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Ezekiel 23:22-44

22Thereforeלָכֵ֣ןla.KhenH3651,Oholibahאָהֳלִיבָ֗ה'o.ho.li.VahH172,thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah:Behold,Iwillraiseupthyloversמְאַהֲבַ֙יִךְ֙me.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157againstthee,fromwhomthysoulH5315isalienated,andIwillbringוַהֲבֵאתִ֥יםva.ha.ve.TimH935themagainsttheeoneveryside.

23ThechildrenofBabylonבָבֶ֣לva.VelH894,andalltheChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֗יםkas.DimH3778,Pekodפְּק֤וֹדpe.KodH6489andShoaandKoa,allthechildrenofAsshurH804withthem;allofthemattractiveyoungH1121menH970,governorsפַּח֤וֹתpa.ChotH6346andrulers, great lordsandrenowned,allofthemridingH7392uponhorsesH5483.

24Andtheyshallcomeוּבָ֣אוּu.Va.'uH935againstthee [with] armour,chariotsרֶ֤כֶבRe.khevH7393andwheelsוְגַלְגַּל֙ve.gal.GalH1534,andwithanassemblageofpeoplesH5971;theyshallsetיָשִׂ֥ימוּya.Si.muH7760themselvesagainstthee [with]target,andshieldוּמָגֵן֙u.ma.GenH4043,andhelmetוְקוֹבַ֔עve.ko.Va'H6959roundH5439about;andIwillputH5414judgmentמִשְׁפָּ֔טmish.PatH4941beforethem,andtheyshalljudgeוּשְׁפָט֖וּךְu.she.fa.TukhH8199theeaccordingtotheirjudgmentsבְּמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶֽם׃be.mish.pe.tei.HemH4941.

25AndIwillsetוְנָתַתִּ֨יve.na.ta.TiH5414myjealousyקִנְאָתִ֜יkin.'a.TiH7068againstthee,andtheyshalldealfuriouslywiththee:theyshallcutoffthynoseאַפֵּ֤ךְ'a.PekhH639andthineearsוְאָזְנַ֙יִךְ֙ve.'a.ze.Na.yikhH241,andthy remnantshallfallתִּפּ֑וֹלti.PolH5307bytheswordבַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revH2719;theyshalltakeיִקָּ֔חוּyi.Ka.chuH3947thysonsבָּנַ֤יִךְba.Na.yikhH1121andthydaughtersוּבְנוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙u.ve.no.Ta.yikhH1323;andthy residueshallbedevouredH398bythefireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'EshH784.

26Theyshallalsostripוְהִפְשִׁיט֖וּךְve.hif.shi.TukhH6584theofthygarmentsH899,andtakeוְלָקְח֖וּve.la.ke.ChuH3947awayH3947thy fairjewels.

27AndIwillmakeH2142thylewdnesstoceaseוְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֤יve.hish.ba.TiH7673fromthee,andthy whoredom [brought]fromthelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714;andthou shaltnotliftתִשְׂאִ֤יtis.'IH5375upthineeyesעֵינַ֙יִךְ֙'ei.Na.yikhH5869untothem,norrememberתִזְכְּרִי־tiz.ke.ri-H2142Egyptוּמִצְרַ֖יִםu.mitz.Ra.yimH4714anymoreH4480.

28Forthusכֹ֤הkhohH3541saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah:Behold,Iwillgiveנֹֽתְנָ֔ךְno.te.NakhH5414theeoverintothehandבְּיַ֖דbe.YadH3027ofthemwhomthou hatest,intothehandבְּיַ֛דbe.YadH3027ofthemfromwhomthysoulH5315isalienated.

29Andtheyshalldealwiththeeinhatredבְּשִׂנְאָ֗הbe.sin.'AhH8135,andshalltakeוְלָקְחוּ֙ve.la.ke.ChuH3947awayallthy labour,andshallleaveוַעֲזָב֖וּךְva.'a.za.VukhH5800theenakedH5903andbare;sothatthenakednessעֶרְוַ֣ת'er.VatH6172ofthy whoredoms shallbediscovered,boththylewdnessandthy fornications.

30Thesethingsאֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehH428shallbedoneunto thee,becausethou hast goneawhoringafterthenationsגוֹיִ֔םgo.YimH1471,becausethou hastdefiledH2930thyselfwiththeiridolsבְּגִלּוּלֵיהֶֽם׃be.gi.lu.lei.HemH1544.

31Thou hastwalkedהָלָ֑כְתְּha.La.khetH1980inthewayבְּדֶ֥רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofthysisterאֲחוֹתֵ֖ךְ'a.cho.TekhH269;andIhavegivenH5414hercupכוֹסָ֖הּkho.SahH3563intothyhandבְּיָדֵֽךְ׃ סbe.ya.DekhH3027.

32Thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah: Thou shaltdrinkתִּשְׁתִּ֔יtish.TiH8354ofthy sister'scupכּ֤וֹסKosH3563deepהָעֲמֻקָּ֖הha.'a.mu.KahH6013andlarge; thou shaltbeH1961foralaughing-stockandaderision, [for]itcontainethmuch.

