Ezekiel 16:30
◄  Ezekiel 16:30  ►
New International Version (©2011)
"'I am filled with fury against you, declares the Sovereign LORD, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute!

New Living Translation (©2007)
"What a sick heart you have, says the Sovereign LORD, to do such things as these, acting like a shameless prostitute.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“How sick is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, because you did all these things, the deeds of a brazen prostitute,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"How languishing is your heart," declares the Lord GOD, "while you do all these things, the actions of a bold-faced harlot.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
How your heart was inflamed with lust"--the declaration of the Lord GOD--"when you did all these things, the acts of a brazen prostitute,

International Standard Version (©2012)
"How weak is your heart," declares the Lord GOD, "when you committed all of these deeds, the acts of an imperious whore!

NET Bible (©2006)
"'How sick is your heart, declares the sovereign LORD, when you perform all of these acts, the deeds of a bold prostitute.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
" 'You have no will power! declares the Almighty LORD. You do everything a shameless prostitute does.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
How weak is your heart, says the Lord GOD, seeing you do all these things, the work of a brazen harlot;

American King James Version
How weak is your heart, said the LORD GOD, seeing you do all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

American Standard Version
How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an impudent harlot;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherein shall I cleanse thy heart, saith the Lord God: seeing thou dost all these the works of a shameless prostitute?

Darby Bible Translation
How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of a whorish woman, under no restraint;

English Revised Version
How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

Webster's Bible Translation
How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious lewd woman;

World English Bible
How weak is your heart, says the Lord Yahweh, since you do all these things, the work of an impudent prostitute;

Young's Literal Translation
How weak is thy heart, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, In thy doing all these, The work of a domineering whorish woman.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:1-58 In this chapter God's dealings with the Jewish nation, and their conduct towards him, are described, and their punishment through the surrounding nations, even those they most trusted in. This is done under the parable of an exposed infant rescued from death, educated, espoused, and richly provided for, but afterwards guilty of the most abandoned conduct, and punished for it; yet at last received into favour, and ashamed of her base conduct. We are not to judge of these expressions by modern ideas, but by those of the times and places in which they were used, where many of them would not sound as they do to us. The design was to raise hatred to idolatry, and such a parable was well suited for that purpose.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 30. - How weak, etc.! The weakness is that expressed in the Latin impotens libidinis, with no strength to resist the impulses of desire. The word imperious (perhaps masterful would be better) is that of one who is subject to no outward control. One is reminded of Dante on Semimlnis ('Inf.,' 5:56). The strange renderings of the LXX. (τὶ διαθῶ τὴυ θυγατέρα σου) and the Vulgate (in quo mundabo cor tuum) are difficult to account for, but probably indicate that the present text is corrupt.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God,.... Through sin; and being destitute of the grace of God, and so unable to resist any temptation, or oppose any corruption or lust, but carried away with everyone that offers; indulging every lust, and yet not satisfied; weak as water, unstable, fickle, and inconstant, seeking after new gods, and new kinds of worship. The Targum is,

"how strong is the wickedness of thy heart!''

the stronger the wickedness of the heart, the weaker, the heart is:

seeing thou doest all these things; all the idolatries before mentioned; which was an argument not of her strength, but weakness, and yet of boldness, impudence, and resolution, to have her will:

the work of an imperious whorish woman; a whore, as she is impudent, is imperious, is one that rules and governs. The Targum is, who rules over herself; does what she pleases, will have her will and way, and cannot bear any contradiction; and who rules over others, such as are her gallants, obliging them to do as she commands. Jarchi's note is,

"over whom her imagination (or corruption) rules.''

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

30. weak … heart—Sin weakens the intellect ("heart") as, on the contrary, "the way of the Lord is strength to the upright" (Pr 10:29).

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Jerusalem's Unfaithfulness
…29You have moreover multiplied your fornication in the land of Canaan to Chaldea; and yet you were not satisfied therewith. 30How weak is your heart, said the LORD GOD, seeing you do all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; 31In 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; …

Proverbs 9:13 Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.
Isaiah 1:3 The ox knows its master, the donkey its owner's manger, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand."
Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.
Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame.
Jeremiah 4:22 "My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good."
Ezekiel 16:29 Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia, a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.