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Ezekiel 16:1-43

1Againthewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahcameuntome,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

2Sonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofmanH120, causeJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389toknowH3045herabominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתֶֽיהָ׃to.'a.vo.Tei.haH8441;

3andsayH559,Thusכֹּה־koh-H3541saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֤י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah untoJerusalemלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םli.Ru.sha.LimH3389: Thybirthוּמֹ֣לְדֹתַ֔יִךְu.Mo.le.do.Ta.yikhH4138andthy nativityisofthelandמֵאֶ֖רֶץme.'E.retzH776oftheCanaaniteהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669;theAmoriteהָאֱמֹרִ֖יha.'e.mo.RiH567wasthyfatherאָבִ֥יךְ'a.VikhH1,andthymotherוְאִמֵּ֥ךְve.'i.MekhH517wasaHittiteחִתִּֽית׃chi.TitH2850.

4Andasforthy nativity,inthedayבְּי֨וֹםbe.YomH3117thou wastbornH3205thynavelwasnotcutכָרַּ֣תkha.RatH3772,neitherwast thouwashedרֻחַ֖צְתְּru.ChatztH7364inwaterוּבְמַ֥יִםu.ve.Ma.yimH4325tocleanse thee; thou wastnotsaltedatall,norswaddledatall.

5Noeyeעַ֗יִן'A.yinH5869pitied thee,todoanyofthesethingsמֵאֵ֖לֶּהme.'E.lehH428unto thee,tohavecompassionלְחֻמְלָ֣הle.chum.LahH2550uponthee;butthou wastcastH7993outintheopenfieldהַשָּׂדֶה֙ha.sa.DehH7704,forthatthypersonH5315wasabhorred,inthedayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117thatthou wastbornH3205.

6AndwhenIpassedH5674bythee,andsawH7200thee welteringinthybloodבְּדָמָ֑יִךְbe.da.Ma.yikhH1818,IsaidH559unto thee, Though thou artinthybloodבְּדָמַ֣יִךְbe.da.Ma.yikhH1818,liveחֲיִ֔יcha.YiH2421; yea,IsaidH559unto thee, Though thou artinthybloodבְּדָמַ֥יִךְbe.da.Ma.yikhH1818,liveחֲיִֽי׃cha.YiH2421.

7IcausedtheetomultiplyH7235asthatwhich growethinthefieldהַשָּׂדֶה֙ha.sa.DehH7704,andthou didstincreaseH7235andwaxgreatH1431,andthou attainedsttoexcellent ornament; thybreastsשָׁדַ֤יִםsha.Da.yimH7699werefashioned,andthyhairוּשְׂעָרֵ֣ךְu.se.'a.RekhH8181wasgrownH1431;yetthou wastnakedH5903andbare.

8NowwhenIpassedH5674bythee,andlookedH7200uponthee,behold, thytimeעִתֵּךְ֙'i.teKhH6256wasH1961thetimeעֵ֣ת'etH6256oflove;andIspreadוָאֶפְרֹ֤שׂva.'ef.RosH6566myskirtכְּנָפִי֙ke.na.FiH3671overthee,andcoveredוָאֲכַסֶּ֖הva.'a.kha.SehH3680thynakednessעֶרְוָתֵ֑ךְ'er.va.TekhH6172: yea,Isware unto thee,andenteredintoacovenantבִבְרִ֜יתviv.RitH1285withthee, saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah,andthou becamest mine.

9Thenwashedוָאֶרְחָצֵ֣ךְva.'er.cha.TzekhH7364Itheewithwaterבַּמַּ֔יִםba.Ma.yimH4325; yea,IthoroughlywashedH7364awaythybloodדָּמַ֖יִךְda.Ma.yikhH1818fromthee,andIanointed theewithoilבַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃ba.Sha.menH8081.

10IclothedH3847thee alsowithbroideredwork,andshod theewithsealskin,andI girded thee aboutwithfineבַּשֵּׁ֔שׁba.SheshH8336linenH8336,andcoveredוַאֲכַסֵּ֖ךְva.'a.kha.SekhH3680theewithsilkמֶֽשִׁי׃Me.shiH4897.

11AndIdecked theewithornamentsעֶ֑דִי'E.diH5716,andIputוָאֶתְּנָ֤הva.'e.te.NahH5414braceletsצְמִידִים֙tze.mi.DimH6781uponthyhandsיָדַ֔יִךְya.Da.yikhH3027,andachainוְרָבִ֖ידve.ra.VidH7242onthyneckגְּרוֹנֵֽךְ׃ge.ro.NekhH1627.

12AndIputוָאֶתֵּ֥ןva.'e.TenH5414aringנֶ֙זֶם֙ne.zemH5141uponthynoseאַפֵּ֔ךְ'a.PekhH639,andear-ringsinthineearsאָזְנָ֑יִךְ'a.ze.Na.yikhH241,andabeautifulcrownוַעֲטֶ֥רֶתva.'a.Te.retH5850uponthyheadבְּרֹאשֵֽׁךְ׃be.ro.ShekhH7218.

13Thus wast thou deckedwithgoldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091andsilverוָכֶ֗סֶףva.Khe.sefH3701;andthyraimentwasoffineסֹ֧לֶתSo.letH5560linenשֵׁ֤שׁshe.shiH8336,andsilkוָמֶ֙שִׁי֙va.Me.shiH4897,andbroideredwork; thou didsteatH398fineH5560flourH5560,andhoneyוּדְבַ֛שׁu.de.VashH1706,andoilוָשֶׁ֖מֶןva.She.menH8081;andthou wastexceedingbeautifulוַתִּ֙יפִי֙va.Ti.fiH3302,andthou didstprosperוַֽתִּצְלְחִ֖יva.titz.le.ChiH6743untoroyalestate.

14AndthyrenownwentH3318forthH3318amongthenationsבַּגּוֹיִ֖םba.go.YimH1471forthybeautyבְּיָפְיֵ֑ךְbe.ya.fe.YekhH3308;foritwasperfectכָּלִ֣ילka.LilH3632,throughmymajestyH1926whichIhadputשַׂ֣מְתִּיSam.tiH7760uponthee, saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah.

15Butthou didsttrustוַתִּבְטְחִ֣יva.tiv.te.ChiH982inthybeautyבְיָפְיֵ֔ךְve.ya.fe.YekhH3308,andplayedsttheharlotbecauseofthyrenown,andpouredstoutthy whoredomsoneveryonethatpassedH5674by;hisitwas.

16Andthou didsttakeH3947ofthygarmentsH899,andmadestfortheehighבָּמ֣וֹתba.MotH1116placesH1116deckedwithdiverscolors,andplayedsttheharlotuponthem:thelikethingsshallnotcomeH935,neithershallitbeיִהְיֶֽה׃yih.YehH1961so.

17Thou didstalsotakeH3947thy fairjewelsofmygoldמִזְּהָבִ֤יmi.ze.ha.ViH2091andofmysilverוּמִכַּסְפִּי֙u.mi.kas.PiH3701,whichIhadgivenH5414thee,andmadestfortheeimagesH6754ofmen,anddidstplayH2181theharlotwiththem;

18andthou tookest thy broideredgarmentsH899,andcoveredstthem,anddidstsetH5414mineoilוְשַׁמְנִי֙ve.sham.NiH8081andmineincenseוּקְטָרְתִּ֔יu.ke.ta.re.TiH7004beforethem.

19MybreadH3899alsowhichIgaveH5414thee,fineסֹ֣לֶתSo.letH5560flourH5560,andoilוָשֶׁ֤מֶןva.She.menH8081,andhoneyוּדְבַשׁ֙u.de.VashH1706, wherewithIfedthee, thou didst evensetH5414itbeforethemforasweet savor;andthusitwasH1961, saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah.

20Moreover thou hasttakenH3947thysonsבָּנַ֤יִךְba.Na.yikhH1121andthydaughtersבְּנוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙be.no.Ta.yikhH1323,whomthou hastborneH3205untome,andthesehast thousacrificedH2076untothemtobedevouredלֶאֱכ֑וֹלle.'e.KholH398.Werethy whoredomsasmallH4592matter,

21thatthou hastslainmychildren,anddeliveredthemup,incausingthemtopassבְּהַעֲבִ֥ירbe.ha.'a.VirH5674throughthefire untothem?

22Andinallthineabominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙to.'a.vo.Ta.yikhH8441andthy whoredoms thou hastnotrememberedזָכַ֖רְתְּza.khar.tiH2142thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117ofthyyouthנְעוּרָ֑יִךְne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271,whenthou wastnakedH5903andbare,andwast welteringinthybloodבְּדָמֵ֖ךְbe.da.MekhH1818.

23Anditiscometopassafterallthywickednessרָעָתֵ֑ךְra.'a.TekhH7451(woeא֣וֹי'oH188,woeא֣וֹי'oH188unto thee! saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah),

24thatthou hastbuiltH1129unto theeavaultedplaceרָמָ֖הra.MahH7413,andhastmadeH6213theealoftyplaceH7413ineverystreet.

25Thou hastbuiltH1129thy loftyplaceרָֽמָתֵ֔ךְra.ma.TekhH7413attheheadרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218ofeverywayH1870,andhastmadethybeautyיָפְיֵ֔ךְya.fe.YekhH3308anabomination,andhast opened thyfeetH7272toeveryonethatpassedH5674by,andmultipliedH7235thy whoredom.

26Thou hastalsocommitted fornicationwiththeEgyptians, thyneighborsשְׁכֵנַ֖יִךְshe.khe.Na.yikhH7934, greatoffleshבָשָׂ֑רva.SarH1320;andhastmultipliedH7235thy whoredom,toprovokeלְהַכְעִיסֵֽנִי׃le.hakh.'i.Se.niH3707metoangerH3707.

27Beholdtherefore,Ihavestretchedנָטִ֤יתִיna.Ti.tiH5186outmyhandיָדִי֙ya.DiH3027overthee,andhavediminishedוָאֶגְרַ֖עva.'eg.Ra'H1639thine ordinaryfood,anddeliveredthee untothewillofthemthathateשֹׂנְאוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙so.ne.'o.Ta.yikhH8130thee,thedaughtersבְּנ֣וֹתbe.NotH1323ofthePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430,thatareashamedהַנִּכְלָמ֖וֹתha.nikh.la.MotH3637ofthylewdwayH1870.

28Thou hastplayedH2181theharlotalsoוְגַ֖םve.GamH1571withtheAssyrians,becausethou wast insatiable; yea, thou hastplayedH2181theharlotwiththem,andyetthou wastnotsatisfiedH7646.

29Thou hastmoreovermultipliedH7235thy whoredom untothelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776oftraffic, untoChaldeaכַּשְׂדִּ֑ימָהkas.Di.mahH3778;andyetthou wastnotsatisfiedH7646herewith.

30Howמָ֤הmahH4100weakisthyheartH3826, saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah, seeing thou doestallthesethingsאֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehH428,theworkH4639ofan impudentharlot;

31inthatthou buildest thy vaultedplaceattheheadבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218ofeverywayH1870,andmakest thy loftyplaceineverystreet,andhastnotbeenH1961asaharlot,inthatthou scornesthireאֶתְנָֽן׃'et.NanH868.

32Awifeהָאִשָּׁ֖הha.'i.ShahH802thatcommittethadulteryH5003!thattakethstrangersזָרִֽים׃za.RimH2114insteadofherhusbandאִישָׁ֔הּ'i.ShahH376!

33TheygiveH5414giftstoallharlots;butthou givest thygiftstoallthyloversמְאַֽהֲבַ֔יִךְme.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157,andbribestthem,thattheymaycomeלָב֥וֹאla.Vo'H935unto theeoneverysideforthy whoredoms.

34Andthou artdifferentfromotherwomenH802inthy whoredoms,inthatnonefolloweth theetoplayH2181theharlot;andwhereas thou givesthireאֶתְנָ֗ן'et.NanH868,andnohireוְאֶתְנַ֛ןve.'et.NanH868isH1961givenH5414unto thee,thereforethou artdifferent.

