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Ezekiel 16:32 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Ezekiel 16:32 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezekiel chapter 16 verse 32 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!”
Ezekiel 16:32 (KJV)
Commentary on Ezekiel 16:32
But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! This verse exposes the perversion of Jerusalem's idolatry using the marriage metaphor central to Ezekiel 16. The Hebrew na'aph (נָאַף, "committeth adultery") denotes covenant betrayal—not mere sexual sin but the breaking of sacred vows. "Strangers instead of her husband" (זָרִים תַּחַת אִישָׁהּ) intensifies the offense: Jerusalem preferred foreign alliances and pagan gods over Yahweh, her covenant husband.The exclamation mark conveys divine outrage. Hosea's prophecy uses identical imagery (Hosea 2:2-13), whe...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ezekiel 16:32
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“if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods”
“when”
“and looked at you”
“and your throat from thirst: but you said”
“and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and they have also caused their sons”
“they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses”
“that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.”
“for she is not my wife”
“so have you dealt treacherously with me”
“Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.”