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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 hire.
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A Sin Beyond Greed
Commentators explain that Israel's spiritual unfaithfulness was worse than a common prostitute's. A prostitute sins for payment ("hire"), but Israel was so consumed by its lust for idolatry and foreign alliances that it "scorned hire." They pursued sin not for gain, but out of a depraved desire for the sin itself, highlighting a profound level of corruption.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Rather, you built - you made - you were not - you scorn. In the marginal rendering, “thy daughters” must mean “your smaller cities or villages.”
19th Century
Anglican
Eminent place. —See note on Ezekiel 16:24.
In that thou scornest him. —It was characteristic of both the k…
16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet again rebukes the superstitions to which the Jews had devoted themselves. Yet he speaks figuratively, because when he speaks of hi…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
In that you build your eminent place in the head of every way Or brothel house, as before; (See Gill on Ezekiel 16:24…
In this chapter, God's dealings with the Jewish nation and their conduct toward Him are described, along with their punishment through the surround…
