Genesis 38:14
Genesis 38:21
Proverbs 7:12
11, 12. loud—or, "noisy," "bustling."
stubborn—not submissive. without . . . streets, . . . corner—(Compare 1Ti 5:13; Tit 2:5).Proverbs 23:28
28. increaseth . . . transgressors— (Pr 5:8-10). The vice alluded to is peculiarly hardening to the heart.
Ezekiel 16:24-25
24. eminent place—rather, "a fornication-chamber," often connected with the impure rites of idolatry; spiritual fornication, on "an eminent place," answering to "fornication-chamber," is mainly meant, with an allusion also to the literal fornication associated with it (Jer 2:20; 3:2).
25. at every head of the way—in the most frequented places (Pr 9:14).
thy beauty . . . abhorred, . . . opened . . . feet to every one—The wanton advances were all on Israel's part; the idolatrous nations yielded to her nothing in return. She had yielded so much that, like a worn-out prostitute, her tempters became weary of her. When the Church lowers her testimony for God to the carnal tastes of the world, with a view to conciliation, she loses everything and gains nothing.
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