Ezekiel 16
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Ezekiel 16:15-58

15“But you 1trustedH982 in your beautyH3308 and 2playedH2181 the harlotH2181 becauseH5921 of your fameH8034, and you pouredH8210 out your harlotriesH8457 on everyH3605 passer-byH5674 3who might be willing. 16You tookH3947 someH4480 of your clothesH899, madeH6213 for yourself highH1116 placesH1116 of variousH2921 colorsH2921 and playedH2181 the harlotH2181 on them, 4which should neverH3808 comeH935 about norH3808 happenH1961. 17You also tookH3947 your beautifulH8597 56jewelsH3627 made of My goldH2091 and of My silverH3701, whichH834 I had givenH5414 you, and madeH6213 for yourself maleH2145 imagesH6754 that you might playH2181 the harlotH2181 with them. 18Then you tookH3947 your embroideredH7553 clothH899 and coveredH3680 them, and offeredH5414 My oilH8081 and My incenseH7004 beforeH6440 them. 19Also 7My breadH3899 whichH834 I gaveH5414 you, fineH5560 flourH5560, oilH8081 and honeyH1706 with which I fedH398 you, 8you would offerH5414 beforeH6440 them for a soothingH5207 aromaH7381; so it happenedH1961,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068. 20“Moreover, you tookH3947 your sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323 whomH834 you had borneH3205 to 9Me and 10sacrificedH2076 them to 11idols to be devouredH398. Were your harlotriesH8457 soH4592 smallH4592 a matter? 21You slaughteredH7819 12My childrenH1121 and offeredH5414 them up to 13idols by 14causing them to passH5674 throughH5674 the fire. 22BesidesH854 allH3605 your abominationsH8441 and harlotriesH8457 you did not rememberH2142 the daysH3117 of 15your youthH5271, when you were nakedH5903 and bareH6181 and squirmingH947 in your bloodH1818.

23“Then it cameH1961 about afterH310 allH3605 your wickednessH7463 (‘WoeH188, woeH188 to you!’ declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068), 24that you builtH1129 yourself a 16shrineH1354 and madeH6213 yourself a 17highH7413 placeH7413 in everyH3605 squareH7339. 25You builtH1129 yourself a highH7413 placeH7413 at the topH7218 of 18everyH3605 streetH1870 and madeH8581 your beautyH3308 abominableH8581, and you spreadH6589 your legsH7272 to everyH3605 passer-byH5674 to multiplyH7235 your harlotryH8457. 26You also playedH2181 the harlotH2181 with the EgyptiansH4714, your 19lustfulH1320H1432 neighborsH7934, and multipliedH7235 your harlotryH8457 to 20makeH3707 Me angryH3707. 27BeholdH2009 now, I have stretchedH5186 out My handH3027 againstH5921 you and diminishedH1639 your rationsH2706. And I deliveredH5414 you up to the desireH5315 of those who hateH8130 you, the 21daughtersH1323 of the PhilistinesH6430, who are ashamedH3637 of your lewdH2154 conductH1870. 28Moreover, you playedH2181 the harlotH2181 with the 22AssyriansH804 becauseH4480 you were not satisfiedH7654; you playedH2181 the harlotH2181 with them and stillH1571 were not satisfiedH7646. 29You also multipliedH7235 your harlotryH8457 with the landH776 of merchantsH3667, ChaldeaH3778, yet evenH1571 with thisH2088 you were not satisfiedH7646.”’”

30“HowH4100 23languishingH535 is your heartH3826,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “while you doH6213 allH3605 theseH428 thingsH4639, the actionsH4639 of a 2425bold-facedH7989 harlotH2181. 31When you builtH1129 your shrineH1354 at the beginningH7218 of everyH3605 streetH1870 and madeH6213 your highH7413 placeH7413 in everyH3605 squareH7339, in 26disdainingH7046 moneyH868, you were not like a harlotH2181. 32You adulteressH5003 wifeH802, who takesH3947 strangersH2114 insteadH8478 of her husbandH376! 3327Men giveH5414 giftsH5078 to allH3605 harlotsH2181, but you 28giveH5414 your giftsH5083 to allH3605 your loversH157 to bribeH7809 them to comeH935 to you from everyH5439 directionH5439 for your harlotriesH8457. 34Thus you are differentH2016 from those womenH802 in your harlotriesH8457, in that noH3808 one playsH2181 the harlotH2181 29as you do, because you giveH5414 moneyH868 and noH3808 moneyH868 is givenH5414 you; thus you are differentH2016.”

35ThereforeH3651, O harlotH2181, hearH8085 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068. 36ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH136 GodH3068, “BecauseH3282 your lewdnessH5179 was pouredH8210 out and your nakednessH6172 uncoveredH1540 through your harlotriesH8457 with your loversH157 and with allH3605 your detestableH8441 30idolsH1544, and because of the bloodH1818 of your sonsH1121 whichH834 you gaveH5414 to 31idols, 37thereforeH3651, beholdH2009, I will 32gatherH6908 allH3605 your loversH157 with whomH834 you tookH6149 pleasureH6149, even allH3605 those whomH834 you lovedH157 and allH3605 those whomH834 you 33hatedH8130. So I will gatherH6908 them againstH5921 you from everyH5439 directionH5439 and 34exposeH1540 your nakednessH6172 to them that they may seeH7200 allH3605 your nakednessH6172. 38Thus I will 35judgeH8199 you like women who commitH5003 adulteryH5003 or shedH8210 bloodH1818 are judgedH4941; and I will bringH5414 on you the bloodH1818 of 36wrathH2534 and jealousyH7068. 39I will also giveH5414 you into 37the handsH3027 of your lovers, and they will tearH2040 downH2040 your shrinesH1354, demolishH5422 your highH7413 placesH7413, 38stripH6584 you of your clothingH899, takeH3947 away your 39jewelsH3627H8597, and will leaveH5117 you nakedH5903 and bareH6181. 40They will 40inciteH5927 a 41crowdH6951 againstH5921 you and they will stoneH7275 you and cutH1333 you to piecesH1333 with their swordsH2719. 41They will 42burnH8313 your housesH1004 with fireH784 and executeH6213 judgmentsH8201 on you in the sightH5869 of manyH7227 womenH802. Then I will 43stopH7673 you from playingH2181 the harlotH2181, and you will alsoH1571 noH3808 longerH5750 payH5414 44your loversH868. 42So I 45will calmH5117 My furyH2534 against you and My jealousyH7068 will departH5493 from you, and I will be pacifiedH8252 and angryH3707 46noH3808 moreH5750. 43BecauseH3282H834 you have 47not rememberedH2142 the daysH3117 of your youthH5271 but 48have 49enragedH7264 Me by allH3605 theseH428 thingsH428, beholdH1887, I in turnH1571 will 50bringH5414 your conductH1870 downH5414 on your own headH7218,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “so that you will not commitH6213 this lewdnessH2154 on topH5921 of allH3605 your other abominationsH8441.

44“BeholdH2009, everyoneH3605 who quotesH4911 51proverbsH4911 will quoteH4911 this proverbH4911 concerningH5921 you, sayingH559, ‘52Like motherH517, 53like daughterH1323.’ 45You are the daughterH1323 of your motherH517, who loathedH1602 her husbandH376 and childrenH1121. You are also the 54sisterH269 of your sistersH269, whoH834 55loathedH1602 their husbandsH376 and childrenH1121. Your motherH517 was a HittiteH2850 and your fatherH1 an AmoriteH567. 46Now your 56olderH1419 sisterH269 is SamariaH8111, who livesH3427 57northH8040 of you with her 58daughtersH1323; and your youngerH6996 sisterH269, who livesH3427 59southH3225 of you, is 60SodomH5467 with her 61daughtersH1323. 47Yet you have not merely walkedH1980 in their waysH1870 or doneH6213 according to their abominationsH8441; but, as if that were 62tooH6985 littleH4592, you actedH7843 63moreH4480 corruptlyH7843 in allH3605 your conductH1870 thanH4480 they. 48As I liveH2416,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “SodomH5467, your sisterH269 and her daughtersH1323 have 64not doneH6213 as you and your daughtersH1323 have doneH6213. 49BeholdH2009, thisH2088 was the guiltH5771 of your sisterH269 SodomH5467: she and her daughtersH1323 hadH1961 65arroganceH1347, 66abundantH7654 foodH3899 and 67carelessH8252 easeH7962, but she did not 68helpH2388H3027 the 69poorH6041 and needyH34. 50Thus they were haughtyH1361 and committedH6213 70abominationsH8441 beforeH6440 Me. Therefore I 71removedH5493 them 72whenH3512 I sawH7200 it. 51Furthermore, SamariaH8111 did not commitH2398 halfH2677 of your sinsH2403, for you have multipliedH7235 your abominationsH8441 moreH4480 thanH4480 they. Thus you have madeH6663 your sistersH269 appear 73righteousH6663 by allH3605 your abominationsH8441 whichH834 you have committedH6213. 52AlsoH1571 bearH5375 your disgraceH3639 in that you have 74madeH6419 judgmentH6419 favorableH6419 for your sistersH269. Because of your sinsH2403 in whichH834 you actedH8581 75moreH4480 abominablyH8581 thanH4480 they, they are moreH4480 in the rightH6663 thanH4480 you. YesH1571, be alsoH1571 ashamedH954 and bearH5375 your disgraceH3639, in that you madeH6663 your sistersH269 appear righteousH6663.

53“Nevertheless, I will restoreH7725 their captivityH7622, the captivityH7622 of SodomH5467 and her daughtersH1323, the captivityH7622 of SamariaH8111 and her daughtersH1323, and 76alongH8432 with them 77your ownH7622 captivityH7622, 54in orderH4616 that you may bearH5375 your humiliationH3639 and feelH3637 78ashamedH3637 for allH3605 that you have doneH6213 when you becomeH5162 79a consolationH5162 to them. 55Your sistersH269, SodomH5467 with her daughtersH1323 and SamariaH8111 with her daughtersH1323, 80will returnH7725 to their formerH6927 stateH6927, and you with your daughtersH1323 will also returnH7725 to your formerH6927 stateH6927. 56As the name of your sisterH269 SodomH5467 was not heardH8052 from your lipsH6310 in your dayH3117 of prideH1347, 57beforeH2962 your 81wickednessH7463 was uncoveredH1540, 82soH3644 nowH6256 you have become the 83reproachH2781 of the daughtersH1323 of 84EdomH112 and of allH3605 who are aroundH5439 her, of the daughtersH1323 of the PhilistinesH6430--those surroundingH5439 you who despiseH7751 you. 58You have 85borneH5375 the penalty of your lewdnessH2154 and abominationsH8441,” the LordH3068 declaresH5002.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezekiel 16:15 Ezek 16:25; 27:3 ↩
  2. 2. Ezekiel 16:15 Is 57:8; Jer 2:20 ↩
  3. 3. Ezekiel 16:15 Lit to whom it might be ↩
  4. 4. Ezekiel 16:16 Lit things which had not happened nor will it be ↩
  5. 5. Ezekiel 16:17 Lit articles of beauty ↩
  6. 6. Ezekiel 16:17 Ezek 16:11, 12 ↩
  7. 7. Ezekiel 16:19 Hos 2:8 ↩
  8. 8. Ezekiel 16:19 Lit and you...offer it ↩
  9. 9. Ezekiel 16:20 Ex 13:2, 12; Deut 29:11, 12 ↩
  10. 10. Ezekiel 16:20 Ps 106:37, 38; Jer 7:31; Ezek 20:31; 23:37 ↩
  11. 11. Ezekiel 16:20 Lit them ↩
  12. 12. Ezekiel 16:21 Ex 13:2 ↩
  13. 13. Ezekiel 16:21 Lit them ↩
  14. 14. Ezekiel 16:21 2 Kin 17:17; Jer 19:5 ↩
  15. 15. Ezekiel 16:22 Jer 2:2 ↩
  16. 16. Ezekiel 16:24 Jer 11:13; Ezek 16:31, 39; 20:28, 29 ↩
  17. 17. Ezekiel 16:24 Ps 78:58; Is 57:7 ↩
  18. 18. Ezekiel 16:25 Prov 9:14 ↩
  19. 19. Ezekiel 16:26 Lit great of flesh ↩
  20. 20. Ezekiel 16:26 Jer 7:18, 19; Ezek 8:17 ↩
  21. 21. Ezekiel 16:27 Is 9:12; Ezek 16:57 ↩
  22. 22. Ezekiel 16:28 2 Kin 16:7, 10-18; 2 Chr 28:16, 20-23; Jer 2:18, 36; Ezek 23:12; Hos 10:6 ↩
  23. 23. Ezekiel 16:30 Prov 9:13; Is 1:3; Jer 4:22 ↩
  24. 24. Ezekiel 16:30 Lit domineering ↩
  25. 25. Ezekiel 16:30 Is 3:9; Jer 3:3 ↩
  26. 26. Ezekiel 16:31 Is 52:3 ↩
  27. 27. Ezekiel 16:33 Lit They ↩
  28. 28. Ezekiel 16:33 Is 57:9; Ezek 16:41; Hos 8:9, 10 ↩
  29. 29. Ezekiel 16:34 Lit after you ↩
  30. 30. Ezekiel 16:36 Jer 19:5; Ezek 20:31; 23:37 ↩
  31. 31. Ezekiel 16:36 Lit them ↩
  32. 32. Ezekiel 16:37 Jer 13:22, 26; Ezek 23:9, 22; Hos 2:3, 10; Nah 3:5, 6 ↩
  33. 33. Ezekiel 16:37 Ezek 23:17, 28 ↩
  34. 34. Ezekiel 16:37 Is 47:3 ↩
  35. 35. Ezekiel 16:38 Ezek 23:45 ↩
  36. 36. Ezekiel 16:38 Ps 79:3, 5; Jer 18:21; Ezek 23:25; Zeph 1:17 ↩
  37. 37. Ezekiel 16:39 Lit their hands, and they ↩
  38. 38. Ezekiel 16:39 Ezek 23:26; Hos 2:3 ↩
  39. 39. Ezekiel 16:39 Lit articles of beauty ↩
  40. 40. Ezekiel 16:40 Lit bring up an assembly ↩
  41. 41. Ezekiel 16:40 Ezek 23:47; Hab 1:6-10 ↩
  42. 42. Ezekiel 16:41 2 Kin 25:9; Jer 39:8; 52:13 ↩
  43. 43. Ezekiel 16:41 Ezek 23:48 ↩
  44. 44. Ezekiel 16:41 Lit a harlot’s hire ↩
  45. 45. Ezekiel 16:42 2 Sam 24:25; Ezek 5:13; 21:17; Zech 6:8 ↩
  46. 46. Ezekiel 16:42 Is 40:1, 2; 54:9, 10; Ezek 39:29 ↩
  47. 47. Ezekiel 16:43 Ps 78:42; 106:13; Ezek 16:22 ↩
  48. 48. Ezekiel 16:43 So with ancient versions; Heb are angry against ↩
  49. 49. Ezekiel 16:43 Is 63:10; Ezek 6:9 ↩
  50. 50. Ezekiel 16:43 Ezek 11:21; 22:31 ↩
  51. 51. Ezekiel 16:44 1 Sam 24:13; Ezek 12:22, 23; 18:2, 3 ↩
  52. 52. Ezekiel 16:44 Lit Her ↩
  53. 53. Ezekiel 16:44 Lit Her ↩
  54. 54. Ezekiel 16:45 Ezek 23:2 ↩
  55. 55. Ezekiel 16:45 Is 1:4; Ezek 23:37-39; Zech 11:8 ↩
  56. 56. Ezekiel 16:46 Jer 3:8-11; Ezek 23:4 ↩
  57. 57. Ezekiel 16:46 Lit on your left ↩
  58. 58. Ezekiel 16:46 I.e. environs; so through v 55 ↩
  59. 59. Ezekiel 16:46 Lit from your right ↩
  60. 60. Ezekiel 16:46 Gen 13:10-13; 18:20; Ezek 16:48, 49, 53-56, 61 ↩
  61. 61. Ezekiel 16:46 I.e. environs; so through v 55 ↩
  62. 62. Ezekiel 16:47 1 Kin 16:31 ↩
  63. 63. Ezekiel 16:47 2 Kin 21:9; Ezek 5:6; 16:48, 51 ↩
  64. 64. Ezekiel 16:48 Matt 10:15; 11:23, 24 ↩
  65. 65. Ezekiel 16:49 Gen 19:9; Ps 138:6; Is 3:9; Ezek 28:2, 9, 17 ↩
  66. 66. Ezekiel 16:49 Gen 13:10; Is 22:13; Amos 6:4-6 ↩
  67. 67. Ezekiel 16:49 Luke 12:16-20; 16:19 ↩
  68. 68. Ezekiel 16:49 Lit grasp the hand of ↩
  69. 69. Ezekiel 16:49 Ezek 18:7, 12, 16 ↩
  70. 70. Ezekiel 16:50 Gen 13:13; 18:20; 19:5 ↩
  71. 71. Ezekiel 16:50 Gen 19:24, 25 ↩
  72. 72. Ezekiel 16:50 Many ancient mss and versions read as you have seen ↩
  73. 73. Ezekiel 16:51 Jer 3:8-11 ↩
  74. 74. Ezekiel 16:52 Lit mediated for ↩
  75. 75. Ezekiel 16:52 Ezek 16:47, 48, 51 ↩
  76. 76. Ezekiel 16:53 Lit in their midst ↩
  77. 77. Ezekiel 16:53 Lit the captivity of your captivity ↩
  78. 78. Ezekiel 16:54 Jer 2:26 ↩
  79. 79. Ezekiel 16:54 Ezek 14:22, 23 ↩
  80. 80. Ezekiel 16:55 Heb includes will return...state after Sodom also ↩
  81. 81. Ezekiel 16:57 Ezek 16:36, 37 ↩
  82. 82. Ezekiel 16:57 Lit as at the time of ↩
  83. 83. Ezekiel 16:57 2 Kin 16:5-7; 2 Chr 28:5, 6, 18-23; Ezek 5:14, 15; 22:4 ↩
  84. 84. Ezekiel 16:57 So with many mss and one version; M.T. Aram ↩
  85. 85. Ezekiel 16:58 Ezek 23:49 ↩

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