Ezekiel 16:30 - Exposition

How weak , etc.! The weakness is that expressed in the Latin impotens libidinis, with no strength to resist the impulses of desire. The word imperious (perhaps masterful would be better) is that of one who is subject to no outward control. One is reminded of Dante on Semimlnis ('Inf.,' 5.56). The strange renderings of the LXX . ( τὶ διαθῶ τὴυ θυγατέρα σου ) and the Vulgate ( in quo mundabo cor tuum ) are difficult to account for, but probably indicate that the present text is corrupt.