Ezekiel 16:28

28 ¹You played the whore also ²with the Assyrians, because you were not satisfied; yes, you played the whore with them, and still you were not satisfied.

Ezekiel 16:28 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:28

Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians
By entering into alliances with them, and worshipping their idols; which was done in the times of Ahaz, who sent to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria for help, and to Damascus for the fashion of the altar there, and built one according to it, ( 2 Kings 7:10 2 Kings 7:11 ) ; because thou wast unsatiable;
not content with the alliance and idolatries of the Egyptians: yea, thou hast played the harlot with them;
with the Assyrians: and yet couldest not be satisfied;
with their idols, and the worship of them, but sought out for new gods, and new modes of worship; like a lewd woman, who having prostituted herself to one, and to another, yet remains insatiable, and seeks out for other lovers.

Ezekiel 16:28 In-Context

26 You also played the whore with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, multiplying your whoring, to provoke me to anger.

27 Behold, therefore, I stretched out my hand against you and diminished your allotted portion and delivered you to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.

28 You played the whore also with the Assyrians, because you were not satisfied; yes, you played the whore with them, and still you were not satisfied.

29 You multiplied your whoring also with the trading land of Chaldea, and even with this you were not satisfied.

30 "How sick is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, because you did all these things, the deeds of a brazen prostitute,

Cross References

• 1. [See ver. 15 above]
• 2. Ezekiel 23:12; Jeremiah 2:18, 36; See 2 Kings 16:7-18; 2 Chronicles 28:16-21