“Because 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.”
All because of the countless whorings of the prostitute, the mistress of sorceries, who sells nations through her whorings and peoples through her sorceries—Nineveh is depicted as a seductress using supernatural deception to enslave other nations. The metaphor of prostitution and witchcraft encompasses both Nineveh's military seduction of vassal-states and its religious deception; the city's power corrupted through idolatry and false religion. This verse shifts the indictment from mere violence to moral and spiritual perversity.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!