Ezekiel 16:30

Ezekiel 16:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘I am filled with fury against you, declares the Sovereign Lord, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute!
• English Standard Version (ESV)"How sick is your heart, declares the Lord God, because you did all these things, the deeds of a brazen prostitute,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“How degenerate is your heart!” says the Lord God, “seeing you do all these things, the deeds of a brazen harlot.

Context of Ezekiel 16:30

28Then you also played the harlot with the Assyrians, never being satisfied; you played the harlot with them, and still you were not satisfied. 29So you multiplied your harlotry toward the land of merchants—Chaldea—yet even with this, you were not satisfied. “How weak is your heart”—it is a declaration of Adonai Elohim—“while you are doing all these things, the work of a shameless harlot, 31when you build your mound at the head of every road and make your high place in every street. Yet you were not like a harlot, since you scoffed at receiving payment. 32You adulterous wife, who receives strangers instead of her husband!

Ezekiel 16:30 word by word

מָ֤ה אֲמֻלָה֙ לִבָּתֵ֔ךְ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה בַּעֲשׂוֹתֵךְ֙ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֔לֶּה מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה אִשָּֽׁה־זוֹנָ֖ה שַׁלָּֽטֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• How weakאָמַל'âmal · be weakH535
• is thine heartלִבָּהlibbâh · heartH3826
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• seeing thou doestעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• the workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deedH4639
• of an imperiousשַׁלֶּטֶתshalleţeth · imperiousH7986
• whorishזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:30

• Proverbs 9:13The foolish woman is rowdy. She is naïve and knows nothing.
• Isaiah 1:3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its manger, but Israel does not know, My people do not understand.”
• Jeremiah 2:12Be appalled at this, O heavens! Be utterly horrified and dumbfounded.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are foolish. They do not know Me. They are senseless children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they do not know.”
• Judges 16:15“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she said to him, “when your heart is not with me? This is three times you’ve deceived me and not told me where your great strength comes from.”
• Proverbs 7:11She is loud and defiant. Her feet never stay at home—
• Isaiah 3:9The expression of their faces bears witness against them. They display their sin like Sodom— they do not hide it. Oy , their souls! For they brought evil on themselves.
• Jeremiah 3:3Therefore showers have been withheld and there has been no spring rain. You have a harlot’s brazen look; you refuse to be ashamed.
• Revelation 17:1Then one of the seven angels holding the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the sentencing of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:30

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-63In Ezekiel 16, Jerusalem is described as an unfaithful wife and a prostitute. This language is very strong. Even in English, the chapter can be difficult to read. In its ancient setting, it would have sounded even more shocking. Ezekiel used graphic language to show how serious Judah’s sin was. He did not try to make his message softer or more polite. He spoke in a direct and forceful way. This strong language is the main point of the chapter. Ezekiel…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. weak ... heart--Sin weakens the intellect ("heart") as, on the contrary, "the way of the Lord is strength to the upright" (Pr 10:29).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:30

• High Places
• Lasciviousness
• Lukewarmness

In the dictionaries

• God
• Confound
• Eminent
• Equal
• Fornication
• Gird
• Justify
• Rest
• Solomon, Song of
• Crime; Crimes

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