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Ezekiel 16:15-43

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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