Ezekiel 16
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Ezekiel 16:28-35

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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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain