Ezekiel 16:35

Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord.
] The sentence about to be pronounced; adjudging to be slain with the sword, to be stoned and burned; the crime for which is to be read in the name of harlot, justly given to an apostate people; as it often is to the church of Rome in the book of the Revelation. The Targum is,

``whose works are as an harlots; O congregation of Israel, receive the words of the Lord;''

which follow: