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15 (A)“But you trusted in your beauty (B)and played the whore[a] because of your renown (C)and lavished your whorings[b] on any passer-by; your beauty[c] became his.

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  1. Ezekiel 16:15 Or were unfaithful; also verses 16, 17, 26, 28
  2. Ezekiel 16:15 Or unfaithfulness; also verses 20, 22, 25, 26, 29, 33, 34, 36
  3. Ezekiel 16:15 Hebrew it

15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by(A) and your beauty became his.(B)

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(A)They played the whore in Egypt; (B)they played the whore (C)in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms[a] handled.

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  1. Ezekiel 23:3 Hebrew nipples; also verses 8, 21

They became prostitutes in Egypt,(A) engaging in prostitution(B) from their youth.(C) In that land their breasts were fondled and their virgin bosoms caressed.(D)

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She did not give up her whoring (A)that she had begun in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her and handled her virgin bosom and poured out their whoring lust upon her.

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She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt,(A) when during her youth men slept with her, caressed her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her.(B)

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11 (A)“Her sister Oholibah saw this, and she became (B)more corrupt than her sister[a] in her lust and in her whoring, which was worse than that of her sister. 12 She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and commanders, warriors clothed in full armour, horsemen riding on horses, (C)all of them desirable young men.

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  1. Ezekiel 23:11 Hebrew than she

11 “Her sister Oholibah saw this,(A) yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.(B) 12 She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors in full dress, mounted horsemen, all handsome young men.(C)

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So they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom they (A)whore. This shall be a statute for ever for them throughout their generations.

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They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat idols[a](A) to whom they prostitute themselves.(B) This is to be a lasting ordinance(C) for them and for the generations to come.’(D)

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  1. Leviticus 17:7 Or the demons

The Unfaithful City

21 How the faithful city
    (A)has become a whore,[a]
    (B)she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
    but now murderers.

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  1. Isaiah 1:21 Or become unchaste

21 See how the faithful city
    has become a prostitute!(A)
She once was full of justice;
    righteousness(B) used to dwell in her—
    but now murderers!(C)

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Behind the door and the doorpost
    you have set up your memorial;
for, deserting me, (A)you have uncovered your bed,
    you have gone up to it,
    (B)you have made it wide;
and you have made a covenant for yourself with them,
    you have loved their bed,
    you have looked on nakedness.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 57:8 Or on a monument (see 56:5); Hebrew on a hand

Behind your doors and your doorposts
    you have put your pagan symbols.
Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed,
    you climbed into it and opened it wide;
you made a pact with those whose beds you love,(A)
    and you looked with lust on their naked bodies.(B)

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20 “For long ago I (A)broke your yoke
    and burst your bonds;
    but you said, (B)‘I will not serve.’
Yes, (C)on every high hill
    and under every green tree
    you bowed down (D)like a whore.

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20 “Long ago you broke off your yoke(A)
    and tore off your bonds;(B)
    you said, ‘I will not serve you!’(C)
Indeed, on every high hill(D)
    and under every spreading tree(E)
    you lay down as a prostitute.(F)

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Lift up your eyes to (A)the bare heights, and see!
    Where have you not been ravished?
(B)By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers
    like an Arab in the wilderness.
(C)You have polluted the land
    with your vile whoredom.

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“Look up to the barren heights(A) and see.
    Is there any place where you have not been ravished?
By the roadside(B) you sat waiting for lovers,
    sat like a nomad in the desert.
You have defiled the land(C)
    with your prostitution(D) and wickedness.

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Faithless Israel Called to Repentance

The Lord said to me in the days of (A)King Josiah: “Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, (B)how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there (C)played the whore?

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Unfaithful Israel

During the reign of King Josiah,(A) the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what faithless(B) Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree(C) and has committed adultery(D) there.

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20 (A)Surely, as a treacherous wife leaves her husband,
    so have you been treacherous to me, O house of Israel,
declares the Lord.’”

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20 But like a woman unfaithful to her husband,
    so you, Israel, have been unfaithful(A) to me,”
declares the Lord.

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Hosea's Wife and Children

When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, (A)“Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have (B)children of whoredom, for (C)the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.”

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Hosea’s Wife and Children

When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous(A) woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness(B) to the Lord.”

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