Graphic Bible · Scene 4 of 7

Ezekiel 16:23-34
Treasure paid at every crossroads
Jerusalem Remembered and Restored · Ezekiel 16
Story guide: Diplomatic caravans and distributed treasure interpret political-spiritual infidelity without sexualizing the metaphor.
Open this scene in the reader →23And it came about, after all your wickedness—woe, woe to you! declares the Lord GOD—
24You built for yourself a mound and made for yourself a high place in every square.
25At every street corner you built your high place, and you made your beauty detestable. You spread your legs to every passerby and multiplied your prostitution.
26You prostituted yourself with the sons of Egypt, your neighbors, great of flesh, and multiplied your prostitution to provoke me to anger.
27And behold, I stretched out my hand against you, and I reduced your allotted portion, and gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way.
28You prostituted yourself with the sons of Assyria because you were not satisfied; you prostituted yourself with them, and even then you were not satisfied.
29You multiplied your prostitution to the land of Canaan, to Chaldea; yet even with this you were not satisfied.
30How weak your heart is, declares the Lord GOD, when you do all these things, the deeds of a brazen prostitute,
31When you built your mound at the head of every road and made your high place in every square, you were not like a prostitute, in that you scorned payment.
32The adulterous wife takes strangers instead of her husband.
33Men give a prostitute her payment, but you gave your gifts to all your lovers, and you bribed them to come to you from all around for your prostitutions.
34And in your prostitution you were the opposite of other women: no one solicited you, but you gave payment, and no payment was given to you; so you became the opposite.
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