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Ezekiel 16:31 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay. "

Ezekiel 16:31

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29 You have moreover multiplied your prostitution to the land of merchants, to Chaldea; and yet you weren’t satisfied with this.

30 “‘“How weak is your heart,” says the Lord GOD, “since you do all these things, the work of an impudent prostitute;

31 in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay.

32 “‘“Adulterous wife, who takes strangers instead of her husband!

33 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.

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Hosea 12:11

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"If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field."

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Ezekiel 16:24-25

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"“that you have built for yourselves a vaulted place, and have made yourselves a lofty place in every street."

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Ezekiel 16:39

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"I will also give you into their hand, and they will throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places. They will strip you of your clothes and take your beautiful jewels. They will leave you naked and bare."

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From This Chapter

Ezekiel 16:1

"Again the LORD’s word came to me, saying,"

Ezekiel 16:2

"“Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations;"

Ezekiel 16:3

"and say, ‘The Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: “Your origin and your birth is of the land of the Canaanite. An Amorite was your father, and your mother was a Hittite."

Ezekiel 16:4

"As for your birth, in the day you were born your navel was not cut. You weren’t washed in water to cleanse you. You weren’t salted at all, nor wrapped in blankets at all."

Ezekiel 16:5

"No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you, to have compassion on you; but you were cast out in the open field, because you were abhorred in the day that you were born."

Ezekiel 16:6

"“‘“When I passed by you, and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live!’ Yes, I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live!’"

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