Ezekiel 16
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Ezekiel 16:8-16

8“Then I passedH5674 by you and sawH7200 you, and beholdH2009, 1you were at the timeH6256 for loveH1730; so I 2spreadH6566 My 3garmentH3671 overH5921 you and coveredH3680 your nakednessH6172. I also 4sworeH7650 anH7650 oathH7650 to you and 5enteredH935 into a covenantH1285 with you so that you 6becameH1961 Mine,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068. 9“Then I bathedH7364 you with waterH4325, washedH7857 offH7857 your bloodH1818 from you, and 7anointedH5480 you with oilH8081. 10I also clothedH3847 you with 8colorfullyH7553 wovenH7553 clothH7553 and putH5274 sandalsH5274 of 9fineH8476 leatherH8476 on your feet; and I wrappedH2280 you with fineH8336 linenH8336 and coveredH3680 you with silkH4897. 11I adornedH5710 you with jewelryH5716, putH5414 10braceletsH6781 on your wristsH3027, and a 11necklaceH7242 aroundH5921 your neckH1627. 12I also putH5414 a 12ringH5141 in your noseH639, earringsH5694 in your earsH241, and a 13beautifulH8597 crownH5850 on your headH7218. 13So you were adornedH5710 with 14goldH2091 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 15royaltyH4410. 14Then your 16fameH8034 spreadH3318 among the nationsH1471 on account of your beautyH3308, for it was 17perfectH3632 because of My splendorH1926 whichH834 I bestowedH7760 on you,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068.

15“But you 18trustedH982 in your beautyH3308 and 19becameH2181 unfaithfulH2181 becauseH5921 of your fameH8034, and you pouredH8210 outH8210 your 20obsceneH8457 practicesH8457 on everyH3605 passer-byH5674 to whom it might be tempting. 16You tookH3947 someH4480 of your clothesH899, madeH6213 for yourself 21highH1116 placesH1116 of variousH2921 colorsH2921, and committedH2181 prostitutionH2181 on them, which should not comeH935 aboutH935 norH3808 happenH1961.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezekiel 16:8 Lit your time was ↩
  2. 2. Ezekiel 16:8 Ruth 3:9; Jer 2:2 ↩
  3. 3. Ezekiel 16:8 Lit hem (of a garment) ↩
  4. 4. Ezekiel 16:8 Gen 22:16-18 ↩
  5. 5. Ezekiel 16:8 Ex 24:7, 8 ↩
  6. 6. Ezekiel 16:8 Ex 19:5; Ezek 20:5; Hos 2:19, 20 ↩
  7. 7. Ezekiel 16:9 Ruth 3:3 ↩
  8. 8. Ezekiel 16:10 Ex 26:36; Ezek 16:13, 18; 26:16; 27:7, 16 ↩
  9. 9. Ezekiel 16:10 Meaning of the Heb uncertain ↩
  10. 10. Ezekiel 16:11 Gen 24:22, 47; Is 3:19; Ezek 23:42 ↩
  11. 11. Ezekiel 16:11 Gen 41:42; Prov 1:9 ↩
  12. 12. Ezekiel 16:12 Gen 24:47; Is 3:21 ↩
  13. 13. Ezekiel 16:12 Is 28:5; Jer 13:18; Ezek 16:14 ↩
  14. 14. Ezekiel 16:13 Ps 45:13, 14; Ezek 16:17 ↩
  15. 15. Ezekiel 16:13 1 Sam 10:1; 1 Kin 4:21 ↩
  16. 16. Ezekiel 16:14 1 Kin 10:1, 24 ↩
  17. 17. Ezekiel 16:14 Ps 50:2; Lam 2:15 ↩
  18. 18. Ezekiel 16:15 Ezek 16:25; 27:3 ↩
  19. 19. Ezekiel 16:15 Is 57:8; Jer 2:20 ↩
  20. 20. Ezekiel 16:15 I.e., idolatrous practices with nations ↩
  21. 21. Ezekiel 16:16 I.e., pagan altars ↩

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