Ezekiel 16:28

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Summary

Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.

General references

Hosea 10:6

Bible References

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“Oholah played the harlot while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors,

Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him.

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son; come up and deliver me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.”

“Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, having done wickedly more than all the Amorites did who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols;

For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him, and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But they became the downfall of him and all Israel.

“But now what are you doing on the road to Egypt,
To drink the waters of the

Nile?

Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,
To drink the waters of the Euphrates?

The thing itself will be carried to Assyria
As tribute to

King Jareb;

Ephraim will be seized with shame
And Israel will be ashamed of its own counsel.