KJVBut as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!
You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!
The wife who committeth adultery--Under her husband--doth receive strangers.
O adulterous wife, that taketh strangers instead of her husband.
Ezekiel — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
The allegory which runs through this chapter is by no means an unusual one in the Prophets. The beginning of Ezekiel 16:3 has occasioned some variety of remark. OEcolampadius takes mkvrh, mekoreh, meaning "birth," "origin," for mgvrh, megoreh, meaning "dwelling;" as Calvin translates it habitationes. Houbigant derives it from krh,…