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Ezekiel 16:15

But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.

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ASV

But thou didst trust in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by; his it was.

KJV

But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתִּבְטְחִ֣יva.tiv.te.Chiand you trustedH982 →
בְיָפְיֵ֔ךְve.ya.fe.Yekhin beauty yourH3308 →
וַתִּזְנִ֖יva.tiz.Niand you acted as a prostituteH2181 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
שְׁמֵ֑ךְshe.Mekhname yourH8034 →
וַתִּשְׁפְּכִ֧יva.tish.pe.Khiand you poured outH8210 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
תַּזְנוּתַ֛יִךְtaz.nu.Ta.yikhprostitution<s> yourH8457 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
עוֹבֵ֖רo.Ver[one who] passed byH5674 →
לוֹ־lov-to him
יֶֽהִי׃Ye.hilet it belongH1961 →

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Proverbs 31:30Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.Deuteronomy 31:16And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.Jeremiah 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.Ezekiel 16:25At 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.Isaiah 57:8Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.Ezekiel 23:3and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.Jeremiah 7:4Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’Ezekiel 23:8She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.Hosea 1:2When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”Isaiah 1:21See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!Ezekiel 16:45You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.Matthew 19:9Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”Hosea 4:10They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”Psalms 106:35but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.Jeremiah 3:1“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.Numbers 25:1–2While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,Exodus 32:6–35So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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