Ezekiel 16:30 “How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all…”

Ezekiel 16:30

How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

World English Bible

“‘“How weak is your heart,” says the Lord GOD, “since you do all these things, the work of an impudent prostitute;

American Standard Version

How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an impudent harlot;

Geneva Bible 1599

Howe weake is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these thinges, euen the worke of a presumptuous whorish woman?

Darby Translation

How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these [things], the work of a whorish woman, under no restraint;

Young's Literal Translation

How weak [is] thy heart, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, In thy doing all these, The work of a domineering whorish woman.

Bible in Basic English

How feeble is your heart, says the Lord, seeing that you do all these things, the work of a loose and overruling woman;

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Cross references

“weak”

Isaiah 1:3 Proverbs 9:13 Jeremiah 4:22 Jeremiah 2:12 Jeremiah 2:13

Isaiah 1:3 · BSB

The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”

Proverbs 9:13 · BSB

The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

Jeremiah 4:22 · BSB

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

Jeremiah 2:12 · BSB

Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 2:13 · BSB

“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

“the work”

Jeremiah 3:3 Isaiah 3:9 Proverbs 7:11–13 Proverbs 7:21 Revelation 17:1–6 Judges 16:15

Jeremiah 3:3 · BSB

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.

Isaiah 3:9 · BSB

The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.

Proverbs 7:11–13 · BSB

She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.

Proverbs 7:21 · BSB

With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

Revelation 17:1–6 · BSB

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

Judges 16:15 · BSB

“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

29So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!

31But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.

Read Ezekiel 16