Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 16:33

Albert Barnes Commentary

Ezekiel 16:33

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Ezekiel 16:33

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"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." — Ezekiel 16:33 (ASV)

The picture is heightened by the contrast between one who as a prostitute receives payment for her shame, and one who as a wife is so utterly abandoned as to bestow her husband’s goods to purchase her own dishonor. Compare 2 Kings 16:8.