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You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by and your beauty became his.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“But you thought your fame and beauty were your own. So you gave yourself as a prostitute to every man who came along. Your beauty was theirs for the asking.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“But you trusted in your beauty and played the whore because of your renown and lavished your whorings on any passerby; your beauty became his.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“But you trusted in your own beauty, played the harlot because of your fame, and poured out your harlotry on everyone passing by who <i>would have</i> it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“But you trusted in your beauty and became unfaithful because of your fame, and you poured out your obscene practices on every passer-by to whom it might be <i>tempting.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot because of your fame, and you poured out your harlotries on every passer-by who might be willing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot because of your fame, and you poured out your harlotries on every passer-by who might be <i>willing.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“But you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot because of your name, and you poured out your harlotries on every passer-by who might be <i>willing</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“But you trusted in <i>and</i> relied on your beauty and prostituted yourself [in idolatry and its debauched rituals] because of your fame, and you poured out your immoralities on every [willing] passer-by and your beauty was his [as you worshiped the idols of the Gentile nations].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“ ‘But you trusted in your beauty and acted like a prostitute because of your fame. You lavished your sexual favors on everyone who passed by. Your beauty became his.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you were confident in your beauty and acted like a prostitute because of your fame. You lavished your sexual favors on everyone who passed by. Your beauty became his.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But thou didst trust in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by; his it was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You learned that you were attractive enough to have any man you wanted, so you offered yourself to every passerby. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But thou didst trust in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by; his it was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'But you trusted your beauty, and you used your fame to become a prostitute. You had sex with everyone who walked by.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"But you took advantage of your beauty and fame to sleep with everyone who came along. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"But you trusted in your beauty. You did what whores do, as a result of your fame. You passed out your sexual favors to anyone who passed by, giving yourself to anyone. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty became his.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'But you trusted in your beauty, and played the prostitute because of your renown, and poured out your prostitution on everyone who passed by; his it was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But thou didst trust in thy own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘“But you trusted in your beauty, and played the prostitute because of your renown, and poured out your prostitution on everyone who passed by. It was his. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you trust in your beauty, "" And go whoring because of your renown, "" And pour out your whoredoms on everyone passing by—to him [that would have] it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And thou dost trust in thy beauty, And goest a-whoring because of thy renown, And dost pour out thy whoredoms On every passer by -- to him it is.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou wilt trust in thy beauty, and commit fornication upon thy name, and thou wilt pour out thy fornications upon every one passing by; to him it will be.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But trusting in thy beauty, thou playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and thou hast prostituted thyself to every passenger, to be his. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But, having confidence in your own beauty, you fornicated in your fame. And you presented your fornication to every passer-by, so as to become his.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But you trusted in your own beauty and used your renown to serve as a prostitute. You poured out your prostitution on every passerby—let it be his.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But you trusted in your beauty, and played the whore because of your fame, and lavished your whorings on any passer-by.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But you trusted in your own beauty and played the harlot because of your renown, and poured out your fornications on every one who passed by;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you trusted on your beauty and you fornicated because of your name, and your poured out your fornications on everyone who passed by<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But thou didst trust in thy beauty and play the harlot because of thy renown, and didst pour out thy harlotries on every one that passed by; his it was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou didst trust in thy beauty, and didst go a-whoring because of thy renown, and didst pour out thy fornication on every passer by.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=3622" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Jerusalem's Unfaithfulness</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">But because of</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">your fame,</a> <a href="/hebrew/982.htm" title="982: wat·tiḇ·ṭə·ḥî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To trust. A primitive root; properly, to hie for refuge; figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure.">you trusted</a> <a href="/hebrew/3308.htm" title="3308: ḇə·yā·p̄ə·yêḵ (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2fs) -- Beauty. From yaphah; beauty.">in your beauty</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: wat·tiz·nî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">and played the harlot.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8210.htm" title="8210: wat·tiš·pə·ḵî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To pour out, pour. A primitive root; to spill forth; also to expend; intensively, to sprawl out.">You lavished</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8457.htm" title="8457: taz·nū·ṯa·yiḵ (N-fpc:: 2fs) -- Fornication. Or taznuth; from zanah; harlotry, i.e. idolatry.">your favors</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">everyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ō·w·ḇêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">who passed by,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw- (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ye·hî (V-Qal-Imperf.Jus-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">and your beauty was theirs for the asking.