Ezekiel 16:15

16:15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty ¹  became his.

Ezekiel 16:25

16:25 At the head of every street you erected your pavilion and you disgraced ²  your beauty when you spread ³  your legs to every passerby and multiplied your promiscuity.

Ezekiel 23:35

23:35 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have forgotten me and completely disregarded me, ⁴  you must bear now the punishment ⁵  for your obscene conduct and prostitution.”

[16:15]  ¹ tn Heb “it” (so KJV, ASV); the referent (the beauty in which the prostitute trusted, see the beginning of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:25]  ² tn Heb “treated as if abominable,” i.e., repudiated.

[16:25]  ³ tn The only other occurrence of the Hebrew root is found in Prov 13:3 in reference to the talkative person who habitually “opens wide” his lips.

[23:35]  ³ tn Heb “and you cast me behind your back.” The expression pictures her rejection of the Lord (see 1 Kgs 14:9).

[23:35]  ⁴ tn The word “punishment” is not in the Hebrew text but is demanded by the context.