Ezekiel 16:30 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 16:30

28 You also played the harlot with the ^aAssyrians, because you were insatiable; indeed you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied.

29 Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, ^aChaldea; and even then you were not satisfied.

30 “How degenerate is your heart!” says the Lord God, “seeing you do all these things, the deeds of a brazen harlot.

Jerusalem’s Adultery

31 ^a“You erected your shrine at the head of every road, and built your¹ high place in every street. Yet you were not like a harlot, because you scorned ^bpayment.

32 You are an adulterous wife, who takes strangers instead of her husband.

33 Men make payment to all harlots, but ^ayou made your payments to all your lovers, and¹ hired them to come to you from all around for your harlotry.

34 You are the opposite of other women in your harlotry, because no one solicited you to be a harlot. In that you gave payment but no payment was given you, therefore you are the opposite.”

Jerusalem’s Lovers Will Abuse Her

35 ‘Now then, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord!

36 Thus says the Lord God: “Because your filthiness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, and because of ^athe blood of your children which you gave to them,

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 16:30

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American Standard Version
How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an impudent harlot;

Amplified® Bible
How weak {and} spent with longing {and} lust is your heart {and} mind, says the Lord God, seeing you do all these things, the work of a bold, domineering harlot,

Contemporary English Version
I, the LORD God, say that you were so disgusting that you would have done anything to get what you wanted.

Darby English Version
How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these [things], the work of a whorish woman, under no restraint;

Good News Bible
This is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: "You have done all this like a shameless prostitute.

King James Version
How weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

New American Standard Bible
"How languishing is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, "while you do all these things, the actions of a bold-faced harlot."

New International Version
" 'How weak-willed you are, declares the Sovereign LORD, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute!

New King James Version
“How degenerate is your heart!” says the Lord GOD, “seeing you do all these things, the deeds of a brazen harlot.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"How your heart languishes," declares the Lord GOD, "while you do all these things, the actions of a bold-faced harlot.

Revised Standard Version
"How lovesick is your heart, says the Lord GOD, seeing you did all these things, the deeds of a brazen harlot;

Young's Literal Translation
How weak `is' thy heart, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, In thy doing all these, The work of a domineering whorish woman.

New English Translation
“‘How sick is your heart, declares the sovereign Lord, when you perform all of these acts, the deeds of a bold prostitute.

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