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Ezekiel 16:31 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 16 · verse 31
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;Ezekiel 16:31 · King James Version
Ezekiel 16:31 in context
29Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
30How weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;
31In 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;
32But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
33They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- buildestbânâhto buildH1129 →
- scornestqâlaçto disparageH7046 →
- makestʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- streetrᵉchôba widthH7339 →
- harlotzânâhto commit adulteryH2181 →
- placegabthe backH1354 →
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In these verses we have an account of the great wickedness of the people of Israel, especially in worshipping idols, notwithstanding the great favours that God had conferred upon them, by which, one would think, they should have been for ever engaged to him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-34