Ezekiel 16:33

33 Prostitutes charge for their services—but not you! You give gifts to your lovers, bribing them to come and have sex with you.

Ezekiel 16:33 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:33

They give gifts to all whores
Gifts are usually given to whores, by those who commit whoredom with them; it is for the sake of these they prostitute their bodies, nor will they do this without gain; see ( Genesis 38:16 Genesis 38:17 ) ; but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers;
the Jews gave the Egyptians and Assyrians money, to gain their friendship, and procure alliances with them; see ( 2 Kings 16:8 ) ( Isaiah 30:6 Isaiah 30:7 ) ; and were at great expenses with their idols, and in support of their idolatrous worship: and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy
whoredom;
they courted the nations all around them for their favour and friendship, and bribed them into it, as the word ^F14 signifies.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (Mtwa ydxvt) "munerans eos", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus; "et muneratis eos", Piscator; "et largita es ipsis", Cocceius; "donasti illis", Starckius.

Ezekiel 16:33 In-Context

31 You build your pagan shrines on every street corner and your altars to idols in every square. In fact, you have been worse than a prostitute, so eager for sin that you have not even demanded payment.

32 Yes, you are an adulterous wife who takes in strangers instead of her own husband.

33 Prostitutes charge for their services—but not you! You give gifts to your lovers, bribing them to come and have sex with you.

34 So you are the opposite of other prostitutes. You pay your lovers instead of their paying you!

35 “Therefore, you prostitute, listen to this message from the LORD !