Ezekiel 16:35

35 Therefore, you prostitute, hear the LORD's word!

Ezekiel 16:35 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:35

Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord.
] The sentence about to be pronounced; adjudging to be slain with the sword, to be stoned and burned; the crime for which is to be read in the name of harlot, justly given to an apostate people; as it often is to the church of Rome in the book of the Revelation. The Targum is,

``whose works are as an harlots; O congregation of Israel, receive the words of the Lord;''

which follow:

Ezekiel 16:35 In-Context

33 Ordinary prostitutes are given gifts, but you gave your gifts to all your lovers. From every direction you even bribed them to come to you for your sexual favors.

34 As a prostitute, you were more perverse than other women. No one approached you for sexual favors, but you yourself gave gifts instead of receiving them. You are perversion itself!

35 Therefore, you prostitute, hear the LORD's word!

36 The LORD God proclaims: You were in a constant state of arousal and exposed yourself when you acted like a prostitute with your lovers and with the idols to which you gave your children's blood.

37 Therefore, I will now gather all of your lovers whom you pleased, the ones you loved and the ones you rejected. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will expose you to them. They will see it all.