Revised Version 1895

Ezekiel 16:24-43

24that thou hastbuiltוַתִּבְנִי־va.tiv.ni-H1129unto thee an eminentplaceרָמָ֖הra.MahH7413, and hastmadeוַתַּעֲשִׂי־va.ta.'a.si-H6213thee a loftyplaceH7413ineveryבְּכָל־be.kholH3605streetרְחֽוֹב׃re.ChovH7339.

25Thou hastbuiltבָּנִית֙ba.NitH1129thy loftyplaceרָֽמָתֵ֔ךְra.ma.TekhH7413ateveryH3605headרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218of thewayדֶּ֗רֶךְDe.rekhH1870, and hastmadeH3605thybeautyיָפְיֵ֔ךְya.fe.YekhH3308an abomination, and hast opened thyfeetרַגְלַ֖יִךְrag.La.yikhH7272toeveryH3605one thatpassedעוֹבֵ֑רo.VerH5674by, andmultipliedוַתַּרְבִּ֖יva.tar.BiH7235thy whoredom.

26Thou hast also committed fornication with theEgyptiansמִצְרַ֛יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, thy neighbours, great offleshבָשָׂ֑רva.SarH1320; and hastmultipliedוַתַּרְבִּ֥יva.tar.BiH7235thy whoredom, toprovokeלְהַכְעִיסֵֽנִי׃le.hakh.'i.Se.niH3707meאֶל־'el-H413toangerH3707.

27Beholdוְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.NehH2009therefore, I havestretchedנָטִ֤יתִיna.Ti.tiH5186outH5186myhandיָדִי֙ya.DiH3027over thee, and havediminishedוָאֶגְרַ֖עva.'eg.Ra'H1639thine ordinaryfoodחֻקֵּ֑ךְchu.KekhH2706, anddeliveredוָאֶתְּנֵ֞ךְva.'e.te.NekhH5414thee unto the will of them thathateשֹׂנְאוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙so.ne.'o.Ta.yikhH8130thee, thedaughtersבְּנ֣וֹתbe.NotH1323of thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430, which areashamedהַנִּכְלָמ֖וֹתha.nikh.la.MotH3637of thylewdזִמָּֽה׃zi.MahH2154wayמִדַּרְכֵּ֥ךְmi.dar.KekhH1870.

28Thou hastplayedH2181theharlotH2181also with the Assyrians,becauseאֶל־'el-H413thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hastplayedH2181theharlotH2181with them, and yet thou wastnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808satisfiedשָׂבָֽעַתְּ׃sa.Va.'atH7646.

29Thou hastmoreoverוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571multipliedוַתַּרְבִּ֧יva.tar.BiH7235thy whoredom in thelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנַ֖עַןke.Na.'anH3667, untoChaldeaכַּשְׂדִּ֑ימָהkas.Di.mahH3778; and yet thou wastnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808satisfiedשָׂבָֽעַתְּ׃sa.Va.'atH7646herewith.

30Howמָ֤הmahH4100weakH3605is thineheartלִבָּתֵ֔ךְli.ba.TekhH3826, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136, seeing thou doestallH3605theseאֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehH428things, theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.SehH4639of an imperious whorishwomanאִשָּֽׁה־'i.shah-H802;

31in that thou buildest thine eminentplaceH1961in theheadבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218ofeveryכָּל־kol-H3605wayH1870, and makest thy loftyplaceH1961ineveryבְּכָל־be.kholH3605streetH1870; and hastnotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808been as anharlotכַּזּוֹנָ֖הka.zo.NahH2181, in that thou scornesthireאֶתְנָֽן׃'et.NanH868.

32Awifeהָאִשָּׁ֖הha.'i.ShahH802that committethadulteryהַמְּנָאָ֑פֶתha.me.na.'A.fetH5003! that takethstrangersזָרִֽים׃za.RimH2114insteadתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478ofherתִּקַּ֖חti.KachH3947husbandאִישָׁ֔הּ'i.ShahH376!

33TheygiveH5414giftsH5083toallH3605harlotsזֹנ֖וֹתzo.NotH2181: but thou gavest thygiftsH5083toallH3605thyloversמְאַֽהֲבַ֔יִךְme.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157, and bribest them, that they maycomeלָב֥וֹאla.Vo'H935unto thee oneveryH3605sideמִסָּבִ֖יבmi.sa.VivH5439for thy whoredoms.

34And the contrary is in thee from otherwomenהַנָּשִׁים֙ha.na.ShimH802in thy whoredoms, in thatnoneלֹ֣אlo'H3808followeth thee tocommitוּבְתִתֵּ֣ךְu.ve.ti.TekhH5414whoredom: and whereas thou givesthireאֶתְנָ֗ן'et.NanH868, andnoלֹ֥אlo'H3808hireוְאֶתְנַ֛ןve.'et.NanH868isgivenנִתַּן־ni.tan-H5414unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.