33Thou shaltbefilledתִּמָּלֵ֑אִיti.ma.Le.'iH4390withdrunkennessשִׁכָּר֥וֹןshi.ka.RonH7943andsorrowוְיָג֖וֹןve.ya.GonH3015,withthecupכּ֚וֹסKosH3563ofastonishmentanddesolationוּשְׁמָמָ֔הu.she.ma.MahH8077,thecupכּ֖וֹסKosH3563ofthysisterאֲחוֹתֵ֥ךְ'a.cho.TekhH269Samariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111;

34thou shaltevendrinkוְשָׁתִ֨יתve.sha.TitH8354itandsuckitout,andthou shaltgnawthesherds thereof,andpluckoffthine ownbreastsוְשָׁדַ֣יִךְve.sha.Da.yikhH7699:forIhavespokenדִבַּ֔רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696[it], saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah.

35Thereforeלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah:Becausethou hastforgottenשָׁכַ֣חַתְּsha.Kha.chatH7911me,andcastH7993mebehindthyback,thereforeH3651bearשְׂאִ֥יse.'IH5375thoualsoוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571thylewdnessandthy fornications.

36AndJehovahsaidH559untome,Sonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofmanH120, wilt thoujudgeהֲתִשְׁפּ֥וֹטha.tish.PotH8199Oholahאָהֳלָ֖ה'o.ho.LahH170andOholibahאָהֳלִיבָ֑ה'o.ho.li.VahH172? yea,declareוְהַגֵּ֣דve.ha.GedH5046untothemtheirabominationsתוֹעֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽן׃to.'a.vo.tei.HenH8441.

37FortheyhavecommittedH5003adulteryנִאֵ֗פוּni.'E.fuH5003,andbloodוְדָם֙ve.DamH1818isintheirhandsבִּֽידֵיהֶ֔ןbi.dei.HenH3027;andwiththeiridolsגִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֖ןgi.lu.lei.HenH1544havetheycommittedH5003adulteryנִאֵ֑פוּni.'E.fuH5003,andhavealsoוְגַ֤םve.GamH1571passedהֶעֱבִ֥ירוּhe.'e.Vi.ruH5674overuntothemtheirchildren,whomtheyboreH3205untome,tobedevoured.

38Moreoverthishavetheydoneuntome:inthesamedayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117havetheydefiledH2930mysanctuaryמִקְדָּשִׁי֙mik.da.ShiH4720andprofanedH2490mysabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖יsha.be.to.TaiH7676.

39Forwhentheyhadslaughteredוּֽבְשַׁחֲטָ֤םu.ve.sha.cha.TamH7819theirchildrenuntotheiridolsלְגִלּ֣וּלֵיהֶ֔םle.gi.Lu.lei.HemH1544,theycameH935thesamedayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117intomysanctuaryמִקְדָּשִׁ֛יmik.da.ShiH4720toprofaneלְחַלְּל֑וֹle.cha.le.LoH2490it;andbehold,thusכֹ֥הkhohH3541havetheydoneinthemidstבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432ofmyhouseבֵּיתִֽי׃bei.TiH1004.

40Andfurthermore,theysentH7971formenH376tocomeH935fromfar, untowhomamessengerמַלְאָ֜ךְmal.'AkhH4397wassentH7971;andbehold,theycameH935:forwhomthou didstwashH7364thyself, paintedst thineeyesעֵינַ֖יִךְ'ei.Na.yikhH5869,anddeckedst thyselfwithornamentsעֶֽדִי׃'E.diH5716;

41andsatestuponastatelybedH4296,withatableוְשֻׁלְחָ֥ןve.shul.ChanH7979preparedbeforeit, whereupon thou hadstsetH7760mineincenseוּקְטָרְתִּ֥יu.ke.ta.re.TiH7004andmineoilוְשַׁמְנִ֖יve.sham.NiH8081.

42AndthevoiceH6963ofamultitudeהָמוֹן֮ha.mOnH1995livingcarelesslywaswithher;andwithpeopleofthecommon sortwerebroughtH935Sabeansfromthewildernessמִמִּדְבָּ֑רmi.mid.BarH4057,andtheyputוַֽיִּתְּנ֤וּvai.yi.te.NuH5414braceletsצְמִידִים֙tze.mi.DimH6781upontheirhandsיְדֵיהֶ֔ןye.dei.HenH3027,andabeautifulcrownוַעֲטֶ֥רֶתva.'a.Te.retH5850upontheirheadsרָאשֵׁיהֶֽן׃ra.shei.HenH7218.

43AndIsaidH559ofherthatwasoldinadulteriesנִֽאוּפִ֑יםni.'u.FimH5004,Willshenowעַתָּ֛הa.taH6258commitherfornications, evenshe.

44AndtheywentH935inuntoher,astheygoH935inuntoawhorishwomanH802:soכֵּ֣ןkenH3651wentH935theyinuntoOholahאָֽהֳלָה֙'o.ho.LahH170anduntoOholibahאָ֣הֳלִיבָ֔ה'o.ho.li.VahH172thelewdwomenH802.

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