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Ezekiel 16:33

Sin

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.

32 You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!

Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.

34 So your prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite!

35 Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD!

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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.

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BSB
Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.
KJV
They 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.
WEB
People give gifts to all prostitutes; but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them, that they may come to you on every side for your prostitution.
ASV
They give gifts to all harlots; but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and bribest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms.
DARBY
They give rewards to all harlots; but thou gavest thy rewards to all thy lovers, and rewardedst them, that they might come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms.
BLB
To all prostitutes they give a gift, and you—you gave your gifts to all your lovers and bribed them to come to you from all around in your prostitutions.
ÅB
Alle skjøger gir de lønn, men du gav alle dine elskere dine gaver og kjøpte dem til å komme til deg fra alle kanter og drive hor med deg.
OTB
Alle prostituerte mottar gaver, men du gir gaver til alle dine elskere, bestikker dem til å komme til deg fra alle kanter for dine obskøne praksiser.
B1930
Alle skjøger gir de lønn, men du gav alle dine elskere dine gaver og kjøpte dem til å komme til dig fra alle kanter og drive hor med dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 57:9

    You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.

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  • Hosea 8:9–10

    For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.

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  • Ezekiel 16:41

    Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.

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  • Joel 3:3

    They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

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  • Genesis 38:16–18

    Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.

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  • Isaiah 30:6–7

    This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.

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  • Luke 15:30

    But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

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  • Isaiah 30:3

    But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

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