Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:
Parallel translations
- WEB “Therefore, prostitute, hear Yahweh’s word:
- BSB Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD!
- NKJV ‘Now then, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord!
- NASB Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the Lord.
- NLT “Therefore, you prostitute, listen to this message from the Lord!
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God summons the 'prostitute' to hear His verdict. The indictment now turns to sentence.
Overview
This pivotal call marks the shift from accusation to judgment. Jerusalem, addressed as the harlot she has become, must now hear the LORD's word of justice. The directness underscores that God's judgments follow clearly stated charges and are never arbitrary.
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Cross-references · 17
- Isa 23:15–16And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
- John 4:18For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
- Jer 3:1They 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.
- Amos 7:16Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
- Hos 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
- Ezek 13:2Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
- Nah 3:4Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
- 1 Kgs 22:19And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
- Jer 3:6–8The 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.
- Hos 2:5For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
- Isa 1:21How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
- Isa 28:14Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
- John 4:10Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
- Isa 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
- Ezek 34:7Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
- Rev 17:5And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
- Ezek 20:47And 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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