35Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:
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The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. …
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 35-43)Adultery was by the law of Moses made a capital crime. This notorious adulteress, the criminal at the bar, being in the foregoing verses found guilty, here has sentence passed upon her. It is ushered in with solemnity, Ezek. 16:35. The prophet, as the judge, in God’s name calls to her, O harlot! hear the word of the Lord . Our Saviour preached to harlots, for their conversion, to bring them into t…
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