35Wherefore,Oharlot,hearשִׁמְעִ֖יshim.'IH8085thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovah:

36Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah,Becausethy filthinesswaspouredהִשָּׁפֵ֤ךְhi.sha.FekhH8210out,andthynakednessעֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְ'er.va.TekhH6172uncoveredוַתִּגָּלֶ֣הva.ti.ga.LehH1540throughthy whoredomswiththyloversמְאַהֲבָ֑יִךְme.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157;andbecauseofalltheidolsגִּלּוּלֵ֣יgi.lu.LeiH1544ofthyabominationsתוֹעֲבוֹתַ֔יִךְto.'a.vo.Ta.yikhH8441,andforthebloodוְכִדְמֵ֣יve.khid.MeiH1818ofthychildren,thatthou didstgiveH5414untothem;

37thereforeלָ֠כֵןLa.khenH3651behold,Iwillgatherמְקַבֵּ֤ץme.ka.BetzH6908allthyloversH157,withwhomthou hasttakenH1540pleasure,andallthemthatthou hastlovedH157,withallthemthatthou hasthatedשָׂנֵ֑אתsa.NetH8130;Iwillevengatherוְקִבַּצְתִּי֩ve.ki.batz.TiH6908themagainsttheeoneveryside,andwilluncoverוְגִלֵּיתִ֤יve.gi.lei.TiH1540thynakednessעֶרְוָתֵךְ֙'er.va.teKhH6172untothem,thattheymayseeוְרָא֖וּve.ra.'UH7200allthynakednessעֶרְוָתֵֽךְ׃'er.va.TekhH6172.

38AndIwilljudgeוּשְׁפַטְתִּיךְ֙u.she.fa.tiKhH8199thee,aswomenthatbreak wedlockandshedוְשֹׁפְכֹ֖תve.sho.fe.KhotH8210bloodדָּ֑םDamH1818arejudgedH8199;andIwillbringupontheethebloodדַּ֥םdamH1818ofwrathH2534andjealousyוְקִנְאָֽה׃ve.kin.'AhH7068.

39Iwillalsogiveוְנָתַתִּ֨יve.na.ta.TiH5414theeintotheirhandבְּיָדָ֗םbe.ya.DamH3027,andtheyshallthrowdownthy vaultedplace,andbreakH2040downthy loftyplaces;andtheyshallstripוְהִפְשִׁ֤יטוּve.hif.Shi.tuH6584theeofthyclothesבְּגָדַ֔יִךְbe.ga.Da.yikhH899,andtakeוְלָקְח֖וּve.la.ke.ChuH3947thy fairjewels;andtheyshallleavetheenakedH5903andbare.

40Theyshallalsobringוְהֶעֱל֤וּve.he.'e.LuH5927upacompanyקָהָ֔לka.HalH6951againstthee,andtheyshallstoneבָּאָ֑בֶןba.'A.venH68theewithstonesH68,andthrust theethroughwiththeirswordsבְּחַרְבוֹתָֽם׃be.char.vo.TamH2719.

41Andtheyshallburnוְשָׂרְפ֤וּve.sa.re.FuH8313thyhousesH1004withfireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784,andexecutejudgmentsשְׁפָטִ֔יםshe.fa.TimH8201upontheeinthesightofmanyרַבּ֑וֹתra.BotH7227womenH802;andIwillcausetheetoceaseוְהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ֙ve.hish.ba.tiKhH7673fromplayingH2181theharlot,andthou shaltalsoוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571giveתִתְּנִי־ti.te.ni-H5414nohireאֶתְנַ֖ן'et.NanH868anymore.

42SowillIcausemywrathH2534towardtheetorestוַהֲנִחֹתִ֤יva.ha.ni.cho.TiH5117,andmyjealousyקִנְאָתִ֖יkin.'a.TiH7068shalldepartH5493fromthee,andIwillbequietH8252,andwillbenomoreH4480angryאֶכְעַ֖ס'ekh.'AsH3707.

43Becausethou hastnotrememberedזָכַרְתְּ֙za.khar.tiH2142thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117ofthyyouthנְעוּרַ֔יִךְne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271,buthast ragedagainstmeinallthesethingsאֵ֑לֶּה'E.lehH428;therefore,behold,Ialsoוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571willbringthywayH1870uponthyheadבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218, saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah:andthou shaltnotcommitthislewdnesswithallthineabominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ׃to.'a.vo.Ta.yikhH8441.

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