Revised Version 1895

Ezekiel 16:8-32

8Nowוַתִּ֥הְיִיva.Tih.yiH1961when Ipassedוָאֶעֱבֹ֨רva.'e.'e.VorH5674by thee, andlookedוָאֶרְאֵ֗ךְva.'er.'EkhH7200uponH5921thee,beholdוְהִנֵּ֤הve.hi.NehH2009, thy time was the time ofloveדֹּדִ֔יםdo.DimH1730; and Ispreadוָאֶפְרֹ֤שׂva.'ef.RosH6566myskirtכְּנָפִי֙ke.na.FiH3671over thee, andcoveredוָאֲכַסֶּ֖הva.'a.kha.SehH3680thynakednessעֶרְוָתֵ֑ךְ'er.va.TekhH6172: yea, I sware unto thee, andenteredH935intoH935acovenantבִבְרִ֜יתviv.RitH1285with thee, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136, and thou becamest mine.

9Thenwashedוָאֶרְחָצֵ֣ךְva.'er.cha.TzekhH7364I thee withwaterבַּמַּ֔יִםba.Ma.yimH4325; yea, I throughlywashedH7364awayוָאֶשְׁטֹ֥ףva.'esh.TofH7857thybloodדָּמַ֖יִךְda.Ma.yikhH1818from thee, and I anointed thee withoilבַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃ba.Sha.menH8081.

10Iclothedוָאַלְבִּישֵׁ֣ךְva.'al.bi.ShekhH3847thee also with broideredworkרִקְמָ֔הrik.MahH7553, and shod thee with sealskin, and I girded thee about withfineבַּשֵּׁ֔שׁba.SheshH8336linenH8336, andcoveredוַאֲכַסֵּ֖ךְva.'a.kha.SekhH3680thee withsilkמֶֽשִׁי׃Me.shiH4897.

11I decked thee also withornamentsעֶ֑דִי'E.diH5716, and Iputוָאֶתְּנָ֤הva.'e.te.NahH5414braceletsצְמִידִים֙tze.mi.DimH6781uponH5921thyhandsיָדַ֔יִךְya.Da.yikhH3027, and achainוְרָבִ֖ידve.ra.VidH7242on thyneckגְּרוֹנֵֽךְ׃ge.ro.NekhH1627.

12And Iputוָאֶתֵּ֥ןva.'e.TenH5414aringנֶ֙זֶם֙ne.zemH5141uponעַל־'al-H5921thynoseאַפֵּ֔ךְ'a.PekhH639, andearringsH5141in thineearsאָזְנָ֑יִךְ'a.ze.Na.yikhH241, and abeautifulתִּפְאֶ֖רֶתtif.'E.retH8597crownוַעֲטֶ֥רֶתva.'a.Te.retH5850uponעַל־'al-H5921thineheadבְּרֹאשֵֽׁךְ׃be.ro.ShekhH7218.

13Thus wast thou decked withgoldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091andsilverוָכֶ֗סֶףva.Khe.sefH3701; and thyraimentוּמַלְבּוּשֵׁךְ֙u.mal.bu.sheKhH4403was offineסֹ֧לֶתSo.letH5560linenשֵׁ֤שׁshe.shiH8336, andsilkוָמֶ֙שִׁי֙va.Me.shiH4897, and broideredworkוְרִקְמָ֔הve.rik.MahH7553; thou didsteatאָכָ֑לְתְּ'a.khal.tiH398fineH5560flourH5560, andhoneyוּדְבַ֛שׁu.de.VashH1706, andoilוָשֶׁ֖מֶןva.She.menH8081: and thou wastexceedingH3966beautifulוַתִּ֙יפִי֙va.Ti.fiH3302, and thou didstprosperוַֽתִּצְלְחִ֖יva.titz.le.ChiH6743untoroyalלִמְלוּכָֽה׃lim.lu.KhahH4410estate.

14And thyrenownשֵׁ֛םshemH8034wentH3318forthH3318among thenationsבַּגּוֹיִ֖םba.go.YimH1471for thybeautyבְּיָפְיֵ֑ךְbe.ya.fe.YekhH3308; for it wasperfectכָּלִ֣ילka.LilH3632throughH5921mymajestyבַּֽהֲדָרִי֙ba.ha.da.RiH1926whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834I hadputשַׂ֣מְתִּיSam.tiH7760uponH5921thee, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136.

