Ezechiele 16:30

30 Com’è vile il tuo cuore, dice il Signore, l’Eterno, a ridurti a fare tutte queste cose, da sfacciata prostituta!

Ezechiele 16:30 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:30

How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God
Through sin; and being destitute of the grace of God, and so unable to resist any temptation, or oppose any corruption or lust, but carried away with everyone that offers; indulging every lust, and yet not satisfied; weak as water, unstable, fickle, and inconstant, seeking after new gods, and new kinds of worship. The Targum is,

``how strong is the wickedness of thy heart!''

the stronger the wickedness of the heart, the weaker, the heart is: seeing thou doest all these [things];
all the idolatries before mentioned; which was an argument not of her strength, but weakness, and yet of boldness, impudence, and resolution, to have her will: the work of an imperious whorish woman;
a whore, as she is impudent, is imperious, is one that rules and governs. The Targum is, who rules over herself; does what she pleases, will have her will and way, and cannot bear any contradiction; and who rules over others, such as are her gallants, obliging them to do as she commands. Jarchi's note is,

``over whom her imagination (or corruption) rules.''

Ezechiele 16:30 In-Context

28 Non sazia ancora, ti sei pure prostituita agli Assiri; ti sei prostituita a loro; e neppure allora sei stata sazia;

29 e hai moltiplicato le tue prostituzioni col paese di Canaan fino in Caldea, e neppure con questo sei stata sazia.

30 Com’è vile il tuo cuore, dice il Signore, l’Eterno, a ridurti a fare tutte queste cose, da sfacciata prostituta!

31 Quando ti costruivi il bordello a ogni capo di strada e ti facevi gli alti luoghi in ogni piazza pubblica, tu non eri come una prostituta, giacché sprezzavi il salario,

32 ma come una donna adultera, che riceve gli stranieri invece del suo marito.