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You are different from [other] women in your prostitution, in that none follows you to play the prostitute; and whereas you give hire, and no hire is given to you, therefore you are different.
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A uniquely perverse sin
Commentators unanimously highlight how Israel's spiritual adultery was uniquely perverse. Unlike a typical prostitute who is paid, Israel is depicted as paying her lovers (the surrounding nations and their idols). John Calvin explains this makes their sin "far fouler and less excusable" because it was driven by pure lust, not by need or coercion.
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Ezekiel
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16th Century
Protestant
But the Prophet only confirms his former teaching, that the Jews were seized with such lust, and in such an unaccustomed manner, that they could on…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the contrary is in thee from [other] women in yourwhoredomsOf which an instance i…
Presbyterian
In this chapter, God's dealings with the Jewish nation and their conduct toward Him are described, along with their punishment through the surround…
