King James Version
Ezekiel 16:23 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)”
Ezekiel 16:23 · KJV
That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?
And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)
That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. eminent: or, brothel house
Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And it came to pass after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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