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Ezekiel 16:33 Explained in Context

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Verse 33. They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.

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Role in This Section

The prophetic word through Ezekiel states or reports “They give gifts to all whores” at Ezekiel 16:33 as a specific part of “Jerusalem's Gifts Become the Allegory's Catalogue of Infidelity.”

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  • Ezekiel 16:15–34

Ezekiel 16:33 belongs to “Jerusalem's Gifts Become the Allegory's Catalogue of Infidelity.” The prophetic word through Ezekiel states or reports “They give gifts to all whores” at Ezekiel 16:33 as a specific part of “Jerusalem's Gifts Become the Allegory's Catalogue of Infidelity.” Read the surrounding movement before drawing theology or application.

Why It Needs Context

The prophetic word through Ezekiel states or reports “They give gifts to all whores” at Ezekiel 16:33 as a specific part of “Jerusalem's Gifts Become the Allegory's Catalogue of Infidelity.” The line cannot responsibly stand apart from the dated setting, surrounding images or speech, and Ezekiel 16:15–34's conclusion.

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Read Ezekiel 16:15–34 — Jerusalem's Gifts Become the Allegory's Catalogue of Infidelity
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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.

Exact location: Ezekiel 16:15–34, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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hebrew text and morphology

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel

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Open Scriptures, release 2.2

Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.

Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 16:15–34

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