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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezekiel 16:31 - 16:31
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Repetition of Eze 16:24.
not ... as ... harlot ... thou scornest hire - Unlike an ordinary harlot thou dost prostitute thy person gratis, merely to satisfy thy lust. Jerome translates, “Thou hast not been as a harlot in scorning (that is, who ordinarily scorns) a hire offered,” in order to get a larger one: nay, thou hast offered hire thyself to thy lovers (Eze 16:33, Eze 16:34). But these verses show English Version to be preferable, for they state that Israel prostituted herself, not merely for any small reward without demanding more, but for “no reward.”