Origen, on Ezek 16:30

“Wherein shall I cleanse thy heart, saith the Lord God: seeing thou dost all these the works of a shameless prostitute?”

“If you understand fornication of the flesh and the soul and the spirit, and if you see someone fornicating in them, you will also see Jerusalem fornicating herself three times.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.