For thus says the Lord: “You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.
Ezekiel 16:31 - Revised Standard Version building your vaulted chamber at the head of every street, and making your lofty place in every square. Yet you were not like a harlot, because you scorned hire. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 in that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In that you build your vaulted place (brothel) at the head of every street and make your high place at every crossing. But you were not like a harlot because you scorned pay. American Standard Version (1901) in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire. Common English Bible But you weren’t like an ordinary prostitute! When you built your pavilion at the head of every street and made your platform in every square, you refused to be paid. Catholic Public Domain Version For you have built your brothel at the head of every way, and you have made your exalted place on every street. And you have not even been like a choosy prostitute, increasing her price, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because thou hast built thy brothel house at the head of every way and thou hast made thy high place in every street: and wast not as a harlot that by disdain enhanceth her price, |
For thus says the Lord: “You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.
And I will give you into the hand of your lovers, and they shall throw down your vaulted chamber and break down your lofty places; they shall strip you of your clothes and take your fair jewels, and leave you naked and bare.
(I said to them, What is the high place to which you go? So its name is called Bamah to this day.)
If there is iniquity in Gilead they shall surely come to naught; if in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, their altars also shall be like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.