22 If you (A)say in your heart,
(B)Why have these things happened to me?’
Because of the (C)magnitude of your wrongdoing
(D)Your skirts have been removed
And your [a]heels have suffered violence.

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  1. Jeremiah 13:22 I.e., a euphemism for private parts

22 And if you ask yourself,
    “Why has this happened to me?”(A)
it is because of your many sins(B)
    that your skirts have been torn off(C)
    and your body mistreated.(D)

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I (A)made you [a]very numerous, like plants of the field. Then you grew up, became tall and reached the age for fine jewelry; your breasts were formed and your hair had grown. Yet you were naked and bare.

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  1. Ezekiel 16:7 Lit a myriad

I made you grow(A) like a plant of the field. You grew and developed and entered puberty. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, yet you were stark naked.(B)

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22 And besides all your abominations and obscene practices, you did not remember the days of (A)your youth, when you were naked and bare and squirming in your blood.

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22 In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth,(A) when you were naked and bare,(B) kicking about in your blood.(C)

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39 I will also hand you over to [a]your lovers, and they will tear down your shrines, demolish your high places, (A)strip you of your clothing, take away your [b]jewels, and will leave you naked and bare.

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  1. Ezekiel 16:39 Lit their hands, and they
  2. Ezekiel 16:39 Lit articles of beauty

39 Then I will deliver you into the hands(A) of your lovers, and they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked.(B)

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