Ezekiel 16:18-63

18Then you tookH3947 your embroideredH7553 clothH899 and coveredH3680 them, and offeredH5414 My oilH8081 and My incenseH7004 beforeH6440 them. 19Also 1My breadH3899 whichH834 I gaveH5414 you, fineH5560 flourH5560, oilH8081 and honeyH1706 with which I fedH398 you, 2you 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 3Me and 4sacrificedH2076 them to 5idols to be devouredH398. Were your harlotriesH8457 soH4592 smallH4592 a matter? 21You slaughteredH7819 6My childrenH1121 and offeredH5414 them up to 7idols by 8causing them to passH5674 throughH5674 the fire. 22BesidesH854 allH3605 your abominationsH8441 and harlotriesH8457 you did not rememberH2142 the daysH3117 of 9your 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 10shrineH1354 and madeH6213 yourself a 11highH7413 placeH7413 in everyH3605 squareH7339. 25You builtH1129 yourself a highH7413 placeH7413 at the topH7218 of 12everyH3605 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 13lustfulH1320H1432 neighborsH7934, and multipliedH7235 your harlotryH8457 to 14makeH3707 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 15daughtersH1323 of the PhilistinesH6430, who are ashamedH3637 of your lewdH2154 conductH1870. 28Moreover, you playedH2181 the harlotH2181 with the 16AssyriansH804 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 17languishingH535 is your heartH3826,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “while you doH6213 allH3605 theseH428 thingsH4639, the actionsH4639 of a 1819bold-facedH7989 harlotH2181. 31When you builtH1129 your shrineH1354 at the beginningH7218 of everyH3605 streetH1870 and madeH6213 your highH7413 placeH7413 in everyH3605 squareH7339, in 20disdainingH7046 moneyH868, you were not like a harlotH2181. 32You adulteressH5003 wifeH802, who takesH3947 strangersH2114 insteadH8478 of her husbandH376! 3321Men giveH5414 giftsH5078 to allH3605 harlotsH2181, but you 22giveH5414 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 23as 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 24idolsH1544, and because of the bloodH1818 of your sonsH1121 whichH834 you gaveH5414 to 25idols, 37thereforeH3651, beholdH2009, I will 26gatherH6908 allH3605 your loversH157 with whomH834 you tookH6149 pleasureH6149, even allH3605 those whomH834 you lovedH157 and allH3605 those whomH834 you 27hatedH8130. So I will gatherH6908 them againstH5921 you from everyH5439 directionH5439 and 28exposeH1540 your nakednessH6172 to them that they may seeH7200 allH3605 your nakednessH6172. 38Thus I will 29judgeH8199 you like women who commitH5003 adulteryH5003 or shedH8210 bloodH1818 are judgedH4941; and I will bringH5414 on you the bloodH1818 of 30wrathH2534 and jealousyH7068. 39I will also giveH5414 you into 31the handsH3027 of your lovers, and they will tearH2040 downH2040 your shrinesH1354, demolishH5422 your highH7413 placesH7413, 32stripH6584 you of your clothingH899, takeH3947 away your 33jewelsH3627H8597, and will leaveH5117 you nakedH5903 and bareH6181. 40They will 34inciteH5927 a 35crowdH6951 againstH5921 you and they will stoneH7275 you and cutH1333 you to piecesH1333 with their swordsH2719. 41They will 36burnH8313 your housesH1004 with fireH784 and executeH6213 judgmentsH8201 on you in the sightH5869 of manyH7227 womenH802. Then I will 37stopH7673 you from playingH2181 the harlotH2181, and you will alsoH1571 noH3808 longerH5750 payH5414 38your loversH868. 42So I 39will calmH5117 My furyH2534 against you and My jealousyH7068 will departH5493 from you, and I will be pacifiedH8252 and angryH3707 40noH3808 moreH5750. 43BecauseH3282H834 you have 41not rememberedH2142 the daysH3117 of your youthH5271 but 42have 43enragedH7264 Me by allH3605 theseH428 thingsH428, beholdH1887, I in turnH1571 will 44bringH5414 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 45proverbsH4911 will quoteH4911 this proverbH4911 concerningH5921 you, sayingH559, ‘46Like motherH517, 47like daughterH1323.’ 45You are the daughterH1323 of your motherH517, who loathedH1602 her husbandH376 and childrenH1121. You are also the 48sisterH269 of your sistersH269, whoH834 49loathedH1602 their husbandsH376 and childrenH1121. Your motherH517 was a HittiteH2850 and your fatherH1 an AmoriteH567. 46Now your 50olderH1419 sisterH269 is SamariaH8111, who livesH3427 51northH8040 of you with her 52daughtersH1323; and your youngerH6996 sisterH269, who livesH3427 53southH3225 of you, is 54SodomH5467 with her 55daughtersH1323. 47Yet you have not merely walkedH1980 in their waysH1870 or doneH6213 according to their abominationsH8441; but, as if that were 56tooH6985 littleH4592, you actedH7843 57moreH4480 corruptlyH7843 in allH3605 your conductH1870 thanH4480 they. 48As I liveH2416,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “SodomH5467, your sisterH269 and her daughtersH1323 have 58not doneH6213 as you and your daughtersH1323 have doneH6213. 49BeholdH2009, thisH2088 was the guiltH5771 of your sisterH269 SodomH5467: she and her daughtersH1323 hadH1961 59arroganceH1347, 60abundantH7654 foodH3899 and 61carelessH8252 easeH7962, but she did not 62helpH2388H3027 the 63poorH6041 and needyH34. 50Thus they were haughtyH1361 and committedH6213 64abominationsH8441 beforeH6440 Me. Therefore I 65removedH5493 them 66whenH3512 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 67righteousH6663 by allH3605 your abominationsH8441 whichH834 you have committedH6213. 52AlsoH1571 bearH5375 your disgraceH3639 in that you have 68madeH6419 judgmentH6419 favorableH6419 for your sistersH269. Because of your sinsH2403 in whichH834 you actedH8581 69moreH4480 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 70alongH8432 with them 71your ownH7622 captivityH7622, 54in orderH4616 that you may bearH5375 your humiliationH3639 and feelH3637 72ashamedH3637 for allH3605 that you have doneH6213 when you becomeH5162 73a consolationH5162 to them. 55Your sistersH269, SodomH5467 with her daughtersH1323 and SamariaH8111 with her daughtersH1323, 74will 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 75wickednessH7463 was uncoveredH1540, 76soH3644 nowH6256 you have become the 77reproachH2781 of the daughtersH1323 of 78EdomH112 and of allH3605 who are aroundH5439 her, of the daughtersH1323 of the PhilistinesH6430--those surroundingH5439 you who despiseH7751 you. 58You have 79borneH5375 the penalty of your lewdnessH2154 and abominationsH8441,” the LordH3068 declaresH5002. 59For thusH3541 saysH559 the LordH136 GodH3068, “I will also doH6213 with you as you have doneH6213, you whoH834 have 80despisedH959 the oathH423 by breakingH6565 the covenantH1285.

60“Nevertheless, I will rememberH2142 My covenantH1285 with you in the daysH3117 of your youthH5271, and I will establishH6965 an 81everlastingH5769 covenantH1285 with you. 61Then you will 82rememberH2142 your waysH1870 and be ashamedH3637 when you receiveH3947 your sistersH269, both your olderH1419 and your youngerH6996; and I will giveH5414 them to you as daughtersH1323, but not becauseH4480 of your covenantH1285. 62Thus I will 83establishH6965 My covenantH1285 with you, and you shall 84knowH3045 that I am the LordH3068, 63so that you may 85rememberH2142 and be ashamedH954 and 86neverH3808 openH6610 your mouthH6310 anymoreH5750 becauseH4480H6440 of your humiliationH3639, when I have 87forgivenH3722 you for allH3605 that you have doneH6213,” the LordH136 GodH3068 declaresH5002.