Ezekiel 16
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Ezekiel 16:24-43

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: 36ThusH3541 saith the LordH136 Jehovah, Because thy filthiness was pouredH8210 out, and thy nakednessH6172 uncoveredH1540 through thy whoredoms with thy loversH157; and because of all the idolsH1544 of thy abominationsH8441, and for the bloodH1818 of thy children, that thou didst giveH5414 unto them; 37thereforeH3651 behold, I will gatherH6908 all thy loversH157, with whom thou hast takenH1540 pleasure, and all them that thou hast lovedH157, with all them that thou hast hatedH8130; I will even gatherH6908 them against thee on every side, and will uncoverH1540 thy nakednessH6172 unto them, that they may seeH7200 all thy nakednessH6172. 38And I will judgeH8199 thee, as women that break wedlock and shedH8210 bloodH1818 are judgedH8199; and I will bring upon thee the bloodH1818 of wrathH2534 and jealousyH7068. 39I will also giveH5414 thee into their handH3027, and they shall throw down thy vaulted place, and breakH2040 down thy lofty places; and they shall stripH6584 thee of thy clothesH899, and takeH3947 thy fair jewels; and they shall leave thee nakedH5903 and bare. 40They shall also bringH5927 up a companyH6951 against thee, and they shall stoneH68 thee with stonesH68, and thrust thee through with their swordsH2719. 41And they shall burnH8313 thy housesH1004 with fireH784, and execute judgmentsH8201 upon thee in the sight of manyH7227 womenH802; and I will cause thee to ceaseH7673 from playingH2181 the harlot, and thou shalt alsoH1571 giveH5414 no hireH868 any more. 42So will I cause my wrathH2534 toward thee to restH5117, and my jealousyH7068 shall departH5493 from thee, and I will be quietH8252, and will be no moreH4480 angryH3707. 43Because thou hast not rememberedH2142 the daysH3117 of thy youthH5271, but hast raged against me in all these thingsH428; therefore, behold, I alsoH1571 will bring thy wayH1870 upon thy headH7218, saith the LordH136 Jehovah: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness with all thine abominationsH8441.

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