Ezekiel 16
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Ezekiel 16:15-36

15“But you 1trustedH982 in your beautyH3308 and 2becameH2181 unfaithfulH2181 becauseH5921 of your fameH8034, and you pouredH8210 outH8210 your 3obsceneH8457 practicesH8457 on everyH3605 passer-byH5674 to whom it might be tempting. 16You tookH3947 someH4480 of your clothesH899, madeH6213 for yourself 4highH1116 placesH1116 of variousH2921 colorsH2921, and committedH2181 prostitutionH2181 on them, which should not comeH935 aboutH935 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 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 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“Furthermore, you tookH3947 your sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323 whomH834 you had borneH3205 to 9Me and 10sacrificedH2076 them to 11idols to be devouredH398. Were your obsceneH8457 practicesH8457 a trivialH4592 matter? 21You slaughteredH7819 12My childrenH1121 and offeredH5414 them to 13idols by 14making them passH5674 throughH5674 the fire. 22And besidesH854 allH3605 your abominationsH8441 and obsceneH8457 practicesH8457, you did not rememberH2142 the daysH3117 of 15your youthH5271, when you were nakedH5903 and bareH6181 and squirmingH947 in your bloodH1818.

23“Then it cameH1961 aboutH1961 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 publicH7339 squareH7339. 25You builtH1129 yourself a highH7413 placeH7413 at the beginningH7218 of 18everyH3605 streetH1870 and madeH8581 your beautyH3308 abominableH8581, and you spreadH6589 your legsH7272 to everyH3605 passer-byH5674 and multipliedH7235 your obsceneH8457 practiceH8457. 26You also committedH2181 prostitutionH2181 with the EgyptiansH1121H4714, your 19lustfulH1320H1432 neighborsH7934, and multipliedH7235 your obsceneH8457 practiceH8457 to 20provokeH3707 Me toH3707 angerH3707. 27So beholdH2009, I have stretchedH5186 outH5186 My handH3027 againstH5921 you and cutH1639 backH1639 your rationsH2706. And I turnedH5414 you overH5414 to the desireH5315 of those who hateH8130 you, the 21daughtersH1323 of the PhilistinesH6430, who are ashamedH3637 of your outrageousH2154 conductH1870. 28Moreover, you committedH2181 prostitutionH2181 with the 22AssyriansH1121H804 becauseH4480 you were not satisfiedH7654; you committedH2181 prostitutionH2181 with them and stillH1571 wereH7646 not satisfiedH7646. 29You also multipliedH7235 your obsceneH8457 practiceH8457 with the landH776 of merchantsH3667, ChaldeaH3778; yet evenH1571 with thisH2088 you wereH7646 not satisfiedH7646.”’”

30“HowH4100 23feverishH535 is your heartH3826,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “while you doH6213 allH3605 theseH428 thingsH4639, the actionH4639 of a 2425boldH7989 prostituteH802H2181! 31When you builtH1129 your shrineH1354 at the beginningH7218 of everyH3605 streetH1870 and madeH6213 your highH7413 placeH7413 in everyH3605 publicH7339 squareH7339, in 26spurningH7046 a prostitute’sH868 feeH868, you were not like a prostituteH2181. 32You adulteressH5003 wifeH802, who takesH3947 strangersH2114 insteadH8478 ofH8478 her husbandH376! 33Men giveH5414 giftsH5078 to allH3605 prostitutesH2181, but you 27giveH5414 your giftsH5083 to allH3605 your loversH157 and lavishH7809 favorsH7809 on them so that they will comeH935 to you from everyH5439 directionH5439 for your obsceneH8457 practicesH8457. 34So it is the oppositeH2016 for you from those womenH802 in your obsceneH8457 practicesH8457, in that you are not approachedH2181H310 forH2181 prostitutionH2181, and in the fact that you payH5414 a prostitute’sH868 feeH868, and noH3808 feeH868 is paidH5414 to you; so you are the oppositeH2016.”

35ThereforeH3651, you prostituteH2181, hearH8085 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068. 36ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH136 GodH3068 saysH559: “BecauseH3282 your lewdnessH5179 was pouredH8210 outH8210 and your nakednessH6172 uncoveredH1540 through your obsceneH8457 practicesH8457 with your loversH157 and with allH3605 your detestableH8441 28idolsH1544, and because of the bloodH1818 of your sonsH1121 thatH834 you gaveH5414 to 29idols,

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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 I.e., idolatrous practices with nations ↩
  4. 4. Ezekiel 16:16 I.e., pagan altars ↩
  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 mighty ↩
  25. 25. Ezekiel 16:30 Is 3:9; Jer 3:3 ↩
  26. 26. Ezekiel 16:31 Is 52:3 ↩
  27. 27. Ezekiel 16:33 Is 57:9; Ezek 16:41; Hos 8:9, 10 ↩
  28. 28. Ezekiel 16:36 Jer 19:5; Ezek 20:31; 23:37 ↩
  29. 29. Ezekiel 16:36 Lit them ↩

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