Ezekiel 16:17
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And thou tookest thy beautiful vessels, of my gold, and my silver, which I gave thee, and thou madest thee images of men, and hast committed fornication with them.

hast also

Ezekiel 7:19 Their silver shall be cast forth, and their gold shall become a dunghill. Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They shall not satisfy their soul, and their bellies shall not be filled: because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

Ezekiel 23:14 And she increased her fornications: and when she had seen men painted on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans set forth in colours,

Exodus 32:1-4 And the people seeing that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, gathering together against Aaron, said: Arise, make us gods, that may go before us: For as to this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has befallen him. . . .

Hosea 2:13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, to whom she burnt incense, and decked herself out with her earrings, and with her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord.

Hosea 10:1 Israel a vine full of branches, the fruit is agreeable to it: according to the multitude of his fruit, he hath multiplied altars, according to the plenty of his land he hath abounded with idols.

men [heb] a male

Isaiah 44:19,20 They do not consider in their mind, nor know, nor have the thought to say: I have burnt part of it in the fire, and I have baked bread upon the coals thereof: I have broiled flesh and have eaten, and of the residue thereof shall I make an idol? shall I fall down before the stock of a tree? . . .

Isaiah 57:7,8 Upon a high and lofty mountain thou hast laid thy bed, and hast gone up thither to offer victims. . . .

Jeremiah 2:27,28 Saying to a stock: Thou art my father: and to a stone: Thou hast begotten me: they have turned their back to me, and not their face: and in the time of their affliction they will say: Arise, and deliver us. . . .

Jeremiah 3:9 And by the facility of her fornication she defiled the land, and played the harlot with stones and with stocks.

Context
Jerusalem's Unfaithfulness
16And taking of thy garments thou hast made thee high places sewed together on each side: and hast played the harlot upon them, as hath not been done before, nor shall be hereafter. 17And thou tookest thy beautiful vessels, of my gold, and my silver, which I gave thee, and thou madest thee images of men, and hast committed fornication with them.18And thou tookest thy garments of divers colours, and coveredst them: and settest my oil and my sweet incense before them.…
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:11
I decked thee also with ornaments, and put bracelets on thy hands, and a chain about thy neck.

Ezekiel 16:12
And I put a jewel upon thy forehead and earrings in thy ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.

Ezekiel 16:13
And thou wast adorned with gold, and silver, and wast clothed with fine linen, and embroidered work, and many colours: thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil, and wast made exceeding beautiful: and wast advanced to be a queen.

Ezekiel 16:16
And taking of thy garments thou hast made thee high places sewed together on each side: and hast played the harlot upon them, as hath not been done before, nor shall be hereafter.

Ezekiel 16:18
And thou tookest thy garments of divers colours, and coveredst them: and settest my oil and my sweet incense before them.

Hosea 2:13
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, to whom she burnt incense, and decked herself out with her earrings, and with her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord.

Lexicon
You also took
וַתִּקְחִ֞י (wat·tiq·ḥî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

the fine
תִפְאַרְתֵּ֗ךְ (ṯip̄·’ar·têḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8597: Beauty, glory

jewelry
כְּלֵ֣י (kə·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

of gold
מִזְּהָבִ֤י (miz·zə·hā·ḇî)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

and silver
וּמִכַּסְפִּי֙ (ū·mik·kas·pî)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3701: Silver, money

I had given you,
נָתַ֣תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

and you made
וַתַּעֲשִׂי־ (wat·ta·‘ă·śî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

male
זָכָ֑ר (zā·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2145: Remembered, a male

idols
צַלְמֵ֣י (ṣal·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6754: A phantom, illusion, resemblance, a representative figure, an idol

with which
בָֽם׃ (ḇām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

to prostitute yourself.
וַתִּזְנִי־ (wat·tiz·nî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry


Additional Translations
You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.You have also taken your fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made to yourself images of men, and did commit prostitution with them,

Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest for thee images of men, and didst play the harlot with them;

And thou tookest thy fair ornaments of my gold and of my silver, of what I gave thee, and thou madest to thyself male images, and thou didst commit whoredom with them.

And thou didst take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of males, and didst commit fornication with them.

Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest for thee images of men, and didst play the harlot with them;

Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and hast made to thyself images of men, and hast committed lewdness with them.

You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and played the prostitute with them;

And thou dost take thy beauteous vessels Of My gold and My silver that I gave to thee, And dost make to thee images of a male, And dost go a-whoring with them,
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