Verse 5
for their mother{H517} hath played the harlot;{H2181} she that conceived{H2029} them hath done shamefully;{H3001} for she said,{H559} I will go{H3212} after{H310} my lovers,{H157} that give{H5414} me my bread{H3899} and my water,{H4325} my wool{H6785} and my flax,{H6593} mine oil{H8081} and my drink.{H8250}
Referenced Verses
- Jer 44:17-18 : 17 But we will certainly{H6213} perform{H6213} every word{H1697} that is gone forth{H3318} out of our mouth,{H6310} to burn incense{H6999} unto the queen{H4446} of heaven,{H8064} and to pour out{H5258} drink-offerings{H5262} unto her, as we have done,{H6213} we and our fathers,{H1} our kings{H4428} and our princes,{H8269} in the cities{H5892} of Judah,{H3063} and in the streets{H2351} of Jerusalem;{H3389} for then had we plenty{H7646} of victuals,{H3899} and were well,{H2896} and saw{H7200} no evil.{H7451} 18 But since we left off{H2308} burning incense{H6999} to the queen{H4446} of heaven,{H8064} and pouring out{H5258} drink-offerings{H5262} unto her, we have wanted{H2637} all things, and have been consumed{H8552} by the sword{H2719} and by the famine.{H7458}
- Isa 1:21 : 21 How is the faithful{H539} city{H7151} become a harlot!{H2181} she that was full{H4392} of justice!{H4941} righteousness{H6664} lodged{H3885} in her, but now murderers.{H7523}
- Hos 2:8 : 8 For she did not know{H3045} that I gave{H5414} her the grain,{H1715} and the new wine,{H8492} and the oil,{H3323} and multiplied{H7235} unto her silver{H3701} and gold,{H2091} which they used{H6213} for Baal.{H1168}
- Hos 3:1 : 1 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Go{H3212} again, love{H157} a woman{H802} beloved{H157} of [her] friend,{H7453} and an adulteress,{H5003} even as Jehovah{H3068} loveth{H160} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} though they turn{H6437} unto other{H312} gods,{H430} and love{H157} cakes{H809} of raisins.{H6025}
- Hos 2:12-13 : 12 And I will lay waste{H8074} her vines{H1612} and her fig-trees,{H8384} whereof she hath said,{H559} These are my hire{H866} that my lovers{H157} have given{H5414} me; and I will make{H7760} them a forest,{H3293} and the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} shall eat{H398} them. 13 And I will visit{H6485} upon her the days{H3117} of the Baalim,{H1168} unto which she burned incense,{H6999} when she decked{H5710} herself with her ear-rings{H5141} and her jewels,{H2484} and went{H3212} after{H310} her lovers,{H157} and forgat{H7911} me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
- Judg 16:23 : 23 And the lords{H5633} of the Philistines{H6430} gathered them together{H622} to offer{H2076} a great{H1419} sacrifice{H2076} unto Dagon{H1712} their god,{H430} and to rejoice;{H8057} for they said,{H559} Our god{H430} hath delivered{H5414} Samson{H8123} our enemy{H341} into our hand.{H3027}
- Ezra 9:6-7 : 6 and I said,{H559} O my God,{H430} I am ashamed{H954} and blush{H3637} to lift up{H7311} my face{H6440} to you, my God;{H430} for our iniquities{H5771} are increased{H7235} over{H4605} our head,{H7218} and our guiltiness{H819} is grown up{H1431} unto the heavens.{H8064} 7 Since the days{H3117} of our fathers{H1} we have been exceedingly{H1419} guilty{H819} unto this day;{H3117} and for our iniquities{H5771} have we, our kings,{H4428} and our priests,{H3548} been delivered{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the kings{H4428} of the lands,{H776} to the sword,{H2719} to captivity,{H7628} and to plunder,{H961} and to confusion{H1322} of face,{H6440} as it is this day.{H3117}
- Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Where is the bill{H5612} of your mother's{H517} divorcement,{H3748} wherewith I have put her away?{H7971} or which of my creditors{H5383} is it to whom I have sold{H4376} you? Behold, for your iniquities{H5771} were ye sold,{H4376} and for your transgressions{H6588} was your mother{H517} put away.{H7971}
- Isa 57:7-8 : 7 Upon a high{H5375} and lofty{H1364} mountain{H2022} hast thou set{H7760} thy bed;{H4904} thither also wentest thou up{H5927} to offer{H2076} sacrifice.{H2077} 8 And behind{H310} the doors{H1817} and the posts{H4201} hast thou set up{H7760} thy memorial:{H2146} for thou hast uncovered{H1540} [thyself] to another than me, and art gone up;{H5927} thou hast enlarged{H7337} thy bed,{H4904} and made{H3772} thee a covenant with them: thou lovedst{H157} their bed{H4904} where{H3027} thou sawest{H2372} it.
