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29 And you increased your fornication to the land of traders,[a] to Chaldea, and even with this you were not satisfied. 30 How hot with fever was your heart!’ declares[b] the Lord Yahweh. ‘When you did[c] all of these actions of a headstrong female prostitute,[d] 31 when you built[e] your mound at the head of every street and your high place you made on every street, yet[f] you were[g] not like a prostitute, as you were scorning your harlot’s wages.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:29 Hebrew “trader”
  2. Ezekiel 16:30 Literally “declaration of”
  3. Ezekiel 16:30 Literally “at/in you to do”
  4. Ezekiel 16:30 Literally “deeds of a woman prostituting domineering”
  5. Ezekiel 16:31 Literally “at/in building your”
  6. Ezekiel 16:31 Hebrew “and”
  7. Ezekiel 16:31 According to the reading tradition (Qere)