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5</a></span><br />For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a></span><br />“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Isaiah 57:8</a></span><br />Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Jeremiah 3:1-2</a></span><br />“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD. / “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Hosea 9:1</a></span><br />Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-15.htm">Deuteronomy 32:15</a></span><br />But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a></span><br />See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6</a></span><br />Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/1-2.htm">Hosea 1:2</a></span><br />When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-8</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-2</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a></span><br />You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20-22</a></span><br />But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. / Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-15.htm">1 Corinthians 6:15-16</a></span><br />Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! / Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But you did trust in your own beauty, and played the harlot because of your renown, and poured out your fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.</p><p class="hdg">thou didst</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/33-13.htm">Ezekiel 33:13</a></b></br> When I shall say to the righteous, <i>that</i> he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-15.htm">Deuteronomy 32:15</a></b></br> But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered <i>with fatness</i>; then he forsook God <i>which</i> made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/48-1.htm">Isaiah 48:1</a></b></br> Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, <i>but</i> not in truth, nor in righteousness.</p><p class="hdg">and playedst</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/20-8.htm">Ezekiel 20:8</a></b></br> But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/23-3.htm">Ezekiel 23:3</a></b></br> And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/8-11.htm">Ezekiel 8:11,12</a></b></br> And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up… </p><p class="hdg">because.</p><p class="hdg">and pouredst</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Ezekiel 16:25,36,37</a></b></br> Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/13-17.htm">Acting</a> <a href="/psalms/106-39.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-14.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-14.htm">Beauty</a> <a href="/revelation/12-11.htm">Cheap</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-25.htm">Confide</a> <a href="/ezra/9-2.htm">Fact</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-23.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-14.htm">Fame</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Favors</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-22.htm">Fornications</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-25.htm">Goest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Harlotries</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Lavished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-19.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-8.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-14.htm">Passer</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-17.htm">Passer-By</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Play</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Played</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Playedst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-19.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-11.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Prostitution</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-14.htm">Renown</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-25.htm">Talked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-11.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-4.htm">Trusted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/15-5.htm">Used</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Whoredoms</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-19.htm">Widely</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-7.htm">Willing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Acting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-26.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-17.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Beauty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-33.htm">Cheap</a> <a href="/hosea/10-13.htm">Confide</a> <a href="/matthew/16-8.htm">Fact</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-13.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/nahum/3-19.htm">Fame</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-33.htm">Favors</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Fornications</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-28.htm">Goest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Harlotries</a> <a href="/hosea/2-8.htm">Lavished</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-34.htm">Passer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Passer-By</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Play</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Played</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Playedst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-8.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Prostitution</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-23.htm">Renown</a> <a href="/daniel/1-19.htm">Talked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-13.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/daniel/3-28.htm">Trusted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-3.htm">Used</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Whoredoms</a> <a href="/matthew/28-15.htm">Widely</a> <a href="/amos/4-5.htm">Willing</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-1.htm">Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">God's extraordinary love toward her,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Her grievous judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-35.htm">Her sin, equal to her mother, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-46.htm">and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">59. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-59.htm">calls for judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">60. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-60.htm">Mercy is promised her in the end</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, Israel's fame was tied to its unique relationship with God, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/4-6.htm">Deuteronomy 4:6-8</a>, where the nations are to recognize Israel's wisdom and understanding. The fame was meant to glorify God, but instead, it became a source of pride and self-reliance.<p><b>you trusted in your beauty</b><br>Israel's "beauty" symbolizes the blessings and favor bestowed by God, including the land, the temple, and the covenant relationship. This beauty was intended to reflect God's glory, but Israel misplaced its trust, valuing the gifts over the Giver. This mirrors the warning in <a href="/deuteronomy/8-10.htm">Deuteronomy 8:10-14</a>, where Israel is cautioned not to forget God in times of prosperity.<p><b>and played the harlot</b><br>The imagery of harlotry is used throughout the Old Testament to describe Israel's unfaithfulness to God, particularly in idolatry and alliances with pagan nations. This metaphor is vividly depicted in <a href="/hosea/1.htm">Hosea 1-3</a>, where Israel's spiritual adultery is likened to marital unfaithfulness. The harlotry represents a breach of the covenant, as Israel sought security and identity apart from God.<p><b>You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by</b><br>This phrase indicates Israel's indiscriminate pursuit of alliances and idolatrous practices with surrounding nations. Historically, Israel often sought political and military alliances with Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon, contrary to God's command to rely solely on Him (<a href="/isaiah/30.htm">Isaiah 30:1-2</a>). Spiritually, this represents the abandonment of exclusive devotion to God.