Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be carried captive, how I have been hurt by their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes which played the harlot after their idols; - Ezekiel 6:9

The word in the Hebrew for HURT in this passage is "Shabar", which means:

to break, break in pieces

(Qal)

break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench
to break, rupture (fig)

(Niphal)

to be broken, be maimed, be crippled, be wrecked
to be broken, be crushed (fig)

(Piel) to shatter, break
(Hiphil) to cause to break out, bring to the birth
(Hophal) to be broken, be shattered

The word is used 151 times in the OT. Here are the various ways and times it is translated:

abolish 1, break 25, break down 1, breaking in pieces 1, breaks 5, breaks in pieces 1, bring to the point 1, broke 9, broke in pieces 6, broke the in pieces 1, broke down 1, broken 55, broken down 1, broken off 1, brokenhearted 3, collapse 1, crush 2, crushed 2, demolished 1, destroy 2, fractured 1, hurt 2, injured 1, pieces 1, placed 1, point of birth 1, quench 1, shatter 2, shattered 13, smash 3, smashed 2, tore down 1, torn 2

We also see God equate the pain of adultery to the pain He feels when His people commit idolatry, as exampled in the book of Hosea.

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