15But thou didsttrustוַתִּבְטְחִ֣יva.tiv.te.ChiH982in thybeautyבְיָפְיֵ֔ךְve.ya.fe.YekhH3308, and playedst theharlotוַתִּזְנִ֖יva.tiz.NiH2181becauseH5921of thyrenownשְׁמֵ֑ךְshe.MekhH8034, and pouredstoutוַתִּשְׁפְּכִ֧יva.tish.pe.KhiH8210thy whoredoms oneveryכָּל־kol-H3605one thatpassedעוֹבֵ֖רo.VerH5674by; his it was.

16And thou didsttakeוַתִּקְחִ֣יva.tik.ChiH3947of thygarmentsמִבְּגָדַ֗יִךְmi.be.ga.Da.yikhH899, and madest for theehighבָּמ֣וֹתba.MotH1116placesH1116decked with divers colours, and playedst theharlotוַתִּזְנִ֖יva.tiz.NiH2181uponעֲלֵיהֶ֑ם'a.lei.HemH5921them: the like things shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808comeבָא֖וֹתva.'otH935,neitherוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808shall it besoוַתַּֽעֲשִׂי־va.ta.'a.si-H6213.

17Thou didst alsotakeוַתִּקְחִ֞יva.tik.ChiH3947thy fairjewelsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627of mygoldמִזְּהָבִ֤יmi.ze.ha.ViH2091and of mysilverוּמִכַּסְפִּי֙u.mi.kas.PiH3701,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834I hadgivenנָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414thee, and madest for theeimagesצַלְמֵ֣יtzal.MeiH6754ofmenזָכָ֑רza.KharH2145, and didstplayH2181theharlotH2181with them;

18and thou tookest thy broideredgarmentsבִּגְדֵ֥יbig.DeiH899, and coveredst them, and didstsetנָתַ֖תְּna.ta.tiH5414mineoilוְשַׁמְנִי֙ve.sham.NiH8081and mineincenseוּקְטָרְתִּ֔יu.ke.ta.re.TiH7004beforeלִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃lif.nei.HemH6440them.

19Mybreadוְלַחְמִי֩ve.lach.MiH3899alsowhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834Igaveנָתַ֨תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414thee,fineסֹ֣לֶתSo.letH5560flourH5560, andoilוָשֶׁ֤מֶןva.She.menH8081, andhoneyוּדְבַשׁ֙u.de.VashH1706, wherewith Ifedהֶֽאֱכַלְתִּ֔יךְhe.'e.khal.TikhH398thee, thou didst evensetוּנְתַתִּ֧יהוּu.ne.ta.Ti.huH5414itbeforeלִפְנֵיהֶ֛םlif.nei.HemH6440them for a sweet savour, andthusוַיֶּ֑הִיvai.Ye.hiH1961it was; saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136.

20Moreover thou hasttakenH3947thysonsבָּנַ֤יִךְba.Na.yikhH1121and thydaughtersבְּנוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙be.no.Ta.yikhH1323,whomH834thou hastborneיָלַ֣דְתְּya.LadtH3205untomeH3947, andtheseH834hast thousacrificedוַתִּזְבָּחִ֥יםva.tiz.ba.ChimH2076unto them to bedevouredלֶאֱכ֑וֹלle.'e.KholH398. Were thy whoredoms asmallH4592matterH4592,

21that thou hastslainוַֽתִּשְׁחֲטִ֖יva.tish.cha.TiH7819mychildrenבָּנָ֑יba.NaiH1121, anddeliveredH5414themupH5414, in causing them topassבְּהַעֲבִ֥ירbe.ha.'a.VirH5674throughH5674the fire unto them?

22And inallכָּל־kol-H3605thineabominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙to.'a.vo.Ta.yikhH8441and thy whoredoms thou hastnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808rememberedזָכַ֖רְתְּza.khar.tiH2142thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of thyyouthנְעוּרָ֑יִךְne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271, when thou wastnakedעֵרֹ֣ם'e.RomH5903andbareוְעֶרְיָ֔הve.'er.YahH6181, and wast weltering in thybloodבְּדָמֵ֖ךְbe.da.MekhH1818.

23And it iscomeH1961topassH1961afterאַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiH310allכָּל־kol-H3605thywickednessרָעָתֵ֑ךְra.'a.TekhH7451, (woeא֣וֹי'oH188,woeא֣וֹי'oH188unto thee! saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136,)

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!

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