- Jer 2:20 : 20 For of old time{H5769} I have broken{H7665} thy yoke,{H5923} and burst{H5423} thy bonds;{H4147} and thou saidst,{H559} I will not serve;{H5674} for upon every high{H1364} hill{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree{H6086} thou didst bow thyself,{H6808} playing the harlot.{H2181}
- Jer 2:25-27 : 25 Withhold{H4513} thy foot{H7272} from being unshod,{H3182} and thy throat{H1627} from thirst:{H6773} but thou saidst,{H559} It is in vain;{H2976} no, for I have loved{H157} strangers,{H2114} and after{H310} them will I go.{H3212} 26 As the thief{H1590} is ashamed{H1322} when he is found,{H4672} so is the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} ashamed;{H3001} they, their kings,{H4428} their princes,{H8269} and their priests,{H3548} and their prophets;{H5030} 27 who say{H559} to a stock,{H6086} Thou art my father;{H1} and to a stone,{H68} Thou hast brought me forth:{H3205} for they have turned{H6437} their back{H6203} unto me, and not their face;{H6440} but in the time{H6256} of their trouble{H7451} they will say,{H559} Arise,{H6965} and save{H3467} us.
- Jer 3:1-9 : 1 They say,{H559} If a man{H376} put away{H7971} his wife,{H802} and she go{H1980} from him, and become another{H312} man's,{H376} will he return unto her again?{H7725} will not that land{H776} be greatly{H2610} polluted?{H2610} But thou hast played the harlot{H2181} with many{H7227} lovers;{H7453} yet return again{H7725} to me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 2 Lift up{H5375} thine eyes{H5869} unto the bare heights,{H8205} and see;{H7200} where{H375} hast thou not been lain{H7693} with? By the ways{H1870} hast thou sat{H3427} for them, as an Arabian{H6163} in the wilderness;{H4057} and thou hast polluted{H2610} the land{H776} with thy whoredoms{H2184} and with thy wickedness.{H7451} 3 Therefore the showers{H7241} have been withholden,{H4513} and there hath been no latter rain;{H4456} yet thou hast a harlot's{H2181} forehead,{H4696} thou refusedst{H3985} to be ashamed.{H3637} 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry{H7121} unto me, My Father,{H1} thou art the guide{H441} of my youth?{H5271} 5 Will he retain{H5201} [his anger] for ever?{H5769} will he keep{H8104} it to the end?{H5331} Behold, thou hast spoken{H1696} and hast done{H6213} evil things,{H7451} and hast had thy way.{H3201} 6 Moreover Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me in the days{H3117} of Josiah{H2977} the king,{H4428} Hast thou seen{H7200} that which backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} hath done?{H6213} she is gone up{H1980} upon every high{H1364} mountain{H2022} and under{H8478} every green{H7488} tree,{H6086} and there hath played the harlot.{H2181} 7 And I said{H559} after{H310} she had done{H6213} all these things, She will return{H7725} unto me; but she returned{H7725} not: and her treacherous{H901} sister{H269} Judah{H3063} saw{H7200} it. 8 And I saw,{H7200} when, for this very cause{H182} that backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} had committed adultery,{H5003} I had put her away{H7971} and given{H5414} her a bill{H5612} of divorcement,{H3748} yet treacherous{H898} Judah{H3063} her sister{H269} feared{H3372} not; but she also went{H3212} and played the harlot.{H2181} 9 And it came to pass through the lightness{H6963} of her whoredom,{H2184} that the land{H776} was polluted,{H2610} and she committed adultery{H5003} with stones{H68} and with stocks.{H6086}
- Jer 11:13 : 13 For according to the number{H4557} of thy cities{H5892} are thy gods,{H430} O Judah;{H3063} and according to the number{H4557} of the streets{H2351} of Jerusalem{H3389} have ye set up{H7760} altars{H4196} to the shameful thing,{H1322} even altars{H4196} to burn incense{H6999} unto Baal.{H1168}
- Ezek 16:15-16 : 15 But thou didst trust{H982} in thy beauty,{H3308} and playedst the harlot{H2181} because of thy renown,{H8034} and pouredst out{H8210} thy whoredoms{H8457} on every one that passed by;{H5674} his it was. 16 And thou didst take{H3947} of thy garments,{H899} and madest for thee high places{H1116} decked{H6213} with divers colors,{H2921} and playedst the harlot{H2181} upon them: [the like things] shall not come,{H935} neither shall it be [so].
