Ezekiel 16:24
22 And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.
23 Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,
you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.
25 At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.
26 You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.
- KJV
- That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.
- WEB
- “that you have built for yourselves a vaulted place, and have made yourselves a lofty place in every street.
- ASV
- that thou hast built unto thee a vaulted place, and hast made thee a lofty place in every street.
- DARBY
- that thou didst also build unto thee a place of debauchery, and didst make thee a high place in every street:
- BLB
- [that] you built for yourself a mound and you set for yourself a high place in every public square!
- ÅB
- bygget du deg en hvelving[^1] og gjorde deg en offerhaug i hver gate[^2].
- OTB
- bygde du en haug for deg selv og laget et høyt sted på hvert offentlig torg.
- B1930
- bygget du dig en hvelving og gjorde dig en offerhaug i hver gate. / < til utukt.> / < 2KR 28, 24.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 78:58
They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:20
“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:31
But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:7
On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:39
Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:28–29
When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:2
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
Read in context2 Kings 23:11–12
And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.
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