Ezekiel 16:25

Ezekiel 16:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)At every street corner you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.
• English Standard Version (ESV)At the head of every street you built your lofty place and made your beauty an abomination, offering yourself to any passerby and multiplying your whoring.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You built your high places at the head of every road, and made your beauty to be abhorred. You offered yourself to everyone who passed by, and multiplied your acts of harlotry.

Context of Ezekiel 16:25

23“ ‘How horrible! How horrible it will be for you! declares the Almighty Lord. After all your wickedness, 24you built yourself platforms and illegal worship sites in every city square. You also built worship sites at the head of every street. You used your beauty to seduce people there. You offered your body to everyone who passed by. You increased your acts of prostitution. 26You had sex with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians. You used your prostitution to make me angry. 27“ ‘So I used my power against you. I took away some of your land, and I handed you over to your greedy enemies, the Philistines, who were ashamed of what you had done.

Ezekiel 16:25 word by word

אֶל־כָּל־רֹ֣אשׁ דֶּ֗רֶךְ בָּנִית֙ רָֽמָתֵ֔ךְ וַתְּתַֽעֲבִי֙ אֶת־יָפְיֵ֔ךְ וַתְּפַשְּׂקִ֥י אֶת־רַגְלַ֖יִךְ לְכָל־עוֹבֵ֑ר וַתַּרְבִּ֖י אֶת־תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• thy high placeרָמָהrâmâh · high placeH7413
• at every headרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• and hast made thy beautyיֳפִיyŏphîy · beautyH3308
• to be abhorredתַּעָבtâ‛ab · to abhorH8581
• and hast openedפָּשַׂקpâώaq · to openH6589
• thy feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• to every one that passed byעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• and multipliedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• thy whoredomsתַּזְנוּתtaznûth taznûth · fornicationH8457

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:25

• Ezekiel 16:31You build your platforms at the head of every street and place your illegal worship sites in every square. Yet, you aren’t like other prostitutes, because you don’t want to be paid.
• Genesis 38:14she took off her widow’s clothes, covered her face with a veil, and disguised herself. Then she sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. (She did this because she realized that Shelah was grown up now, and she hadn’t been given to him in marriage.)
• Proverbs 9:14She sits at the doorway of her house. She is enthroned on the high ground of the city
• Isaiah 3:9The look on their faces will be held against them. They boast about their sins, which are like ⌞those of the people of⌟ Sodom. They don’t even bother to hide them. How horrible it will be for these people, because they have brought disaster on themselves.
• Jeremiah 2:23“How can you say that you haven’t dishonored yourselves and haven’t followed other gods—the Baals? Look how you’ve behaved in the valley. Acknowledge what you’ve done. You are like a young camel that swiftly runs here and there.
• Jeremiah 3:2“Look at the bare hills, and see. You have had sex with men in every place. You sat by the roadside waiting for them like a nomad in the desert. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
• Jeremiah 6:15Are they ashamed when they do disgusting things? No, they’re not ashamed. They don’t even know how to blush. So they will die with those who die. They will be brought down when I punish them,” says the Lord.
• Ezekiel 23:9“That is why I handed her over to her lovers, to the Assyrians whom she lusted after.
• Revelation 17:1One of the seven angels who held the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of that notorious prostitute who sits on raging waters.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:25

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-25The prophets often described idolatry (worshiping false gods) as adultery (being unfaithful in marriage). For example, Hosea uses this picture to explain Israel’s sin (see Hosea 2). This comparison helped people understand that turning away from the Lord was like breaking a marriage promise. Ezekiel, however, gives much more detail than the other prophets. He does not describe Jerusalem as only confused or mistaken. He describes her as deeply corrupt. Her…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. at every head of the way--in the most frequented places (Pr 9:14). thy beauty ... abhorred, ... opened ... feet to every one--The wanton advances were all on Israel's part; the idolatrous nations yielded to her nothing in return. She had yielded so much that, like a worn-out prostitute, her tempters became weary of her. When the Church lowers her testimony for God to the carnal tastes of the world, with a view to conciliation, she loses everything and…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:25

• High Places
• Lasciviousness

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• High place
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• Equal
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• Gird
• Harlot
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings