What the Bible says about Israel as Whore
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Ezekiel 16:48 Sodom is known in all of history to be the worst in terms of sexual sins that has ever existed on the earth, but from God's point of view, Israel was even worse. John W. Ritenbaugh Where Is the Beast? (Part Six) Related Topics: Harlot, Israel as | Israel as Great Whore | Israel as Harlot | Israel as Sodom | Israel as Whore | Sodom

Ezekiel 23:5 Israel vigorously pursued relationships with foreign cultures because she thought she saw a way to benefit from them. However, those who prostitute themselves become entangled in a web of greed and deceit that obscures realities essential to a clear understanding of what is really happening. Eventually, though, alienation occurs, as it did with Amnon in his lustful, one-sided relationship with his half-sister, Tamar (II Samuel 13:1-15). But it was too late. The dirty deeds had been done, and the painful penalties began to be exacted. Like Gomer in Hosea, Israel prostitutes herself before her lovers/idols, who seem to promise much without demanding as much as God seems to require. She is pictured as throwing herself at what she thinks is easy gain—a quick profit without the hard work. Israel has followed the pagan prostitutes' habits. Hosea saw this and declares in Hosea 9:1, "You have been unfaithful to your God; you love the wages of a prostitute" (NIV). Here, clearly stated, is cause and effect. As a whole, Israel loves the way of the heathen; she has made it hers. John W. Ritenbaugh The Beast and Babylon (Part Nine): Babylon the Great Related Topics: Amnon and Tamar | Consequences of Lust | Consequences of sin | Gomer | Israel as Harlot | Israel as Prostitute | Israel as Whore | Israel's Unfaithfulness | Way of the Heathen

 

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