10 I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of [a]badger skin; I clothed you with fine linen and covered you with silk. 11 I adorned you with ornaments, (A)put bracelets on your wrists, (B)and a chain on your neck. 12 And I put a [b]jewel in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. (C)You ate pastry of fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly (D)beautiful, and succeeded to royalty. 14 (E)Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I had bestowed on you,” says the Lord God.

Jerusalem’s Harlotry

15 (F)“But you trusted in your own beauty, (G)played the harlot because of your fame, and poured out your harlotry on everyone passing by who would have it. 16 (H)You took some of your garments and adorned multicolored [c]high places for yourself, and played the harlot on them. Such things should not happen, nor be. 17 You have also taken your beautiful jewelry from My gold and My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images and played the harlot with them. 18 You took your embroidered garments and covered them, and you set My oil and My incense before them. 19 Also (I)My food which I gave you—the pastry of fine flour, oil, and honey which I fed you—you set it before them as [d]sweet incense; and so it was,” says the Lord God.

20 (J)“Moreover you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to Me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your acts of harlotry a small matter, 21 that you have slain My children and offered them up to them by causing them to pass through the (K)fire?

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:10 Or dolphin or dugong
  2. Ezekiel 16:12 Lit. ring
  3. Ezekiel 16:16 Places for pagan worship
  4. Ezekiel 16:19 Or a sweet aroma

10 I also clothed you with (A)colorfully woven cloth and put sandals of [a]fine leather on your feet; and I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk. 11 I adorned you with jewelry, put (B)bracelets on your wrists, and a (C)necklace around your neck. 12 I also put a (D)ring in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a (E)beautiful crown on your head. 13 So you were adorned with (F)gold and silver, and your dress was of fine linen, silk, and colorfully woven cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil; so you were exceedingly beautiful and advanced to (G)royalty. 14 Then your (H)fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was (I)perfect because of My splendor which I bestowed on you,” declares the Lord God.

15 “But you (J)trusted in your beauty and (K)became unfaithful because of your fame, and you poured out your [b]obscene practices on every passer-by to whom it might be tempting. 16 You took some of your clothes, made for yourself [c]high places of various colors, and committed prostitution on them, which should not come about nor happen. 17 You also took your beautiful [d](L)jewels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images so that you might commit prostitution with them. 18 Then you took your colorfully woven cloth and covered them, and offered My oil and My incense before them. 19 Also (M)My bread which I gave you, fine flour, oil, and honey with which I fed you, [e]you would offer before them for a soothing aroma; so it happened,” declares the Lord God. 20 “Furthermore, you took your sons and daughters whom you had borne to (N)Me and (O)sacrificed them to [f]idols to be devoured. Were your obscene practices a trivial matter? 21 You slaughtered (P)My children and offered them to [g]idols by (Q)making them pass through the fire.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:10 Meaning of the Heb uncertain
  2. Ezekiel 16:15 I.e., idolatrous practices with nations
  3. Ezekiel 16:16 I.e., pagan altars
  4. Ezekiel 16:17 Lit articles of beauty
  5. Ezekiel 16:19 Lit and you...offer it
  6. Ezekiel 16:20 Lit them
  7. Ezekiel 16:21 Lit them

10 I also clothed you with embroidered cloth and put sandals of [a]porpoise skin on your feet; and I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk. 11 I adorned you with ornaments and I put bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck. 12 I also put a ring in your nostril and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your dress was [made] of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour and honey and oil; so you were extremely beautiful and you advanced and prospered into royalty. 14 Then your fame went out among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of My majesty and splendor which I bestowed on you,” says the Lord God.

15 “But you trusted in and relied on your beauty and prostituted yourself [in idolatry and its debauched rituals] because of your fame, and you poured out your immoralities on every [willing] passer-by and your beauty was his [as you worshiped the idols of the Gentile nations]. 16 You took some of your clothes and made for yourself [decorated] high places and shrines of various colors and prostituted yourself on them—things which should never have come about and taken place. 17 You also took your beautiful jewels and beautiful vessels made of My gold and My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men so that you could prostitute yourself with them; 18 and you took your embroidered clothing and covered them, and offered My oil and My incense before them. 19 Also My bread which I gave you, [made from the] fine flour and oil and honey with which I fed you, you even offered it before idols [no better than cow dung] as a sweet and soothing aroma; so it happened,” says the Lord God. 20 “Moreover, you took your sons and your daughters whom you had borne to Me, and you destroyed them as sacrifices [to your man-made gods]. Were your gross immoralities so small a matter? 21 You slaughtered My children and offered them up to [worthless] idols, forcing them to pass through the [hideousness of the] fire.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:10 The meaning of the Hebrew word is not certain; some scholars have suggested that the material is instead a fine leather of unspecified origin.

10 I clothed you with an embroidered(A) dress and put sandals of fine leather on you. I dressed you in fine linen(B) and covered you with costly garments.(C) 11 I adorned you with jewelry:(D) I put bracelets(E) on your arms and a necklace(F) around your neck, 12 and I put a ring on your nose,(G) earrings(H) on your ears and a beautiful crown(I) on your head.(J) 13 So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes(K) were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil(L) and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.(M) 14 And your fame(N) spread among the nations on account of your beauty,(O) because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.(P)

15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by(Q) and your beauty became his.(R) 16 You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places,(S) where you carried on your prostitution.(T) You went to him, and he possessed your beauty.[a] 17 You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them.(U) 18 And you took your embroidered clothes to put on them, and you offered my oil and incense(V) before them. 19 Also the food I provided for you—the flour, olive oil and honey I gave you to eat—you offered as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened, declares the Sovereign Lord.(W)

20 “‘And you took your sons and daughters(X) whom you bore to me(Y) and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough?(Z) 21 You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.(AA)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.

10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.

12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.

15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.

16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,

18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord God.

20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,

21 That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?

Read full chapter

Jerusalem’s Lovers Will Abuse Her

35 ‘Now then, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord! 36 Thus says the Lord God: “Because your filthiness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, and because of (A)the blood of your children which you gave to them, 37 surely, therefore, (B)I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved, and all those you hated; I will gather them from all around against you and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness. 38 And I will judge you as (C)women who break wedlock or (D)shed blood are judged; I will bring blood upon you in fury and jealousy. 39 I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your shrines and break down (E)your [a]high places. (F)They shall also strip you of your clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.

40 (G)“They shall also bring up an assembly against you, (H)and they shall stone you with stones and thrust you through with their swords. 41 They shall (I)burn your houses with fire, and (J)execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will make you (K)cease playing the harlot, and you shall no longer hire lovers.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:39 Places for pagan worship

35 Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the Lord. 36 This is what the Lord God says: “Because your lewdness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered through your obscene practices with your lovers and with all your detestable (A)idols, and because of the blood of your sons that you gave to [a]idols, 37 therefore, behold, I am going to (B)gather all your lovers whom you pleased, all those whom you loved as well as all those whom you (C)hated. So I will gather them against you from every direction and (D)expose your nakedness to them so that they may see all your nakedness. 38 So I will (E)judge you as women who commit adultery or shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of (F)wrath and jealousy. 39 I will also hand you over to [b]your lovers, and they will tear down your shrines, demolish your high places, (G)strip you of your clothing, take away your [c]jewels, and will leave you naked and bare. 40 They will [d]incite a (H)crowd against you, and they will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords. 41 And they will (I)burn your houses with fire and execute judgments against you in the sight of many women. Then I will (J)put an end to your prostitution, and you will also no longer pay [e]your lovers.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:36 Lit them
  2. Ezekiel 16:39 Lit their hands, and they
  3. Ezekiel 16:39 Lit articles of beauty
  4. Ezekiel 16:40 Lit bring up an assembly
  5. Ezekiel 16:41 Lit a prostitute’s fee

35 Therefore, O prostitute [Israel], hear the word of the Lord. 36 Thus says the Lord God, “Because your lewdness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered through your obscene immoralities with your lovers (pagan allies), and with all your [repulsive] idols, and because of the blood of your sons that you gave to them, 37 therefore, listen, I will gather all your lovers (pagan allies) with whom you took pleasure, and all those whom you loved with all those whom you hated; I will even gather them against you from every direction and will expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness [making you, Israel, an object of loathing and of mockery, a spectacle among the nations]. 38 And I [the Lord God] will judge you like women who commit adultery or shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.(A) 39 I will also hand you over to your lovers, and they will tear down your shrines, demolish your high places, strip you of your clothing, take away your jewels, and they will leave you naked and bare. 40 They will also incite a crowd against you and they will stone you and slaughter you with their swords. 41 They will burn down your houses with fire and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women (Gentile nations). Then I will make you cease your prostitution, and you will no longer hire your lovers.

Read full chapter

35 “‘Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the Lord! 36 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you poured out your lust and exposed your naked body in your promiscuity with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children’s blood,(A) 37 therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and will strip(B) you in front of them, and they will see you stark naked.(C) 38 I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and who shed blood;(D) I will bring on you the blood vengeance of my wrath and jealous anger.(E) 39 Then I will deliver you into the hands(F) 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.(G) 40 They will bring a mob against you, who will stone(H) you and hack you to pieces with their swords. 41 They will burn down(I) your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women.(J) I will put a stop(K) to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay your lovers.

Read full chapter

35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord:

36 Thus saith the Lord God; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;

37 Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

38 And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.

Read full chapter