Ezekiel 16
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Ezekiel 16:35-52

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.

44Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, sayingH559, As is the motherH517, so is her daughterH1323. 45Thou art the daughterH1323 of thy motherH517, that loatheth her husbandH376 and her children; and thou art the sisterH269 of thy sistersH269, who loathed their husbandsH376 and their children: your motherH517 was a HittiteH2850, and your fatherH1 an AmoriteH567. 46And thine elder sisterH269 is SamariaH8111, that dwelleth at thy left handH3225, she and her daughtersH1323; and thy youngerH6996 sisterH269, that dwelleth at thy rightH3225 handH3225, is SodomH5467 and her daughtersH1323. 47Yet hast thou not walkedH1980 in their waysH1870, nor done after their abominationsH8441; but, as if that were a very littleH4592 thingH8441, thou wast more corruptH7843 than they in all thy waysH1870. 48As I live, saith the LordH136 Jehovah, SodomH5467 thy sisterH269 hath not done, she nor her daughtersH1323, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughtersH1323. 49Behold, this wasH1961 the iniquityH5771 of thy sisterH269 SodomH5467: prideH1347, fulness of breadH3899, and prosperous easeH7962 wasH1961 in her and in her daughtersH1323; neither did she strengthenH2388 the handH3027 of the poorH6041 and needyH34. 50And they were haughty, and committed abominationH8441 before me: therefore I took them awayH5493 as I sawH7200 good. 51Neither hath SamariaH8111 committed halfH2677 of thy sinsH2398; but thou hast multipliedH7235 thine abominationsH8441 more than they, and hast justifiedH6663 thy sistersH269 by all thine abominationsH8441 which thou hast done. 52Thou alsoH1571, bearH5375 thou thine own shameH954, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sistersH269; through thy sinsH2403 that thou hast committed moreH4480 abominable than they, they are moreH4480 righteousH6663 than thou: yea, be thou alsoH1571 confounded, and bearH5375 thy shameH954, in that thou hast justifiedH6663 thy sistersH269.

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