A moment in scripture
Ezekiel 16:31
In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;
The surrounding passage
- Ezekiel 16:29
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
- Ezekiel 16:30
How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;
- Ezekiel 16:32
But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
- Ezekiel 16:33
They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.