1.4.1. Her Harlotry
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The figure of harlotry, expressing forgetfulness of God in selfish preoccupation with worldly gain, appropriately describes covetousness, which was the besetting sin of Tyre, and is closely allied with idolatry and licentiousness (Eph. Eph. 5:5; Col. Col. 3:5). . . . [Such] operate upon the principle of “do anything for worldly gain,” which is what, in a spiritual sense, harlotry is [Isa. Isa. 23:16-18].4
Notes
1 E. W. Bullinger, Commentary On Revelation (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1984, 1935), Rev. 17:5.
2 Frederick William Danker and Walter Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 693.
3 Concerning spiritual harlotry: Ex. Ex. 34:15; Lev. Lev. 17:16; Deu. Deu. 31:16; Jdg. Jdg. 2:18; 1Chr. 1Chr. 5:25; 2Chr. 2Chr. 21:13; Ps. Ps. 106:39; Isa. Isa. 57:3-8; Jer. Jer. 2:20; Jer. 3:1-13; Jer. 13:27; Eze. Eze. 6:9; Eze. 16:15-41; Eze. 23:5, Eze. 23:19, Eze. 23:30; Eze. 44:1; Hos. Hos. 2:5; Hos. 3:3; Hos. 4:12, Hos. 4:14; Hos. 9:1; Mic. Mic. 1:7; Nah. Nah. 3:4; Mtt. Mat. 12:39; Rev. Rev. 17:1+, Rev. 17:15+; Rev. Rev. 19:2+.
4 Merrill F. Unger, Unger’s Commentary on the Old Testament (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2002), Isa. 23:16.