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Ezekiel 16:15-35

15Butthou didst confideinthybeautyבְיָפְיֵ֔ךְve.ya.fe.YekhH3308,andplayedsttheharlotbecauseofthyrenown,andpouredstoutthy whoredomsoneveryonethatpassedH5674by:hisitwas.

16AndofthygarmentsH899thou didsttakeH3947,andmadestforthyselfhighבָּמ֣וֹתba.MotH1116placesH1116deckedwithdivers colours,anddidstplayH2181theharlotthereupon: [thelike] hathnotcomeH935topass,andshallbeיִהְיֶֽה׃yih.YehH1961nomore.

17Andthou didsttakeH3947thy fairjewelsofmygoldמִזְּהָבִ֤יmi.ze.ha.ViH2091andofmysilverוּמִכַּסְפִּי֙u.mi.kas.PiH3701,whichIhadgivenH5414thee,andmadesttothyselfimagesH6754ofmalesזָכָ֑רza.KharH2145,anddidstcommitfornicationwiththem.

18Andthou tookest thineembroideredH7553garmentsH899,andcoveredstthem;andthou didstsetH5414mineoilוְשַׁמְנִי֙ve.sham.NiH8081andmineincenseוּקְטָרְתִּ֔יu.ke.ta.re.TiH7004beforethem.

19AndmybreadH3899whichIhadgivenH5414thee,thefineסֹ֣לֶתSo.letH5560flourH5560andtheoilוָשֶׁ֤מֶןva.She.menH8081andthehoneyוּדְבַשׁ֙u.de.VashH1706wherewithIfedthee, thou didst evensetH5414itbeforethemforasweet savour:thusitwasH1961, saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah.

20Andthou didsttakeH3947thysonsבָּנַ֤יִךְba.Na.yikhH1121andthydaughtersבְּנוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙be.no.Ta.yikhH1323,whomthou hadstborneH3205untome,andthesedidst thousacrificeH2076untothem,tobedevouredלֶאֱכ֑וֹלle.'e.KholH398.Werethy whoredomsasmallH4592matter,

21thatthou didstslaymychildrenandgiveH5414themupinpassingבְּהַעֲבִ֥ירbe.ha.'a.VirH5674themovertothem?

22Andinallthineabominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙to.'a.vo.Ta.yikhH8441andthy whoredoms thou hastnotrememberedזָכַ֖רְתְּza.khar.tiH2142thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117ofthyyouthנְעוּרָ֑יִךְne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271,whenthou wastnakedH5903andbare,whenthou wast welteringinthybloodבְּדָמֵ֖ךְbe.da.MekhH1818.

23Anditcametopassafterallthywickednessרָעָתֵ֑ךְra.'a.TekhH7451(woeא֣וֹי'oH188,woeא֣וֹי'oH188unto thee! saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah),

24thatthou didstalsobuildH1129unto theeaplaceרָמָ֖הra.MahH7413ofdebauchery,anddidstmakeH6213theeahighH7413placeH7413ineverystreet:

25thou didstbuildH1129thyhighרָֽמָתֵ֔ךְra.ma.TekhH7413placeH7413ateveryheadרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218ofthewayH1870,andmadest thybeautyיָפְיֵ֔ךְya.fe.YekhH3308tobeabhorredH8581,andthou didst open thyfeetH7272toeveryonethatpassedH5674by,andmultiplyH7235thy whoredom.

26Andthou didstcommitfornicationwiththeEgyptiansthy neighbours, greatoffleshבָשָׂ֑רva.SarH1320;anddidstmultiplyH7235thy whoredomtoprovokeלְהַכְעִיסֵֽנִי׃le.hakh.'i.Se.niH3707metoangerH3707.

27Andbehold,Istretchedנָטִ֤יתִיna.Ti.tiH5186outmyhandיָדִי֙ya.DiH3027overthee,anddiminishedוָאֶגְרַ֖עva.'eg.Ra'H1639thineappointedportionH2706;andIgaveH5414theeoveruntothewillofthemthathateשֹׂנְאוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙so.ne.'o.Ta.yikhH8130thee,thedaughtersבְּנ֣וֹתbe.NotH1323ofthePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430,whowereconfoundedatthylewdwayH1870.

28Andthou didstcommitfornicationwiththeAssyrians,becausethou wast insatiable; yea, thou didstcommitfornicationwiththem,andyetcouldestnotbesatisfiedH7646.

29Andthou didstmultiplyH7235thy whoredomwiththelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofmerchants,Chaldeaכַּשְׂדִּ֑ימָהkas.Di.mahH3778,andyetthou wastnotsatisfiedH7646herewith.

30Howמָ֤הmahH4100weakisthyheartH3826, saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah, seeing thou doestallthese[thingsאֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehH428],theworkH4639ofawhorishwomanאִשָּֽׁה־'i.shah-H802, undernorestraint;

31inthatthou buildest thyplaceofdebaucheryattheheadבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218ofeverywayH1870,andmakest thyhighוְרָמָתֵ֥ךְve.ra.ma.TekhH7413placeineverystreet!Andthou hastnotbeenH1961asaharlot,inthatthou scornest reward,

32Oadulterousהַמְּנָאָ֑פֶתha.me.na.'A.fetH5003wifeהָאִשָּׁ֖הha.'i.ShahH802,thattakethstrangersזָרִֽים׃za.RimH2114insteadofherhusbandאִישָׁ֔הּ'i.ShahH376.

33TheygiveH5414rewardstoallharlots;butthou gavest thy rewardstoallthyloversמְאַֽהֲבַ֔יִךְme.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157,andrewardedstthem,thattheymightcomeלָב֥וֹאla.Vo'H935unto theeoneverysideforthy whoredoms.

34AndintheeisH1961thecontraryfrom[other]womenH802,inthy whoredoms,inthatnonefolloweth theetocommitfornication;andwhereas thou givestareward,andnorewardisH1961givenH5414unto thee,soart thou contrary.

35Thereforeלָכֵ֣ןla.KhenH3651,Oharlot,hearשִׁמְעִ֖יshim.'IH8085thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovah.

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