Ezekiel 16:32
But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 16:8 describes God's covenant marriage to Israel — Ezekiel 16:32 then contrasts with her adultery by receiving strangers, breaking that covenant.
Ezekiel 23:37 also describes Israel as adulterous with idols — Ezekiel 16:32 uses the same 'adulterous wife' accusation for idolatry.
Ezekiel 23:37 also describes Israel as adulterous with idols — Ezekiel 16:32 uses the same 'adulterous wife' accusation for idolatry.
Jeremiah 2:25 echoes the same 'loved strangers' phrase, depicting Israel chasing foreign gods as an adulterous wife.
Jeremiah 3:1 uses the same marriage-law adultery imagery and God's call to return, directly paralleling Ezekiel's unfaithful wife.
Jeremiah 3:8 describes God divorcing adulterous Israel, mirroring Ezekiel's portrayal of Jerusalem as a faithless wife.
Jeremiah 3:9 specifies adultery with stones and wood (idols), the same spiritual adultery Ezekiel condemns.
Jeremiah 3:20 compares Israel's treachery to a wife leaving her husband, a clear parallel to Ezekiel's unfaithful wife.
Hosea 2:2 uses the same metaphor: Israel is not God's wife due to whoredom, directly correlating with Ezekiel's adulterous wife.
Hosea 3:1 commands loving an adulteress to symbolize God's love for Israel despite idolatry, echoing Ezekiel's theme.
2 Corinthians 11:2 presents the church as a pure virgin bride for Christ, contrasting with Ezekiel's adulterous wife metaphor.
Isaiah 57:8 describes Israel's spiritual adultery with idols, using similar imagery of making a bed for lovers — echoing the same unfaithfulness condemned here.
Jeremiah 2:28 asks where the many gods are, reinforcing the idolatry that Ezekiel metaphorically calls adultery with strangers.