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.

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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

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.

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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

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