<p><b>and your beauty was theirs for the asking</b><br>Israel's beauty, meant to be a testament to God's glory, was squandered and given away to foreign nations and idols. This reflects the loss of identity and purpose when God's people turn away from Him. The phrase echoes the warning in <a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm">Jeremiah 2:11-13</a>, where Israel exchanged their glory for worthless idols. The beauty that was meant to be a light to the nations became a commodity, illustrating the tragic consequences of unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He is known for his vivid visions and symbolic actions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city personified as a woman in this chapter, representing the people of Israel and their covenant relationship with God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this passage, expressing His disappointment and anger towards Jerusalem for her unfaithfulness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_harlot.htm">The Harlot</a></b><br>A metaphor for Jerusalem's spiritual adultery, symbolizing the city's idolatry and alliances with pagan nations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>The event and ongoing sin of Israel turning away from God to worship other deities, which is the central issue addressed in this passage.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_pride.htm">The Danger of Pride</a></b><br>Trusting in one's own beauty or abilities can lead to spiritual downfall. We must remain humble and reliant on God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adultery.htm">Spiritual Adultery</a></b><br>Just as Jerusalem was unfaithful to God, we must guard against idolatry in our own lives, whether it be materialism, relationships, or other distractions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains committed to His covenant. This teaches us about His enduring love and patience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>God calls us to turn away from our sins and return to Him. True repentance leads to restoration and renewed relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Spiritual adultery leads to separation from God and eventual judgment. We must be aware of the consequences of turning away from Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_spiritual_adultery_mean.htm">What does spiritual adultery mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_ezekiel_28_blend_tyre's_king_with_adam_satan.htm">Why does Ezekiel 28 present Tyre's prince or king with traits that mirror those of Adam or Satan, yet no clear explanation is given for this blending of identities?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_ezekiel_15_edited_or_added_later.htm">Is there any evidence that Ezekiel 15 was edited or added later, indicating multiple sources or authors?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_28_13_link_to_phoenicia.htm">If Ezekiel 28:13 describes precious stones that heavily imply Eden, how does this align with the historical context of a Phoenician city-state?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">Didst trust in thine own beauty.</span>--Comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-15.htm" title="But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: you are waxen fat, you are grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.">Deuteronomy 32:15</a>; <a href="/hosea/13-6.htm" title="According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.">Hosea 13:6</a>. There can scarcely be a more striking instance of the working of the hand of Providence in history than the story of the kingdom of Israel during and after the reign of Solomon. Raised as a theocracy to great power and wealth by the Divine blessing, it began to trust in its own beauty. Solomon's policy was to make it a great and powerful empire among the nations of the earth, losing sight of its true character as the kingdom of God. Consequently the very means he took to aggrandise it became the instruments of its fall. His vast Oriental harem, gathered from all surrounding nations, introduced idolatry into the palace, and fostered it throughout the land. His magnificence was sustained by taxation, which gave the pretext for revolt. The doom was pronounced that the kingdom should be divided, and when this was fulfilled at Solomon's death, his empire outside the boundaries of Palestine fell apart like a rope of sand, while within, instead of one compact and united monarchy, were two petty kingdoms often in hostility to one another, and each inviting to its assistance the most powerful neighbouring monarchs, to whose rapacity the whole ultimately fell a prey.<p><span class= "bld">Playedst the harlot . . . his it would be.</span>--The political relation of the two parts of Israel just described, placed her at the mercy of every more powerful nation, and gave the impetus to every sort of idolatry which her masters chose to encourage. This apostacy from God, still keeping up the figure of the earlier part of the chapter, is represented as harlotry; and not only so, but as indiscriminate harlotry, for Israel never adopted and clung to any one false God, but worshipped the abominations of every nation which prevailed over her.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - We enter on the history of the apostasy, and the root evil was that the bride of Jehovah had been unfaithful to her Lord. She looked on her glory as her own, and did not recognize that everything in it was the gift of God (<a href="/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8</a>). The words obviously point to the policy which Solomon had initiated, of alliances with the heathen and the consequent adoption of their worship. This, as from the earliest days of Israel, was the "whoredom" (Revised Version) of the unfaithful with (<a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15, 16</a>; <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/31-16.htm">Deuteronomy 31:16</a>; <a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Judges 2:17</a>; <a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a>; <a href="/hosea/1.htm">Hosea 1, 2</a>). And it was, so to speak, a promiscuous whoredom. Every passer by was admitted to her embraces, every nation that offered its alliance had its worship recognized and adopted. In the closing words of extremest scorn, the prophet adds, his it was. Jerusalem was, as I have said, the Messalina of the nations. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But because of</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your fame,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמֵ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you trusted</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּבְטְחִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiḇ·ṭə·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_982.htm">Strong's 982: </a> </span><span class="str2">To trust, be confident, sure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your beauty</span><br /><span class="heb">בְיָפְיֵ֔ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·yā·p̄ə·yêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3308.htm">Strong's 3308: </a> </span><span class="str2">Beauty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and played the harlot.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּזְנִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiz·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> </span><span class="str2">To commit adultery, to commit idolatry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You lavished</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּשְׁפְּכִ֧י</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiš·pə·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8210.htm">Strong's 8210: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your favors</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּזְנוּתַ֛יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(taz·nū·ṯa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8457.htm">Strong's 8457: </a> </span><span class="str2">Harlotry, idolatry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">everyone</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who passed by,</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹבֵ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·ḇêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your beauty was theirs for the asking.</span><br /><span class="heb">יֶֽהִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(ye·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:15 But you did trust in your beauty (Ezek. 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