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Ezekiel 16:23-35

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:

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