Ezekiel 16
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Ezekiel 16:31-34

31When you builtבִּבְנוֹתַ֤יִךְbiv.no.Ta.yikhH1129your shrineגַּבֵּךְ֙ga.beKhH1354at the beginningבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218of everyכָּל־kol-H3605streetדֶּ֔רֶךְDe.rekhH1870and madeעָשִׂ֖יתa.si.tiH6213your highוְרָמָתֵ֥ךְve.ra.ma.TekhH7413placeH7413in everyבְּכָל־be.kholH3605publicH7339squareH7339, inspurningלְקַלֵּ֥סle.ka.LesH7046a prostitute’sאֶתְנָֽן׃'et.NanH868feeH868,you were not like a prostituteכַּזּוֹנָ֖הka.zo.NahH2181.
32You adulteressהַמְּנָאָ֑פֶתha.me.na.'A.fetH5003wifeהָאִשָּׁ֖הha.'i.ShahH802,who takesתִּקַּ֖חti.KachH3947strangersזָרִֽים׃za.RimH2114insteadH8478ofH8478her husbandאִישָׁ֔הּ'i.ShahH376!
33Mengiveיִתְּנוּ־yi.te.nu-H5414giftsנֵ֑דֶהNe.dehH5078to allלְכָל־le.kholH3605prostitutesזֹנ֖וֹתzo.NotH2181, but yougiveנָתַ֤תְּna.TatH5414your giftsנְדָנַ֙יִךְ֙ne.da.Na.yikhH5083to allלְכָל־le.kholH3605your loversמְאַֽהֲבַ֔יִךְme.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157and lavishH7809favorsH7809on them so that they will comeלָב֥וֹאla.Vo'H935to you from everyH5439directionH5439for your obsceneH8457practicesH8457.
34So it is the oppositeהֵ֤פֶךְHe.fekhH2016for you from those womenהַנָּשִׁים֙ha.na.ShimH802in your obsceneH8457practicesH8457,in that you are not approachedוְאַחֲרַ֖יִךְve.'a.cha.Ra.yikhH2181H310forH2181prostitutionH2181, and in the factthat you payוּבְתִתֵּ֣ךְu.ve.ti.TekhH5414a prostitute’sH868feeH868,and noH3808feeH868is paidנִתַּן־ni.tan-H5414to you; so you are the oppositeלְהֶֽפֶךְ׃le.He.fekhH2016.”
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