Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
l'entrée de chaque chemin tu as construit tes hauts lieux, tu as déshonoré ta beauté, tu t'es livrée à tous les passants, tu as multiplié tes prostitutions.
KJV
Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ing from the higher part; and hence it is that every principle is usually called a head according to Ezech. 16:25 : "At every head of the way, thou hast set up a sign of thy prostitution"---"Perfection," inasmuch as in the head dwell all the senses, both interior and exterior, wh…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 184 (Migne)
purata sit, tantum meretrix non sit, nec secundum prophetam, divaricet pedes suos omni transeunti (Ezech. XVI, 25) . Ipsi viderint si ita exstinctus est in eis ille ingenitus et pestifer ignis, ut tot fomentis circumpositis nequeat reaccendi; praesertim ventis [Col. 1107A] ex…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 198 (Migne)
pertingere dignitatem, nam illa, quae divaricat pedes omni transeunti, fornicans post amatores suos (Ezech. XVI, 25) , magis meretrix quam sponsa dicenda est. Attamen de meretrice facit Deus sponsam suam, talem faciens eam, quae aliquando meretrix fuit, ut jam sponsa esse possit.…
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