Ezekiel

Ezekiel 16:30–31

³⁰How weak-willed is your heart,^b declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute! ³¹But when you built your mounds 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.

Footnotes

b 16:30 Or How feverish is your heart,

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Ezekiel 16:30

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
How	מָ֤ה	māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
weak-willed	אֲמֻלָה֙	’ă·mu·lāh	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular	H535 be weak, languish
is your heart	לִבָּתֵ֔ךְ	lib·bā·ṯêḵ	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H3826 heart
declares	נְאֻ֖ם	nə·’um	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the Lord	אֲדֹנָ֣י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
GOD	יְהוִ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3069 Yahweh
while you do	בַּעֲשׂוֹתֵךְ֙	ba·‘ă·śō·w·ṯêḵ	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person feminine singular	H6213 do, make
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
these things	אֵ֔לֶּה	’êl·leh	Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
the acts	מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה	ma·‘ă·śêh	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4639 deed, work
of a shameless	שַׁלָּֽטֶת׃	šal·lā·ṭeṯ	Adjective - feminine singular	H7986 vixen
prostitute	זוֹנָ֖ה	zō·w·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot

Ezekiel 16:31

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But when you built	בִּבְנוֹתַ֤יִךְ	biḇ·nō·w·ṯa·yiḵ	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person feminine singular	H1129 build
your mounds	גַּבֵּךְ֙	gab·bêḵ	Noun - common singular construct; second person feminine singular	H1354 back
at the head	בְּרֹ֣אשׁ	bə·rōš	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7218 head
of every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
street	דֶּ֔רֶךְ	de·reḵ	Noun - common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
and made	עָשִׂיתִי	ʿå̄·śī·ṯī	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular	H6213 do, make
your lofty shrines	וְרָמָתֵ֥ךְ	wə·rā·mā·ṯêḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H7413 height, high-place
in every	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
public square	רְח֑וֹב	rə·ḥō·wḇ	Noun - feminine singular	H7339 broad open place, plaza
you were	הָיִיתי	hå̄·yī·ṯ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
not even like	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
a prostitute	כַּזּוֹנָ֖ה	kaz·zō·w·nāh	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot
because you scorned	לְקַלֵּ֥ס	lə·qal·lês	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H7046 mock, scoff
payment	אֶתְנָֽן׃	’eṯ·nān	Noun - masculine singular	H868 hire

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Ezekiel 16:30 Jeremiah 3:3 · Isaiah 1:3 · Isaiah 3:9 · Proverbs 9:13 · Jeremiah 4:22

Ezekiel 16:31 Isaiah 52:3 · Ezekiel 16:33–34

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.