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Judgment on Jerusalem

Ezekiel 16:35

In 11 translations

BSB
Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD!
KJV
¶ Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:
WEB
“Therefore, prostitute, hear Yahweh’s word:
ASV
Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah:
LSV
Therefore, O whore, hear a word of YHWH!
YLT
Therefore, O whore, hear a word of Jehovah,
DBY
Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah.
DRC
Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord.
GNV
Wherefore, O harlot, heare the worde of the Lord.
JPS
Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD!
LXXE
Therefore, harlot, hear the word of the Lord:

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Original-language editions

WLC
לָכֵ֣ן זוֹנָ֔ה שִׁמְעִ֖י דְּבַר־יְהוָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Διατοῦτο πόρνη ἄκουε λόγον Κυρίου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 3:6–8Now 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. I thought that after she…
  • John 4:10Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
  • Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
  • Isaiah 23:15–16At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot: “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O…
  • John 4:18In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”
  • Ezekiel 34:7Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
  • 1 Kings 22:19Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
  • Amos 7:16Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
  • Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
  • Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
  • Hosea 2:5For 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.’
  • Jeremiah 3:1“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?”…
  • Revelation 17:5And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
  • Ezekiel 13:2“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD!
  • Isaiah 1:21See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
  • Nahum 3:4because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.

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