Ezekiel 16
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Ezekiel 16:11-21

11I adornedH5710 you with jewelryH5716, putH5414 1braceletsH6781 on your wristsH3027, and a 2necklaceH7242 aroundH5921 your neckH1627. 12I also putH5414 a 3ringH5141 in your noseH639, earringsH5694 in your earsH241, and a 4beautifulH8597 crownH5850 on your headH7218. 13So you were adornedH5710 with 5goldH2091 and silverH3701, and your dressH4403 was of fineH8336 linenH8336, silkH4897, and colorfullyH7553 wovenH7553 clothH7553. You ateH398 fineH5560 flourH5560, honeyH1706, and oilH8081; so you wereH3302 exceedinglyH3966 beautifulH3302 and advancedH6743 to 6royaltyH4410. 14Then your 7fameH8034 spreadH3318 among the nationsH1471 on account of your beautyH3308, for it was 8perfectH3632 because of My splendorH1926 whichH834 I bestowedH7760 on you,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068.

15“But you 9trustedH982 in your beautyH3308 and 10becameH2181 unfaithfulH2181 becauseH5921 of your fameH8034, and you pouredH8210 outH8210 your 11obsceneH8457 practicesH8457 on everyH3605 passer-byH5674 to whom it might be tempting. 16You tookH3947 someH4480 of your clothesH899, madeH6213 for yourself 12highH1116 placesH1116 of variousH2921 colorsH2921, and committedH2181 prostitutionH2181 on them, which should not comeH935 aboutH935 norH3808 happenH1961. 17You also tookH3947 your beautifulH8597 1314jewelsH3627 made of My goldH2091 and of My silverH3701, whichH834 I had givenH5414 you, and madeH6213 for yourself maleH2145 imagesH6754 so that you might commitH2181 prostitutionH2181 with them. 18Then you tookH3947 your colorfullyH7553 wovenH7553 clothH899 and coveredH3680 them, and offeredH5414 My oilH8081 and My incenseH7004 beforeH6440 them. 19Also 15My breadH3899 whichH834 I gaveH5414 you, fineH5560 flourH5560, oilH8081, and honeyH1706 with which I fedH398 you, 16you would offerH5414 beforeH6440 them for a soothingH5207 aromaH7381; so it happenedH1961,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068. 20“Furthermore, you tookH3947 your sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323 whomH834 you had borneH3205 to 17Me and 18sacrificedH2076 them to 19idols to be devouredH398. Were your obsceneH8457 practicesH8457 a trivialH4592 matter? 21You slaughteredH7819 20My childrenH1121 and offeredH5414 them to 21idols by 22making them passH5674 throughH5674 the fire.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezekiel 16:11 Gen 24:22, 47; Is 3:19; Ezek 23:42 ↩
  2. 2. Ezekiel 16:11 Gen 41:42; Prov 1:9 ↩
  3. 3. Ezekiel 16:12 Gen 24:47; Is 3:21 ↩
  4. 4. Ezekiel 16:12 Is 28:5; Jer 13:18; Ezek 16:14 ↩
  5. 5. Ezekiel 16:13 Ps 45:13, 14; Ezek 16:17 ↩
  6. 6. Ezekiel 16:13 1 Sam 10:1; 1 Kin 4:21 ↩
  7. 7. Ezekiel 16:14 1 Kin 10:1, 24 ↩
  8. 8. Ezekiel 16:14 Ps 50:2; Lam 2:15 ↩
  9. 9. Ezekiel 16:15 Ezek 16:25; 27:3 ↩
  10. 10. Ezekiel 16:15 Is 57:8; Jer 2:20 ↩
  11. 11. Ezekiel 16:15 I.e., idolatrous practices with nations ↩
  12. 12. Ezekiel 16:16 I.e., pagan altars ↩
  13. 13. Ezekiel 16:17 Lit articles of beauty ↩
  14. 14. Ezekiel 16:17 Ezek 16:11, 12 ↩
  15. 15. Ezekiel 16:19 Hos 2:8 ↩
  16. 16. Ezekiel 16:19 Lit and you...offer it ↩
  17. 17. Ezekiel 16:20 Ex 13:2, 12; Deut 29:11, 12 ↩
  18. 18. Ezekiel 16:20 Ps 106:37, 38; Jer 7:31; Ezek 20:31; 23:37 ↩
  19. 19. Ezekiel 16:20 Lit them ↩
  20. 20. Ezekiel 16:21 Ex 13:2 ↩
  21. 21. Ezekiel 16:21 Lit them ↩
  22. 22. Ezekiel 16:21 2 Kin 17:17; Jer 19:5 ↩

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