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Ezekiel 16:26

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Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

Thou hast also committed fornication {H2181} with the Egyptians {H1121}{H4714} thy neighbours {H7934}, great {H1432} of flesh {H1320}; and hast increased {H7235} thy whoredoms {H8457}, to provoke me to anger {H3707}.

You had sex with your big-membered Egyptian neighbors and engaged in fornication over and over, just to provoke me.

You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.

Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians, thy neighbors, great of flesh; and hast multiplied thy whoredom, to provoke me to anger.

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 23:19 (4 votes)

    Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

  • Ezekiel 23:21 (4 votes)

    Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.

  • Ezekiel 20:7 (3 votes)

    Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Ezekiel 20:8 (3 votes)

    But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

  • Jeremiah 7:18 (2 votes)

    The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead [their] dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

  • Jeremiah 7:19 (2 votes)

    Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: [do they] not [provoke] themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

  • Joshua 24:14 (2 votes)

    Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.