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Ezekiel 16:24-43

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.

36Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah:Becausethy money hathbeenpouredהִשָּׁפֵ֤ךְhi.sha.FekhH8210out,andthynakednessעֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְ'er.va.TekhH6172discoveredthroughthy fornicationswiththyloversמְאַהֲבָ֑יִךְme.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157,andwithalltheidolsגִּלּוּלֵ֣יgi.lu.LeiH1544ofthineabominationsתוֹעֲבוֹתַ֔יִךְto.'a.vo.Ta.yikhH8441,andbecauseofthebloodוְכִדְמֵ֣יve.khid.MeiH1818ofthychildrenwhichthou didstgiveH5414untothem;

37thereforeלָ֠כֵןLa.khenH3651,behold,Iwillgatherמְקַבֵּ֤ץme.ka.BetzH6908allthyloversH157withwhomthou hasttakenH1540pleasure,andallthatthou hastlovedH157,withallthatthou hasthatedשָׂנֵ֑אתsa.NetH8130, —Iwillevengatherוְקִבַּצְתִּי֩ve.ki.batz.TiH6908themroundמִסָּבִ֗יבmi.sa.VivH5439aboutagainstthee,andwilldiscover thynakednessעֶרְוָתֵךְ֙'er.va.teKhH6172untothem,thattheymayseeוְרָא֖וּve.ra.'UH7200allthynakednessעֶרְוָתֵֽךְ׃'er.va.TekhH6172.

38AndIwilljudgeוּשְׁפַטְתִּיךְ֙u.she.fa.tiKhH8199theewiththejudgmentsמִשְׁפְּטֵ֣יmish.pe.TeiH4941ofwomenthatcommitH5003adulteryH5003andshedוְשֹׁפְכֹ֖תve.sho.fe.KhotH8210bloodדָּ֑םDamH1818;andIwillgiveH5414theeuptothebloodדַּ֥םdamH1818offuryandjealousyוְקִנְאָֽה׃ve.kin.'AhH7068;

39andIwillgiveוְנָתַתִּ֨יve.na.ta.TiH5414theeintotheirhandבְּיָדָ֗םbe.ya.DamH3027,andtheyshallthrowdownthyplaceofdebauchery,andshallbreakH2040downthyhighרָמֹתַ֔יִךְra.mo.Ta.yikhH7413places;andtheyshallstripוְהִפְשִׁ֤יטוּve.hif.Shi.tuH6584theeofthygarmentsH899,andshalltakeוְלָקְח֖וּve.la.ke.ChuH3947thy fairjewels,andleavetheenakedH5903andbare.

40Andtheyshallbringוְהֶעֱל֤וּve.he.'e.LuH5927upanassemblageagainstthee,andtheyshallstoneבָּאָ֑בֶןba.'A.venH68theewithstonesH68,andthrust theethroughwiththeirswordsבְּחַרְבוֹתָֽם׃be.char.vo.TamH2719.

41Andtheyshallburnוְשָׂרְפ֤וּve.sa.re.FuH8313thyhousesH1004withfireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784,andexecutejudgmentsשְׁפָטִ֔יםshe.fa.TimH8201upontheeinthesightofmanyרַבּ֑וֹתra.BotH7227womenH802;andIwillcausetheetoceaseוְהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ֙ve.hish.ba.tiKhH7673frombeingaharlot,andthoualsoוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571shaltgiveתִתְּנִי־ti.te.ni-H5414nomoreanyreward.

42AndIwillappeasemyfuryagainstthee,andmyjealousyקִנְאָתִ֖יkin.'a.TiH7068shalldepartH5493fromthee;andIwillbequietH8252,andwillbenomoreH4480angryאֶכְעַ֖ס'ekh.'AsH3707.

43Becausethou hastnotrememberedזָכַרְתְּ֙za.khar.tiH2142thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117ofthyyouthנְעוּרַ֔יִךְne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271,buthast ragedagainstmeinallthese[thingsאֵ֑לֶּה'E.lehH428],behold,therefore,Ialsoוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571willrecompense thywayH1870upon[thy]headבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218, saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah,andthou shaltnotcommitthislewdnessbesidesallthineabominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ׃to.'a.vo.Ta.yikhH8441.

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