Revised Version 1895

Ezekiel 23:6-17

6which wereclothedH3847withblueתְכֵ֙לֶת֙te.Khe.letH8504,governorsפַּח֣וֹתpa.ChotH6346andrulersוּסְגָנִ֔יםu.se.ga.NimH5461,allכֻּלָּ֑םku.LamH3605of themdesirableחֶ֖מֶדChe.medH2531youngבַּח֥וּרֵיba.Chu.reiH970menH970,horsemenפָּרָשִׁ֕יםpa.ra.ShimH6571ridingרֹכְבֵ֖יro.khe.VeiH7392uponH3847horsesסוּסִֽים׃su.SimH5483.

7AndsheH834bestowedוַתִּתֵּ֤ןva.ti.TenH5414herכֻּלָּ֑םku.LamH3605whoredomsuponH5921them, thechoicestמִבְחַ֥רmiv.CharH4005menבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804allוּבְכֹ֧לu.ve.KholH3605of them: and on whomsoeversheH834doted, withallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605theiridolsגִּלּוּלֵיהֶ֖םgi.lu.lei.HemH1544sheH834defiledנִטְמָֽאָה׃nit.Ma.'ahH2930herselfH5921.

8Neitherלֹ֣אlo'H3808hath,sheH3588leftעָזָ֔בָה'a.Za.vahH5800herH5921whoredomssinceH3588the days ofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714; for inherH5921youthבִנְעוּרֶ֔יהָvin.'u.Rei.haH5271theylayשָׁכְב֣וּsha.khe.VuH7901withherH5921, and they bruised the teats ofherH5921virginityבְתוּלֶ֑יהָve.tu.Lei.haH1331: and theypouredוַיִּשְׁפְּכ֥וּvai.yish.pe.KhuH8210outH8210their whoredomuponH5921herH5921.

9Wherefore Ideliveredנְתַתִּ֖יהָne.ta.Ti.haH5414herH5921intoH5921thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofherH5921loversמְאַֽהֲבֶ֑יהָme.'a.ha.Vei.haH157,intoH5921thehandבְּיַד֙be.YadH3027of the Assyrians,uponH5921whomH834sheH834doted.

10Theseהֵמָּה֮he.MahH1992discoveredherH1540nakednessעֶרְוָתָהּ֒'er.va.TahH6172: theytookלָקָ֔חוּla.Ka.chuH3947herH1540sonsבָּנֶ֤יהָba.Nei.haH1121andherH1540daughtersוּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙u.ve.no.Tei.haH1323, andherH1540theyslewהָרָ֑גוּha.Ra.guH2026with theswordבַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revH2719: and shebecameH1961abywordשֵׁם֙shemH8034amongwomenלַנָּשִׁ֔יםla.na.ShimH802; for they executedjudgmentsוּשְׁפוּטִ֖יםu.she.fu.TimH8196uponH1961herH1540.

11AndherH7200sisterאֲחוֹתָ֣הּ'a.cho.TahH269Oholibahאָהֳלִיבָ֔ה'o.ho.li.VahH172sawH7200this, yet was shemoreמִמֶּ֑נָּהmi.Me.nahH4480corruptוַתַּשְׁחֵ֥תva.tash.ChetH7843inherH7200dotingthanH4480she, and inherH7200whoredoms which weremoreH4480thanH4480the whoredoms ofherH7200sisterאֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃'a.cho.TahH269.

12She doteduponH413the Assyrians,governorsפַּח֨וֹתpa.ChotH6346andrulersוּסְגָנִ֤יםu.se.ga.NimH5461,herH3605neighbours,clothedלְבֻשֵׁ֣יle.vu.SheiH3847most gorgeously,horsemenפָּרָשִׁ֖יםpa.ra.ShimH6571ridingרֹכְבֵ֣יro.khe.VeiH7392uponH413horsesסוּסִ֑יםsu.SimH5483,allH3605of themdesirableחֶ֖מֶדChe.medH2531youngבְּנֵי֩be.NeiH1121menבַּח֥וּרֵיba.Chu.reiH970.

13And Isawוָאֵ֖רֶאva.'E.re'H7200thatsheכִּ֣יkiH3588wasdefiledנִטְמָ֑אָהnit.Ma.'ahH2930; theybothH8147tookH8147onewayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870.

14And sheincreasedוַתּ֖וֹסֶףva.To.sefH3254herאֶל־'el-H413whoredoms; for shesawוַתֵּ֗רֶאva.Te.re'H7200menH376pourtrayeduponעַל־'al-H5921thewallהַקִּ֔ירha.KirH7023, theimagesצַלְמֵ֣יtzal.MeiH6754of theChaldeansכַשְׂדִּ֔יםkhas.di.yimH3778pourtrayed withvermilionבַּשָּׁשַֽׁר׃ba.sha.SharH8350,

15girdedחֲגוֹרֵ֨יcha.go.ReiH2289with girdles upon theirloinsבְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֗םbe.ma.te.nei.HemH4975, exceeding in dyed attire upon theirheadsבְּרָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔םbe.Ra.shei.HemH7218,allכֻּלָּ֑םku.LamH3605of them princes to look upon,afterH776thelikenessדְּמ֤וּתde.MutH1823of theBabyloniansH3778inChaldeaכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםkas.DimH3778, thelandאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776of their nativity.

16And as soon as she saw them she doteduponעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.HemH5921them, andsentוַתִּשְׁלַ֧חva.tish.LachH7971messengersמַלְאָכִ֛יםmal.'a.KhimH4397unto themintoאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.HemH413Chaldeaכַּשְׂדִּֽימָה׃kas.Di.mahH3778.

17And the Babylonianscameוַיָּבֹ֨אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935toherH413intoH413thebedלְמִשְׁכַּ֣בle.mish.KavH4904ofloveדֹּדִ֔יםdo.DimH1730; and theydefiledH2930herH413with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, andherH413soulנַפְשָׁ֖הּnaf.ShahH5315wasalienatedוַתֵּ֥קַעva.Te.ka'H3363from them.

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