35Wherefore, Oharlotזוֹנָ֔הzo.NahH2181,hearשִׁמְעִ֖יshim.'IH8085thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068:

36Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136,BecauseH5921thy filthiness waspouredהִשָּׁפֵ֤ךְhi.sha.FekhH8210outH8210, and thynakednessעֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְ'er.va.TekhH6172discoveredthroughH5921thy whoredoms with thyloversמְאַהֲבָ֑יִךְme.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157; andbecauseH5921ofallכָּל־kol-H3605theidolsגִּלּוּלֵ֣יgi.lu.LeiH1544of thyabominationsתוֹעֲבוֹתַ֔יִךְto.'a.vo.Ta.yikhH8441, and for thebloodוְכִדְמֵ֣יve.khid.MeiH1818of thychildrenבָנַ֔יִךְva.Na.yikhH1121,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou didstgiveנָתַ֖תְּna.TatH5414unto them;

37thereforebeholdהִנְנִ֨יhi.NiH2005, I willgatherמְקַבֵּ֤ץme.ka.BetzH6908allH3605thyloversמְאַהֲבַ֙יִךְ֙me.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157, withwhomH834thou hasttakenוְגִלֵּיתִ֤יve.gi.lei.TiH1540pleasureH7200, andallH3605them that thou hastlovedאָהַ֔בְתְּ'a.HavtH157, withallH3605them that thou hasthatedשָׂנֵ֑אתsa.NetH8130; I willevenלָ֠כֵןLa.khenH3651gatherוְקִבַּצְתִּי֩ve.ki.batz.TiH6908themagainstH5921thee oneveryH3605sideמִסָּבִ֗יבmi.sa.VivH5439, and will discover thynakednessעֶרְוָתֵךְ֙'er.va.teKhH6172unto them, that they mayseeוְרָא֖וּve.ra.'UH7200allH3605thynakednessעֶרְוָתֵֽךְ׃'er.va.TekhH6172.

38And I willjudgeוּשְׁפַטְתִּיךְ֙u.she.fa.tiKhH8199thee, as women that break wedlock andshedוְשֹׁפְכֹ֖תve.sho.fe.KhotH8210bloodדָּ֑םDamH1818arejudgedH8199; and I willbringוּנְתַתִּ֕יךְu.ne.ta.TikhH5414uponמִשְׁפְּטֵ֣יmish.pe.TeiH4941thee thebloodדַּ֥םdamH1818offuryחֵמָ֖הche.MahH2534andjealousyוְקִנְאָֽה׃ve.kin.'AhH7068.

39I will alsogiveוְנָתַתִּ֨יve.na.ta.TiH5414theeintoH3027theirhandבְּיָדָ֗םbe.ya.DamH3027, and they shall throwdownH5422thine eminentplaceH5414, andbreakH2040downH5422thy loftyplacesH2040; and they shallstripוְהִפְשִׁ֤יטוּve.hif.Shi.tuH6584thee of thyclothesבְּגָדַ֔יִךְbe.ga.Da.yikhH899, andtakeוְלָקְח֖וּve.la.ke.ChuH3947thy fairjewelsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627: and they shallleaveH3240theenakedעֵירֹ֥ם'ei.RomH5903andbareוְעֶרְיָֽה׃ve.'er.YahH6181.

40They shall alsobringוְהֶעֱל֤וּve.he.'e.LuH5927upH5927anassemblyקָהָ֔לka.HalH6951againstH5921thee, and they shallstoneבָּאָ֑בֶןba.'A.venH68thee withstonesH68, and thrust theethroughH5921with theirswordsבְּחַרְבוֹתָֽם׃be.char.vo.TamH2719.

41And they shallburnוְשָׂרְפ֤וּve.sa.re.FuH8313thinehousesבָתַּ֙יִךְ֙va.Ta.yikhH1004withfireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784, andexecuteH5414judgmentsשְׁפָטִ֔יםshe.fa.TimH8201uponH784thee in thesightלְעֵינֵ֖יle.'ei.NeiH5869ofmanyרַבּ֑וֹתra.BotH7227womenנָשִׁ֣יםna.ShimH802; and I willcauseH5414thee toceaseוְהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ֙ve.hish.ba.tiKhH7673fromplayingH2181theharlotH2181, and thou shalt alsogiveתִתְּנִי־ti.te.ni-H5414noלֹ֥אlo'H3808hireאֶתְנַ֖ן'et.NanH868anyH5750moreH5750.

42SoH4480will Isatisfyוַהֲנִחֹתִ֤יva.ha.ni.cho.TiH5117myfuryחֲמָתִי֙cha.ma.TiH2534upon thee, and myjealousyקִנְאָתִ֖יkin.'a.TiH7068shalldepartוְסָ֥רָהve.Sa.rahH5493from thee, and I will bequietוְשָׁ֣קַטְתִּ֔יve.Sha.ka.TiH8252, and will benoוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808moreH4480angryאֶכְעַ֖ס'ekh.'AsH3707.

43BecauseH5921thou hastnotH3808rememberedזָכַרְתְּ֙za.khar.tiH2142thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of thyyouthנְעוּרַ֔יִךְne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271, but hast frettedmeH5414inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605theseאֵ֑לֶּה'E.lehH428things; thereforebeholdH3808, I also willbringH5414thywayדַּרְכֵּ֣ךְ׀dar.KekhH1870uponH5921thineheadבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136: and thou shaltnotH3808commitH5414thislewdnessהַזִּמָּ֔הha.zi.MahH2154aboveH5921allכָּל־kol-H3605thineabominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ׃to.'a.vo.Ta.yikhH8441.

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