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Ezekiel 16:23-35

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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