“Ritual harlot: This refers to a female prostitute. The term perverted one refers to a male prostitute, both of which were common among the pagan religions of the Canaanites and others in the ancient world.” (Guzik)
King Asa in 1 Kings 15: 12He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
King Josiah in 2 Kings 23: 7He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
Even in its most gross forms, this kind of practice has been allowed in the institutional church. (Guzik) “And what a stinking shame is that, that stews and brothel-houses are licensed by the Pope, who reaps no small profit by them?” (Trapp, writing in 1659)
KJV is blunt and to the point! Sexual sin comes in many forms and we are all probably guilty. We need to turn (stop) from our sin and repent (ask for forgiveness) from the Lord.
What kind of world would we have if everyone stopped sinning?
Remember Nineveh?
Jonah 3: 10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
Blessings
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