- Ezek 16:28-34 : 28 Thou hast played the harlot{H2181} also with the Assyrians,{H1121} because{H1115} thou wast insatiable;{H7646} yea, thou hast played the harlot{H2181} with them, and yet thou wast not satisfied.{H7654} 29 Thou hast moreover multiplied{H7235} thy whoredom{H8457} unto the land{H776} of traffic,{H3667} unto Chaldea;{H3778} and yet thou wast not satisfied{H7646} herewith.{H2063} 30 How weak{H535} is thy heart,{H3826} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H136} seeing thou doest{H6213} all these things, the work{H4639} of an impudent{H7986} {H802} harlot;{H2181} 31 in that thou buildest{H1129} thy vaulted place{H1354} at the head{H7218} of every way,{H1870} and makest{H6213} thy lofty place{H7413} in every street,{H7339} and hast not been as a harlot,{H2181} in that thou scornest{H7046} hire.{H868} 32 A wife{H802} that committeth adultery!{H5003} that taketh{H3947} strangers{H2114} instead of her husband!{H376} 33 They give{H5414} gifts{H5078} to all harlots;{H2181} but thou givest{H5414} thy gifts{H5083} to all thy lovers,{H157} and bribest{H7809} them, that they may come{H935} unto thee on every side{H5439} for thy whoredoms.{H8457} 34 And thou art different{H2016} from [other] women{H802} in thy whoredoms,{H8457} in that none followeth{H310} thee to play the harlot;{H2181} and whereas thou givest{H5414} hire,{H868} and no hire{H868} is given{H5414} unto thee, therefore thou art{H1961} different.{H2016}
- Ezek 23:5-9 : 5 And Oholah{H170} played the harlot{H2181} when she was mine;{H8478} and she doted{H5689} on her lovers,{H157} on the Assyrians{H804} [her] neighbors,{H7138} 6 who were clothed{H3847} with blue,{H8504} governors{H6346} and rulers,{H5461} all of them desirable{H2531} young men,{H970} horsemen{H6571} riding{H7392} upon horses.{H5483} 7 And she bestowed{H5414} her whoredoms{H8457} upon them, the choicest{H4005} men{H1121} of Assyria{H804} all of them; and on whomsoever she doted,{H5689} with all their idols{H1544} she defiled{H2930} herself. 8 Neither hath she left{H5800} her whoredoms{H8457} since [the days of] Egypt;{H4714} for in her youth{H5271} they lay{H7901} with her, and they handled{H6213} the bosom{H1717} of her virginity;{H1331} and they poured{H8210} out their whoredom{H8457} upon her. 9 Wherefore I delivered{H5414} her into the hand{H3027} of her lovers,{H157} into the hand{H3027} of the Assyrians,{H1121} upon whom she doted.{H5689} 10 These uncovered{H1540} her nakedness;{H6172} they took{H3947} her sons{H1121} and her daughters;{H1323} and her they slew{H2026} with the sword:{H2719} and she became a byword{H8034} among women;{H802} for they executed{H6213} judgments{H8196} upon her. 11 And her sister{H269} Oholibah{H172} saw{H7200} this, yet was she more corrupt{H7843} in her doting{H5691} than she, and in her whoredoms{H8457} which were more than the whoredoms{H2183} of her sister.{H269}
- Ezek 23:16-17 : 16 And as soon{H5869} as she saw{H4758} them she doted{H5689} upon them, and sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} unto them into Chaldea.{H3778} 17 And the Babylonians{H1121} came{H935} to her into the bed{H4904} of love,{H1730} and they defiled{H2930} her with their whoredom,{H8457} and she was polluted{H2930} with them, and her soul{H5315} was alienated{H3363} from them.
