Ezekiel 16:1 ¶ Again the word1697 of Yahweh3068 came to me, saying,559 cr 2 Son1121 of man,120 cause Jerusalem3389 to know3045 her abominations;8441 cr 3 and say,559 Thus says559 the Lord136 Yahweh136 to Jerusalem:3389 Your birth4351 and your birth4138 is of the land776 of the Canaanite;3669 the Amorite567 was your father,1 and your mother517 was a Hittite.2850 cr 4 As for your birth,4138 in the day3117 you were born3205 your navel8270 was not cut,3772 neither were you washed7364 in water4325 to cleanse4935 you; you weren't salted4414 at all,4414 nor swaddled2853 at all.2853 cr 5 No eye5869 pitied2347 you, to do6213 any259 of these things to you, to have compassion2550 on you; but you were cast out7993 in the open6440 field,7704 for that your person5315 was abhorred,1604 in the day3117 that you were born.3205 cr 6 When I passed5674 by you, and saw7200 you wallowing947 in your blood,1818 I said559 to you, Though you are in your blood,1818 live;2421 yes, I said559 to you, Though you are in your blood,1818 live.2421 cr 7 I caused5414 you to multiply7233 as that which grows6780 in the field,7704 and you increased7235 and grew great,1431 and you attained935 to excellent5716 ornament;5716 your breasts7699 were fashioned,3559 and your hair8181 was grown;6779 yet you were naked5903 and bore.6181 cr 8 Now when I passed5674 by you, and looked7200 at you, behold, your time6256 was the time6256 of love;1730 and I spread6566 my skirt3671 over you, and covered3680 your nakedness:6172 yes, I swore7650 to you, and entered935 into a covenant1285 with you, says5002 the Lord136 Yahweh,3069 and you became mine. cr 9 Then washed7364 I you with water;4325 yes, I thoroughly washed away7857 your blood1818 from you, and I anointed5480 you with oil.8081 cr 10 I clothed3847 you also with embroidered work,7553 and shod5274 you with sealskin,8476 and I dressed2280 you about with fine linen,8336 and covered3680 you with silk.4897 cr 11 I decked5710 you with ornaments,5716 and I put5414 bracelets6781 on your hands,3027 and a chain7242 on your neck.1627 cr 12 I put5414 a ring5141 on your nose,639 and earrings5694 in your ears,241 and a beautiful8597 crown5850 on your head.7218 cr 13 Thus you were decked5710 with gold2091 and silver;3701 and your clothing4403 was of fine linen,8336 and silk,4897 and embroidered work;7553 you ate398 fine flour,5560 and honey,1706 and oil;8081 and you were exceedingly3966 beautiful,3302 and you prospered6743 to royal estate.4410 cr 14 Your renown8034 went forth3318 among the nations1471 for your beauty;3308 for it was perfect,3632 through my majesty1926 which I had put7760 on you, says5002 the Lord136 Yahweh.3069 cr 15 But you trusted982 in your beauty,3308 and played the prostitute2181 because of your renown,8034 and poured out8210 your prostitution8457 on everyone who passed by;5674 his it was. cr 16 You took3947 of your garments,899 and made for yourselves high places1116 decked6213 with various colors,2921 and played the prostitute2181 on them: the like things shall not come,935 neither shall it be so. cr 17 You also took3947 your beautiful8597 jewels3627 of my gold2091 and of my silver,3701 which I had given5414 you, and made6213 for yourself images6754 of men,2145 and played the prostitute2181 with them; cr 18 and you took3947 your embroidered7553 garments,899 and covered3680 them, and set5414 my oil8081 and my incense7004 before6440 them. cr 19 My bread3899 also which I gave5414 you, fine flour,5560 and oil,8081 and honey,1706 with which I fed398 you, you even set5414 it before6440 them for a pleasant5207 aroma;7381 and thus it was, says5002 the Lord136 Yahweh.3069 cr 20 Moreover you have taken3947 your sons1121 and your daughters,1323 whom you have borne3205 to me, and you have sacrificed2076 these to them to be devoured.398 Was your prostitution8457 a small matter,4592 cr 21 that you have slain7819 my sons,1121 and delivered5414 them up, in causing them to pass through5674 the fire to them? cr 22 In all your abominations8441 and your prostitution8457 you have not remembered2142 the days3117 of your youth,5271 when you were