Ezekiel 16
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Ezekiel 16:15-35

15But thou didst trustH982 in thy beautyH3308, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passedH5674 by; his it was. 16And thou didst takeH3947 of thy garmentsH899, and madest for thee highH1116 placesH1116 decked with divers colors, and playedst the harlot upon them: the like things shall not comeH935, neither shall it beH1961 so. 17Thou didst also takeH3947 thy fair jewels of my goldH2091 and of my silverH3701, which I had givenH5414 thee, and madest for thee imagesH6754 of men, and didst playH2181 the harlot with them; 18and thou tookest thy broidered garmentsH899, and coveredst them, and didst setH5414 mine oilH8081 and mine incenseH7004 before them. 19My breadH3899 also which I gaveH5414 thee, fineH5560 flourH5560, and oilH8081, and honeyH1706, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even setH5414 it before them for a sweet savor; and thus it wasH1961, saith the LordH136 Jehovah. 20Moreover thou hast takenH3947 thy sonsH1121 and thy daughtersH1323, whom thou hast borneH3205 unto me, and these hast thou sacrificedH2076 unto them to be devouredH398. Were thy whoredoms a smallH4592 matter, 21that thou hast slain my children, and delivered them up, in causing them to passH5674 through the fire unto them? 22And in all thine abominationsH8441 and thy whoredoms thou hast not rememberedH2142 the daysH3117 of thy youthH5271, when thou wast nakedH5903 and bare, and wast weltering in thy bloodH1818.

23And it is come to pass after all thy wickednessH7451 (woeH188, woeH188 unto thee! saith the LordH136 Jehovah), 24that thou hast builtH1129 unto thee a vaulted placeH7413, and hast madeH6213 thee a lofty placeH7413 in every street. 25Thou hast builtH1129 thy lofty placeH7413 at the headH7218 of every wayH1870, and hast made thy beautyH3308 an abomination, and hast opened thy feetH7272 to every one that passedH5674 by, and multipliedH7235 thy whoredom. 26Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians, thy neighborsH7934, great of fleshH1320; and hast multipliedH7235 thy whoredom, to provokeH3707 me to angerH3707. 27Behold therefore, I have stretchedH5186 out my handH3027 over thee, and have diminishedH1639 thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hateH8130 thee, the daughtersH1323 of the PhilistinesH6430, that are ashamedH3637 of thy lewd wayH1870. 28Thou hast playedH2181 the harlot alsoH1571 with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable; yea, thou hast playedH2181 the harlot with them, and yet thou wast not satisfiedH7646. 29Thou hast moreover multipliedH7235 thy whoredom unto the landH776 of traffic, unto ChaldeaH3778; and yet thou wast not satisfiedH7646 herewith.

30HowH4100 weak is thy heartH3826, saith the LordH136 Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these thingsH428, the workH4639 of an impudent harlot; 31in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the headH7218 of every wayH1870, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not beenH1961 as a harlot, in that thou scornest hireH868. 32A wifeH802 that committeth adulteryH5003! that taketh strangersH2114 instead of her husbandH376! 33They giveH5414 gifts to all harlots; but thou givest thy gifts to all thy loversH157, and bribest them, that they may comeH935 unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms. 34And thou art different from other womenH802 in thy whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to playH2181 the harlot; and whereas thou givest hireH868, and no hireH868 isH1961 givenH5414 unto thee, therefore thou art different.

35Wherefore, O harlot, hearH8085 the wordH1697 of Jehovah:

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain