Ezekiel 16:32

“But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!”

"But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!" - Ezekiel 16:32
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What does Ezekiel 16:32 mean?

Ezekiel 16:32 (KJV) states, "But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!" This verse is part of a larger passage in the book of Ezekiel that uses the metaphor of a promiscuous woman to describe Israel's unfaithfulness to God. In this…

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Faithfulness in a World of Distraction

Ezekiel 16:32 (KJV) states, "But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!" This verse presents a stark image of infidelity that serves as both a metaphor and a warning. The prophet Ezekiel speaks to the people of Israel in a moment of…

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A Prayer of Repentance and Restoration

Heavenly Father, We come before You today with humble hearts, recognizing the gravity of sin and the depths of Your mercy. Lord, we acknowledge our fallibility and the ways in which we have strayed from Your righteous path. The words of Ezekiel 16:32 remind us of the destructive…

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Ezekiel 16:32 - "But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!"
Ezekiel 32:16 - "This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD."
Numbers 32:16-18
Numbers 32:16-18
Ezekiel 32:32 - "For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD."
Ezekiel 32:5 - "And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height."
Ezekiel 32:11 - "¶ For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee."
Ezekiel 40:32 - "¶ And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures."
Ezekiel 32:14 - "Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD."
Isaiah 32:16 - "Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field."
Ezekiel 32:22 - "Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:"
Ezekiel 32:20 - "They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes."
Bible Art of the bible verse Ezekiel 32:19 - "Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised."
Ezekiel 32:17 - "¶ It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 18:32 - "For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye."
"This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD." - Ezekiel 32:16
Acts 16:32 - "And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house."
Deuteronomy 32:16 - "They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger."
Job 32:16 - "When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)"
Exodus 32:16 - "And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables."
Ezekiel 20:32 - "And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone."
Ezekiel 32:1 - "And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
1 Chronicles 16:32 - "Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein."
Ezekiel 21:32 - "Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it."
Ezekiel 48:32 - "And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan."
Ezekiel 32:8 - "All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD."
2 Chronicles 32:16 - "And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah."
Ezekiel 36:32 - "Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel."
Ezekiel 16:35 - "¶ Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:"