Ezekiel 16:31
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Because thou hast built thy brothel house at the head of every way, and thou hast made thy high place in every street: and wast not as a harlot that by disdain enhanceth her price,

Isaiah 52:3
For thus saith the Lord: You were sold gratis, and you shall be redeemed, without money.

Ezekiel 16:24
That thou didst also build thee a common stew, and madest thee a brothel house in every street.

Ezekiel 16:32
But is an adulteress, that bringeth in strangers over her husband.

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Because thou hast built thy brothel house at the head of every way, and thou hast made thy high place in every street: and wast not as a harlot that by disdain enhanceth her price,

In that thou buildest thine.

Ezekiel 16:24,39 That thou didst also build thee a common stew, and madest thee a brothel house in every street. . . .

makest

Ezekiel 16:25 At every head of the way thou hast set up a sign of thy prostitution: and hast made thy beauty to be abominable: and hast prostituted thyself to every one that passed by, and hast multiplied thy fornications.

Hosea 12:11 If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

in that thou scornest

Ezekiel 16:33,34 Gifts are given to all harlots: but thou hast given hire to all thy lovers, and thou hast given them gifts to come to thee from every side, to commit fornication with thee. . . .

Isaiah 52:3 For thus saith the Lord: You were sold gratis, and you shall be redeemed, without money.

Context
Jerusalem's Unfaithfulness
30Wherein shall I cleanse thy heart, saith Lord God: seeing thou dost all these the works of a shameless prostitute? 31Because thou hast built thy brothel house at the head of every way, and thou hast made thy high place in every street: and wast not as a harlot that by disdain enhanceth her price,32But is an adulteress, that bringeth in strangers over her husband.…
Lexicon
But when you built
בִּבְנוֹתַ֤יִךְ (biḇ·nō·w·ṯa·yiḵ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

your shrines
גַּבֵּךְ֙ (gab·bêḵ)
Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1354: The back, the top, rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks

at the head
בְּרֹ֣אשׁ (bə·rōš)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

of every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

street
דֶּ֔רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

and made
עָשִׂ֖ית (‘ā·śîṯ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

your lofty shrines
וְרָמָתֵ֥ךְ (wə·rā·mā·ṯêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7413: Height, high place

in every
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

public square,
רְח֑וֹב (rə·ḥō·wḇ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7339: A broad open place, plaza

you were
הָיִ֥ית (hā·yîṯ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

not even like
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

a prostitute,
כַּזּוֹנָ֖ה (kaz·zō·w·nāh)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

because you scorned
לְקַלֵּ֥ס (lə·qal·lês)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7046: To disparage, ridicule

payment.
אֶתְנָֽן׃ (’eṯ·nān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 868: The wages (of a harlot)


Additional Translations
But when you built your shrines at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.In that you build your eminent place in the head of every way, and make your high place in every street; and have not been as an harlot, in that you scorn hire;

in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire.

Thou hast built a house of harlotry in every top of a way, and hast set up thine high place in every street; and thou didst become as a harlot gathering hires.

in that thou buildest thy place of debauchery at the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street! And thou hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest reward,

in that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire.

In that thou buildest thy eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street; and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay.

In thy building thine arch at the head of every way, Thy high place thou hast made in every broad place, And -- hast not been as a whore deriding a gift.
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