naked5903 and bore,6181 and were wallowing947 in your blood.1818 cr 23 It has happened after310 all your wickedness,7451 (woe,188 woe188 to you! says5002 the Lord136 Yahweh),3069 cr 24 that you have built1129 for yourselves a vaulted place,1354 and have made6213 yourselves a lofty place7413 in every street.7339 cr 25 You have built1129 your lofty place7413 at the head7218 of every way,1870 and have made your beauty3308 a abomination,8581 and have opened6589 your feet7272 to everyone who passed by,5674 and multiplied7235 your prostitution.8457 cr 26 You have also committed sexual immorality2181 with the Egyptians,1121 your neighbors,7934 great1432 of flesh;1320 and have multiplied7235 your prostitution,8457 to provoke me to anger.3707 cr 27 See therefore, I have stretched out5186 my hand3027 over you, and have diminished1639 your ordinary2706 food, and delivered5414 you to the will5315 of those who hate8130 you, the daughters1323 of the Philistines,6430 who are ashamed3637 of your lewd2154 way.1870 cr 28 You have played the prostitute2181 also with the Assyrians,1121 because1115 you were insatiable;7646 yes, you have played the prostitute2181 with them, and yet you weren't satisfied.7654 cr 29 You have moreover multiplied7235 your prostitution8457 to the land776 of merchants,3667 to Chaldea;3778 and yet you weren't satisfied7646 with this.2063 cr 30 How weak535 is your heart,3826 says5002 the Lord136 Yahweh,136 since you do6213 all these things, the work4639 of a impudent7986 802 prostitute;2181 cr 31 in that you build1129 your vaulted place1354 at the head7218 of every way,1870 and make6213 your lofty place7413 in every street,7339 and have not been as a prostitute,2181 in that you scorn7046 pay.868 cr 32 A wife802 who commits adultery!5003 who takes3947 strangers2114 instead of her husband!376 cr 33 They give5414 gifts5078 to all prostitutes;2181 but you give5414 your gifts5083 to all your lovers,157 and bribe7809 them, that they may come935 to you on every side5439 for your prostitution.8457 cr 34 You are different2016 from other women802 in your prostitution,8457 in that no one follows310 you to play the prostitute;2181 and whereas you give5414 hire,868 and no hire868 is given5414 to you, therefore you are1961 different.2016 cr 35 Therefore, prostitute,2181 hear8085 the word1697 of Yahweh:3068 cr 36 Thus says559 the Lord136 Yahweh,3069 Because your filthiness5178 was poured out,8210 and your nakedness6172 uncovered1540 through your prostitution8457 with your lovers;157 and because of all the idols1544 of your abominations,8441 and for the blood1818 of your sons,1121 that you gave5414 to them; cr 37 therefore see, I will gather6908 all your lovers,157 with whom you have taken pleasure,6149 and all those who you have loved,157 with all those who you have hated;8130 I will even gather6908 them against you on every side,5439 and will uncover1540 your nakedness6172 to them, that they may see7200 all your nakedness.6172 cr 38 I will judge8199 you, as women who break wedlock5003 and shed8210 blood1818 are judged;4941 and I will bring5414 on you the blood1818 of wrath2534 and jealousy.7068 cr 39 I will also give5414 you into their hand,3027 and they shall throw down2040 your vaulted place,1354 and break down5422 your lofty places;7413 and they shall strip6584 you of your clothes,899 and take3947 your beautiful8597 jewels;3627 and they shall leave3240 you naked5903 and bare.6181 cr 40 They shall also bring up5927 a company6951 against you, and they shall stone7275 you with stones,68 and thrust you through1333 with their swords.2719 cr 41 They shall burn8313 your houses1004 with fire,784 and execute6213 judgments8201 on you in the sight5869 of many7227 women;802 and I will cause you to cease7673 from playing the prostitute,2181 and you shall also give5414 no hire868 any more. cr 42 So will I cause my wrath2534 toward you to rest,5117 and my jealousy7068 shall depart5493 from you, and I will be quiet,8252 and will be no more angry.3707 cr 43 Because you have not remembered2142 the days3117 of your youth,5271 but have raged7264 against me in all