- Ezek 23:40-44 : 40 And furthermore{H637} ye have sent{H7971} for men{H582} that come{H935} from far,{H4801} unto whom a messenger{H4397} was sent,{H7971} and, lo, they came;{H935} for whom thou didst wash{H7364} thyself, paint{H3583} thine eyes,{H5869} and deck{H5710} thyself with ornaments,{H5716} 41 and sit{H3427} upon a stately{H3520} bed,{H4296} with a table{H7979} prepared{H6186} before{H6440} it, whereupon thou didst set{H7760} mine incense{H7004} and mine oil.{H8081} 42 And the voice{H6963} of a multitude{H1995} being at ease{H7961} was with her: and with men{H582} of the common sort{H7230} were brought{H935} drunkards{H5436} from the wilderness;{H4057} and they put{H5414} bracelets{H6781} upon the hands{H3027} of them twain, and beautiful{H8597} crowns{H5850} upon their heads.{H7218} 43 Then said{H559} I of her that was old{H1087} in adulteries,{H5004} Now will they play{H2181} the harlot{H8457} with her, and she [with them]. 44 And they went in{H935} unto her, as they go in{H935} unto a{H802} harlot:{H2181} so went they in{H935} unto Oholah{H170} and unto Oholibah,{H172} the lewd{H2154} women.{H802}
- Dan 9:5-8 : 5 we have sinned,{H2398} and have dealt perversely,{H5753} and have done wickedly,{H7561} and have rebelled,{H4775} even turning aside{H5493} from thy precepts{H4687} and from thine ordinances;{H4941} 6 neither have we hearkened{H8085} unto thy servants{H5650} the prophets,{H5030} that spake{H1696} in thy name{H8034} to our kings,{H4428} our princes,{H8269} and our fathers,{H1} and to all the people{H5971} of the land.{H776} 7 O Lord,{H136} righteousness{H6666} belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion{H1322} of face,{H6440} as at this day;{H3117} to the men{H376} of Judah,{H3063} and to the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and unto all Israel,{H3478} that are near,{H7138} and that are far off,{H7350} through all the countries{H776} whither thou hast driven{H5080} them, because of their trespass{H4604} that they have trespassed{H4603} against thee. 8 O Lord,{H136} to us belongeth confusion{H1322} of face,{H6440} to our kings,{H4428} to our princes,{H8269} and to our fathers,{H1} because we have sinned{H2398} against thee.
- Hos 2:2 : 2 Contend{H7378} with your mother,{H517} contend;{H7378} for she is not my wife,{H802} neither am I her husband;{H376} and let her put away{H5493} her whoredoms{H2183} from her face,{H6440} and her adulteries{H5005} from between her breasts;{H7699}
- Hos 4:5 : 5 And thou shalt stumble{H3782} in the day,{H3117} and the prophet{H5030} also shall stumble{H3782} with thee in the night;{H3915} and I will destroy{H1820} thy mother.{H517}
- Hos 4:12-15 : 12 My people{H5971} ask{H7592} counsel at their stock,{H6086} and their staff{H4731} declareth{H5046} unto them; for the spirit{H7307} of whoredom{H2183} hath caused them to err,{H8582} and they have played the harlot,{H2181} [departing] from under their God.{H430} 13 They sacrifice{H2076} upon the tops{H7218} of the mountains,{H2022} and burn incense{H6999} upon the hills,{H1389} under oaks{H437} and poplars{H3839} and terebinths,{H424} because the shadow{H6738} thereof is good:{H2896} therefore your daughters{H1323} play the harlot,{H2181} and your brides{H3618} commit adultery.{H5003} 14 I will not punish{H6485} your daughters{H1323} when they play the harlot,{H2181} nor your brides{H3618} when they commit adultery;{H5003} for [the men] themselves go apart{H6504} with harlots,{H2181} and they sacrifice{H2076} with the prostitutes;{H6948} and the people{H5971} that doth not understand{H995} shall be overthrown.{H3832} 15 Though thou, Israel,{H3478} play the harlot,{H2181} yet let not Judah{H3063} offend;{H816} and come{H935} not ye unto Gilgal,{H1537} neither go ye up{H5927} to Beth-aven,{H1007} nor swear,{H7650} As Jehovah{H3068} liveth.{H2416}
