Ezekiel 16:32

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

Ezekiel 16:32 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:32

[But as] a wife that committeth adultery
Who has a husband, and is provided for with all the necessaries of life, with food and clothing; and so has no need to prostitute herself for a livelihood, as common strumpets do; but does it purely for the satiating of her lust: and such were the people of the Jews, they were married to the Lord, who took care of them, and provided everything for them, and acted the part of a husband to them; so that it was the weakness of their hearts, and the strength of their corruptions, which led them to depart from him, and commit idolatry; which in them was adultery, while the sin of the Gentiles was as simple fornication: [which] taketh strangers instead of her husband;
that takes other men into her bed instead of her husband, not for the sake of gain, but lust; and this was the case of the Jews, who were a wicked people, an idolatrous generation; who took strange gods to worship instead of the true God, who had been a husband to them, ( Jeremiah 31:32 ) .

Ezekiel 16:32 In-Context

30 “What a sick heart you have, says the Sovereign LORD, to do such things as these, acting like a shameless prostitute.

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!