Ezekiel 16
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Ezekiel 16:13-19

13So you wore gold and silver jewelry. You were dressed in fine linen, silk, and embroidered clothes. Your food was flour, honey, and olive oil. You were very beautiful, and eventually you became a queen.

14You became famous in every nation because of your beauty. Your beauty was perfect because I gave you my glory, declares the Almighty Lord.

15“ ‘But you trusted your beauty, and you used your fame to become a prostitute. You had sex with everyone who walked by.

16You took some of your clothes and made your worship sites colorful. This is where you acted like a prostitute. Such things shouldn’t happen. They shouldn’t occur.

17You took your beautiful gold and silver jewelry that I had given you and made male idols for yourself. Then you committed adultery with them.

18You took off your embroidered clothes and covered the idols with them. You offered my olive oil and incense in their presence.

19You also offered them sweet and fragrant sacrifices. You gave flour, olive oil, and honey—all the food that I gave you to eat. This is what happened, declares the Almighty Lord.

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