Ezekiel 16:25
Context16:25 At the head of every street you erected your pavilion and you disgraced 1 your beauty when you spread 2 your legs to every passerby and multiplied your promiscuity.
Ezekiel 16:36-37
Context16:36 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because your lust 3 was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered in your prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children you have given to them, 16:37 therefore, take note: I am about to gather all your lovers whom you enjoyed, both all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will expose your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness. 4
1 tn Heb “treated as if abominable,” i.e., repudiated.
2 tn The only other occurrence of the Hebrew root is found in Prov 13:3 in reference to the talkative person who habitually “opens wide” his lips.
3 tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.
4 sn Harlots suffered degradation when their nakedness was exposed (Jer 13:22, 26; Hos 2:12; Nah 3:5).