- Hos 8:9 : 9 For they are gone up{H5927} to Assyria,{H804} [like] a wild ass{H6501} alone{H909} by himself: Ephraim{H669} hath hired{H8566} lovers.{H158}
- Hos 9:10 : 10 I found{H4672} Israel{H3478} like grapes{H6025} in the wilderness;{H4057} I saw{H7200} your fathers{H1} as the first-ripe{H1063} in the fig-tree{H8384} at its first season:{H7225} but they came{H935} to Baal-peor,{H1187} and consecrated{H5144} themselves unto the shameful{H1322} thing, and became abominable{H8251} like that which they loved.{H157}
- Rev 2:20-23 : 20 But{G235} I have{G2192} [this]{G3641} against{G2596} thee,{G4675} that{G3754} thou sufferest{G1439} the woman{G1135} Jezebel,{G2403} who calleth{G3004} herself{G1438} a prophetess;{G4398} and she teacheth{G1321} and{G2532} seduceth{G4105} my{G1699} servants{G1401} to commit fornication,{G4203} and{G2532} to eat{G5315} things sacrificed to idols.{G1494} 21 And{G2532} I gave{G1325} her{G846} time{G5550} that she should{G2443} repent;{G3340} and{G2532} she willeth not{G3756} to repent{G3340} of{G1537} her{G846} fornication.{G4202} 22 Behold,{G2400} I{G1473} cast{G906} her{G846} into{G1519} a bed,{G2825} and{G2532} them that commit adultery{G3431} with{G3326} her{G846} into{G1519} great{G3173} tribulation,{G2347} except{G1437} {G3361} they repent{G3340} of{G1537} her{G846} works.{G2041} 23 And{G2532} I will kill{G615} her{G846} children{G5043} with{G1722} death;{G2288} and{G2532} all{G3956} the churches{G1577} shall know{G1097} that{G3754} I{G1473} am{G1510} he that searcheth{G2045} the reins{G3510} and{G2532} hearts:{G2588} and{G2532} I will give{G1325} unto{G5213} each one of{G1538} you{G5213} according to{G2596} your{G5216} works.{G2041}
- Rev 17:1-5 : 1 And{G2532} there came{G2064} one{G1520} of{G1537} the seven{G2033} angels{G32} that had{G2192} the seven{G2033} bowls,{G5357} and{G2532} spake{G2980} with{G3326} me,{G1700} saying,{G3004} {G3427} Come hither,{G1204} I will show{G1166} thee{G4671} the judgment{G2917} of the great{G3173} harlot{G4204} that sitteth{G2521} upon{G1909} many{G4183} waters;{G5204} 2 with{G3326} whom{G3739} the kings{G935} of the earth{G1093} committed fornication,{G4203} and{G2532} they that dwell{G2730} in the earth{G1093} were made drunken{G3184} with{G1537} the wine{G3631} of her{G846} fornication.{G4202} 3 And{G2532} he carried{G667} me{G3165} away in{G1722} the Spirit{G4151} into{G1519} a wilderness:{G2048} and{G2532} I saw{G1492} a woman{G1135} sitting{G2521} upon{G1909} a scarlet-colored{G2847} beast,{G2342} full{G1073} of names{G3686} of blasphemy,{G988} having{G2192} seven{G2033} heads{G2776} and{G2532} ten{G1176} horns.{G2768} 4 And{G2532} the woman{G1135} was arrayed{G4016} in purple{G4209} and{G2532} scarlet,{G2847} and{G2532} decked{G5558} with gold{G5557} and{G2532} precious{G5093} stone{G3037} and{G2532} pearls,{G3135} having{G2192} in{G1722} her{G846} hand{G5495} a golden{G5552} cup{G4221} full{G1073} of abominations,{G946} even{G2532} the unclean{G168} things of her{G846} fornication,{G4202} 5 and{G2532} upon{G1909} her{G846} forehead{G3359} a name{G3686} written,{G1125} MYSTERY,{G3466} BABYLON{G897} THE GREAT,{G3173} THE MOTHER{G3384} OF THE HARLOTS{G4204} AND{G2532} OF THE ABOMINATIONS{G946} OF THE EARTH.{G1093}