We have all committed spiritual adultery against YaHuWaH, and according to the Torah, such sin deserves death. Yet through Messiah, we die to this flesh and arise anew, becoming His set-apart (Kadosh) bride, clothed in His righteousness, without spot or wrinkle.
They do not take a woman who is a whore or defiled, and they do not take a woman put away from her husband, for he is set‑apart to his Elohim.” – Wayyiqra (Leviticus) 21:7
And they shall eat but not be satisfied, they shall whore but not increase, for they have stopped obeying YaHuWaH.” – Hoshea (Hosea) 4:10
Why should I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those that are not mighty ones. When I had filled them up, they then committed adultery and thronged to the house of a whore. ‘Would I not punish them for this?’ declares YaHuWaH. ‘And would I not revenge Myself on such a nation as this? Go up on her walls and destroy, but do not make a complete end. Take away her branches, for they do not belong to YaHuWaH. For the house of Yisra’El and the house of Yahuḏah have utterly betrayed Me,’ declares YaHuWaH. They have been untrue to YaHuWaH and said, ‘It is not He. No evil comes upon us, nor do we see sword or scarcity of food.” – Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 5:7, 9–12
The Call to Repentance and Judgment
Therefore say to the house of Yisra’El, ‘Thus said the Master YaHuWaH:
“Are you defiling yourselves in the way of your fathers? And do you whore after their abominations? For when you lift up your gifts and make your sons pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols, even to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Yisra’El? As I live,” declares the Master YaHuWaH, “I am not being inquired of by you. And what comes up in your spirit shall never be, when you say, ‘Let us be like the gentiles, like the tribes in other lands, serving wood and stone.’ As I live,” declares the Master YaHuWaH, “do not I, with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, reign over you? And I shall bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the lands where you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out. And I shall bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and shall enter into judgment with you face to face there. As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Mitsrayim, so I shall enter into judgment with you,” declares the Master YaHuWaH. And I shall make you pass under the rod, and shall bring you into the bond of the covenant, and purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me. From the land where they sojourn I bring them out, but they shall not come into the land of Yisra’El. And you shall know that I am YaHuWaH. As for you, O house of Yisra’El,” thus said the Master YaHuWaH, “Go, serve each of you his idols, and afterwards, if you are not listening to Me. But do not profane My set‑apart Name any more with your gifts and your idols. For on My set‑apart mountain, on the mountain height of Yisra’El,” declares the Master YaHuWaH, “there all the house of Yisra’El, all of them in the land, shall serve Me. There I shall accept them, and there I shall require your offerings and the first‑fruits of your offerings, together with all your set‑apart gifts. As a sweet fragrance I shall accept you when I bring you out from the peoples. And I shall gather you out of the lands where you have been scattered. And I shall be set‑apart in you before the gentiles. And you shall know that I am YaHuWaH, when I bring you into the land of Yisra’El, into the land for which I lifted My hand in an oath to give to your fathers. And there you shall remember your ways and all your deeds with which you were defiled. And you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all the evils that you did. And you shall know that I am YaHuWaH when I have dealt with you for My Name’s sake, not according to your evil ways nor according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Yisra’El,” declares the Master YaHuWaH.” – Yeḥezqĕl (Ezekiel) 20:30–44
What Is Whoredom?
The term “whoring” in Scripture often refers to spiritual adultery, idolatry and unfaithfulness to YaHuWaH. It’s not only physical sin but the heart’s turning to other gods or worldly desires.
Definitions:
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary:
The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness.
The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia:
Greek porneia — fornication, whoredom; metonymically, idolatry.
Strong’s Hebrew Terms:
zanah (2181): to commit fornication or whoredom; figuratively idolatry.
zenunim (2183), zenuth (2184), taznuth (8457): words denoting spiritual unfaithfulness and idolatry.
We are called to stop whoring, to cease spiritual adultery, and return to faithful worship of YaHuWaH alone. Through the cleansing power of Messiah, we can arise as His set‑apart bride, walking in righteousness and truth.