at every head of the way - in the most frequented places (Pro 9:14).
thy beauty ... abhorred, ... opened ... feet to every one - The wanton advances were all on Israel’s part; the idolatrous nations yielded to her nothing in return. She had yielded so much that, like a worn-out prostitute, her tempters became weary of her. When the Church lowers her testimony for God to the carnal tastes of the world, with a view to conciliation, she loses everything and gains nothing.