these things; therefore, behold,1887 I also will bring5414 your way1870 on your head,7218 says5002 the Lord136 Yahweh:136 and you shall not commit6213 this lewdness2154 with all your abominations.8441 cr 44 Behold, everyone who uses proverbs4911 shall use this proverb4911 against you, saying,559 As is the mother,517 so is her daughter.1323 cr 45 You are the daughter1323 of your mother,517 who loathes1602 her husband376 and her sons;1121 and you are the sister269 of your sisters,269 who loathed1602 their husbands582 and their sons:1121 your mother517 was a Hittite,2850 and your father1 an Amorite.567 cr 46 Your elder1419 sister269 is Samaria,8111 who dwells3427 at your left hand,8040 she and her daughters;1323 and your younger6996 sister,269 who dwells3427 at your right hand,3225 is Sodom5467 and her daughters.1323 cr 47 Yet have you not walked1980 in their ways,1870 nor done6213 after their abominations;8441 but, as if that were a very6985 little4592 thing, you were more corrupt7843 than they2004 in all your ways.1870 cr 48 As I live,2416 says5002 the Lord136 Yahweh,3069 Sodom5467 your sister269 has not done,6213 she nor her daughters,1323 as you have done,6213 you and your daughters.1323 cr 49 Behold, this was the iniquity5771 of your sister269 Sodom:5467 pride,1347 fullness7653 of bread,3899 and prosperous7962 ease8252 was in her and in her daughters;1323 neither did she strengthen2388 the hand3027 of the poor6041 and needy.34 cr 50 They were haughty,1361 and committed6213 abomination8441 before6440 me: therefore I took them away5493 as I saw7200 good. cr 51 Neither has Samaria8111 committed2398 half2677 of your sins;2403 but you have multiplied7235 your abominations8441 more than they,2007 and have justified6663 your sisters269 by all your abominations8441 which you have done.6213 cr 52 You also, bear5375 you your own shame,3639 in that you have given judgment6419 for your sisters;269 through your sins2403 that you have committed more abominable8581 than they,2004 they are more righteous6663 than you: yes, be also confounded,954 and bear5375 your shame,3639 in that you have justified6663 your sisters.269 cr 53 I will turn again7725 their captivity,7622 the captivity7622 of Sodom5467 and her daughters,1323 and the captivity7622 of Samaria8111 and her daughters,1323 and the captivity7622 of your captives7622 in their midst;8432 cr 54 that you may bear5375 your own shame,3639 and may be ashamed3637 because of all that you have done,6213 in that you are a comfort5162 to them. cr 55 Your sisters,269 Sodom5467 and her daughters,1323 shall return7725 to their former estate;6927 and Samaria8111 and her daughters1323 shall return7725 to their former estate;6927 and you and your daughters1323 shall return7725 to your former estate.6927 cr 56 For your sister269 Sodom5467 was not mentioned8052 by your mouth6310 in the day3117 of your pride,1347 cr 57 before your wickedness7451 was uncovered,1540 as at the time6256 of the reproach2781 of the daughters1323 of Syria,758 and of all who are around5439 her, the daughters1323 of the Philistines,6430 who do despite7590 to you all around.5439 cr 58 You have borne5375 your lewdness2154 and your abominations,8441 says5002 Yahweh.3068 cr 59 For thus says559 the Lord136 Yahweh:3069 I will also deal6213 with you as you have done,6213 who have despised959 the oath423 in breaking6565 the covenant.1285 cr 60 Nevertheless I will remember2142 my covenant1285 with you in the days3117 of your youth,5271 and I will establish6965 to you a everlasting5769 covenant.1285 cr 61 Then you shall remember2142 your ways,1870 and be ashamed,3637 when you shall receive3947 your sisters,269 your elder1419 sisters and your younger;6996 and I will give5414 them to you for daughters,1323 but not by your covenant.1285 cr 62 I will establish6965 my covenant1285 with you; and you shall know3045 that I am Yahweh;3068 cr 63 that you may remember,2142 and be confounded,954 and never open6610 your mouth6310 any more, because6440 of your shame,3639 when I have forgiven3722 you all that you have done,6213 says5002 the Lord136 Yahweh.3069 cr