680] them: and thou hast set [05414] mine oil [08081] and mine incense [07004] before [06440] them.
19 My meat [03899] also which I gave [05414] thee, fine flour [05560], and oil [08081], and honey [01706], wherewith I fed [0398] thee, thou hast even set [05414] it before [06440] them for a sweet [05207] savour [07381]: and thus it was, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
20 Moreover thou hast taken [03947] thy sons [01121] and thy daughters [01323], whom thou hast borne [03205] unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed [02076] unto them to be devoured [0398]. Is this of thy whoredoms [08457] a small matter [04592],
21 That thou hast slain [07819] my children [01121], and delivered [05414] them to cause them to pass through [05674] the fire for them?
22 And in all thine abominations [08441] and thy whoredoms [08457] thou hast not remembered [02142] the days [03117] of thy youth [05271], when thou wast naked [05903] and bare [06181], and wast polluted [0947] in thy blood [01818].
32 But as a wife [0802] that committeth adultery [05003], which taketh [03947] strangers [02114] instead of her husband [0376]!
33 They give [05414] gifts [05078] to all whores [02181]: but thou givest [05414] thy gifts [05083] to all thy lovers [0157], and hirest [07809] them, that they may come [0935] unto thee on every side [05439] for thy whoredom [08457].
34 And the contrary [02016] is in thee from other women [0802] in thy whoredoms [08457], whereas none followeth [0310] thee to commit whoredoms [02181]: and in that thou givest [05414] a reward [0868], and no reward [0868] is given [05414] unto thee, therefore thou art [01961] contrary [02016].
27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out [05186] my hand [03027] over thee, and have diminished [01639] thine ordinary [02706] food, and delivered [05414] thee unto the will [05315] of them that hate [08130] thee, the daughters [01323] of the Philistines [06430], which are ashamed [03637] of thy lewd [02154] way [01870].
29 Thou hast moreover multiplied [07235] thy fornication [08457] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667] unto Chaldea [03778]; and yet thou wast not satisfied [07646] herewith [02063].
28 Thou hast played the whore [02181] also with the Assyrians [01121] [0804], because [01115] thou wast unsatiable [07646]; yea, thou hast played the harlot [02181] with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied [07654].
26 Thou hast also committed fornication [02181] with the Egyptians [01121] [04714] thy neighbours [07934], great [01432] of flesh [01320]; and hast increased [07235] thy whoredoms [08457], to provoke me to anger [03707].
25 Thou hast built [01129] thy high place [07413] at every head [07218] of the way [01870], and hast made thy beauty [03308] to be abhorred [08581], and hast opened [06589] thy feet [07272] to every one that passed by [05674], and multiplied [07235] thy whoredoms [08457].
24 That thou hast also built [01129] unto thee an eminent place [01354], and hast made [06213] thee an high place [07413] in every street [07339].
22 And in all thine abominations [08441] and thy whoredoms [08457] thou hast not remembered [02142] the days [03117] of thy youth [05271], when thou wast naked [05903] and bare [06181], and wast polluted [0947] in thy blood [01818].
34 And the contrary [02016] is in thee from other women [0802] in thy whoredoms [08457], whereas none followeth [0310] thee to commit whoredoms [02181]: and in that thou givest [05414] a reward [0868], and no reward [0868] is given [05414] unto thee, therefore thou art [01961] contrary [02016].
33 They give [05414] gifts [05078] to all whores [02181]: but thou givest [05414] thy gifts [05083] to all thy lovers [0157], and hirest [07809] them, that they may come [0935] unto thee on every side [05439] for thy whoredom [08457].
32 But as a wife [0802] that committeth adultery [05003], which taketh [03947] strangers [02114] instead of her husband [0376]!
31 In that thou buildest [01129] thine eminent place [01354] in the head [07218] of every way [01870], and makest [06213] thine high place [07413] in every street [07339]; and hast not been as an harlot [02181], in that thou scornest [07046] hire [0868];
30 How weak [0535] is thine heart [03826], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], seeing thou doest [06213] all these things, the work [04639] of an imperious [07986] whorish [02181] woman [0802];
29 Thou hast moreover multiplied [07235] thy fornication [08457] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667] unto Chaldea [03778]; and yet thou wast not satisfied [07646] herewith [02063].
28 Thou hast played the whore [02181] also with the Assyrians [01121] [0804], because [01115] thou wast unsatiable [07646]; yea, thou hast played the harlot [02181] with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied [07654].
27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out [05186] my hand [03027] over thee, and have diminished [01639] thine ordinary [02706] food, and delivered [05414] thee unto the will [05315] of them that hate [08130] thee, the daughters [01323] of the Philistines [06430], which are ashamed [03637] of thy lewd [02154] way [01870].
26 Thou hast also committed fornication [02181] with the Egyptians [01121] [04714] thy neighbours [07934], great [01432] of flesh [01320]; and hast increased [07235] thy whoredoms [08457], to provoke me to anger [03707].
25 Thou hast built [01129] thy high place [07413] at every head [07218] of the way [01870], and hast made thy beauty [03308] to be abhorred [08581], and hast opened [06589] thy feet [07272] to every one that passed by [05674], and multiplied [07235] thy whoredoms [08457].
24 That thou hast also built [01129] unto thee an eminent place [01354], and hast made [06213] thee an high place [07413] in every street [07339].
23 And it came to pass after [0310] all thy wickedness [07451], (woe [0188], woe [0188] unto thee! saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069];)