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title = "Ezekiel 16:30–43"
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date = "2023-04-12"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel16.30-43)
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"How sick is your heart" (_v. 30_) is a fitting beginning to this passage.
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There is no rational explanation for why someone would behave the way this
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queen did. But sin never does make sense in God's economy. The momentary
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pleasure it gives is never worth the cost we have to pay eventually. Jerusalem,
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however, takes it even further. She has been doing the deeds of a prostitute,
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but instead of being paid for them, she is the one giving gifts to her lovers.
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One might expect that there would be gratitude for these gifts, but God has
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something else in mind. He will gather together all of those who have defiled
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the marriage bed of Jerusalem, and they will enact the punishment upon her. The
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public stripping and stoning were common punishments for prostitutes and
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adultresses in Israel, though the Lord is certain to make sure that everything
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about her abominable deeds will torn down and destroyed so that it can never
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happen again.
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* * *
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Your wrath against sin cannot be denied.
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