Parallel Verses

Amplified

Therefore, O prostitute [Israel], hear the word of the Lord.

New American Standard Bible

Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord.

King James Version

Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:

Holman Bible

“Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the Lord!

International Standard Version

"Therefore listen to this message from the LORD, you whore!

A Conservative Version

Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of LORD.

American Standard Version

Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah:

Bible in Basic English

For this cause, O loose woman, give ear to the voice of the Lord:

Darby Translation

Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah.

Julia Smith Translation

For this, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah:

King James 2000

Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:

Lexham Expanded Bible

" 'Therefore, prostitute, hear the word of Yahweh.

Modern King James verseion

Therefore, O harlot, hear the Word of Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"'Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O thou harlot.

NET Bible

"'Therefore O prostitute, hear the word of the Lord:

New Heart English Bible

"Therefore, prostitute, hear the word of the LORD:

The Emphasized Bible

Therefore O harlot, hear thou the word of Yahweh;

Webster

Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:

World English Bible

Therefore, prostitute, hear the word of Yahweh:

Youngs Literal Translation

Therefore, O whore, hear a word of Jehovah,

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Interlinear

English(KJV)
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Definition
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the word
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

References

Fausets

Morish

Context Readings

God's Covenant Grace To Unfaithful And Rebellious Israel

34 And you are different from other [unfaithful] women in your promiscuity, in that no one follows you to lure you into prostitution, and because you give money and no money is given you; in this way you are different.” 35 Therefore, O prostitute [Israel], hear the word of the Lord. 36 Thus says the Lord God, “Because your lewdness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered through your obscene immoralities with your lovers (pagan allies), and with all your [repulsive] idols, and because of the blood of your sons that you gave to them,



Cross References

1 Kings 22:19

Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host (army) of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on His left.

Isaiah 1:10


Hear the word of the Lord [rulers of Jerusalem],
You rulers of [another] Sodom,
Listen to the law and instruction of our God,
You people of [another] Gomorrah.

Isaiah 1:21


How the faithful city has become a prostitute [idolatrous, despicable],
She who was full of justice!
Right standing with God once lodged in her,
But now murderers.

Isaiah 23:15-16

Now in that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the prostitute’s song:

Isaiah 28:14


Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, you arrogant men
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem!

Jeremiah 3:1

That is to say, “If a man divorces his wife
And she goes [away] from him
And becomes another man’s [wife],
Will he return to her again? [Of course not!]
Will not that land [where such a thing happened] be completely desecrated?
But you [rebelled against Me and you] are a prostitute with many lovers;
Yet you turn to Me.” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:6-8

Moreover, the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], “Have you seen what that faithless Israel has done—how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there she was a prostitute?

Ezekiel 13:2

“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own inspiration, ‘Hear the word of the Lord!

Ezekiel 20:47

and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will devour every one of your green trees, as well as every one of your dry trees. The blazing flame will not be quenched and the whole surface from the south to the north will be burned by it.

Ezekiel 34:7

Therefore, you [spiritual] shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

Hosea 2:5


“For their mother has played the prostitute;
She who conceived them has acted shamefully,
For she said, ‘I will pursue my lovers
Who give me my food and my water,
My wool and my flax, my oil and my [refreshing] drinks.’

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel,
For the Lord has a [legal] case with the inhabitants of the land,
Because there is no faithfulness [no steadfast love, no dependability] or loyalty or kindness
Or knowledge of God [from personal experience with Him] in the land.

Amos 7:16

Now therefore, listen to the word of the Lord: You say, ‘You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.’

Nahum 3:4


All because of the many acts of prostitution of [Nineveh] the prostitute,
The charming and well-favored one, the mistress of sorceries,
Who betrays nations by her acts of prostitution (idolatry)
And families by her sorceries.

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If you knew [about] God’s gift [of eternal life], and who it is who says, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him [instead], and He would have given you living water (eternal life).”

John 4:18

for you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. You have said this truthfully.”

Revelation 17:5

And on her forehead a name was written, a mystery: “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES (false religions, heresies) AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”

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