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Ezekiel 16:8-32

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!

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