Ezekiel:16

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* And the word of the Lord came unto me , saying , * Son of man , make known unto Jerusalem her abominations , * And thou shalt say , Thus hath said the Lord Eternal unto Jerusalem , Thy origin and thy birth are out of the land of Canaan : thy father was an Emorite , and thy mother a Hittite . * And as for thy birth , on the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut , nor wast thou washed in water to he cleansed ; and thou wast not rubbed with salt , nor wrapt in swaddling clothes . * No eye looked with pity on thee , to do any of these things unto thee , to have compassion upon thee ; but thou wast cast out on the open field , with a loathing of thy body , on the day that thou wast born . * But I passed then by thee , and I saw thee stained with thy own blood , and I said unto thee , In thy blood , live ; yea , I said unto thee , In thy blood , live . * Myriads , like the vegetation of the field , did I make of thee , and thou didst increase and become great , and thou attainedst the highest attractions : with thy breasts developed , and thy hair full grown ; but thou wast still naked and bare . * But I passed then by thee , and saw thee , and , behold , thy time was the time of love ; and I spread the skirt of my garment over thee , and covered thy nakedness : yea , I swore unto thee , and entered into a covenant with thee , saith the Lord Eternal , and thou becamest mine . * Then did I bathe thee with water , yea , I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee ; and I anointed thee with oil . * I clothed thee also with broidered work , and made thee shoes of badger ’s skin , and I placed on thy head a turban of fine linen , and I covered thee with silk . * And I decked thee with ornaments , and I placed bracelets upon thy hands , and a chain around thy neck . * And I placed a ring on thy nose , and earrings in thy ears , and a crown of splendor on thy head . * Thus wast thou ornamented with gold and silver ; and thy garments were of fine linen , and silk , and broidered work ; fine flour , and honey , and oil didst thou eat : and thou wast exceedingly beautiful , and thou didst succeed to acquire dominion . * And thy fame went forth among the nations because of thy beauty ; for it was perfect through my glorious ornament , which I had put upon thee , saith the Lord Eternal . * But thou didst trust in thy beauty , and play the harlot because of thy fame , and lavish thy lewd caresses on every one that passed by ––on him they were bestowed . * And thou didst take from thy garments , and deck thee high –places with divers colors , and play the harlot thereupon : never should the like come to pass , and never should it be so . * And thou didst take thy elegant ornaments of my gold and of my silver , which I had given thee , and make for thyself male images , and play the harlot with them ; * And thou didst take thy broidered garments , and cover them : and my oil and my incense didst thou place before them . * And my bread which I had given thee , fine flour , and oil , and honey , which I had let thee eat , even this didst thou set before them for a sweet savour : yes , so was it , saith the Lord Eternal . * And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters , whom thou hadst born unto me , and didst slaughter these unto them to be devoured ; were thy acts of lewdness not yet enough ? * That thou didst slay my children , and give them up to cause them to pass through the fire for them ? * And in all thy abominations and thy acts of lewdness thou didst not remember the days of thy youth , when thou wast naked and bare , when thou wast stained with thy blood . * And it came to pass after all thy wickedness ,–––– * That thou didst build unto thyself eminences , and make thyself elevations in every street . * On the corner of every road didst thou build thy elevations , and make thy beauty abominable , and spread out thy feet to every one that passed by , and multiply thy acts of lewdness . * And thou didst play the harlot with the Egyptians , thy neighbors , with large limbs , and multiply thy acts of lewdness , to provoke me to anger . * And , behold , I stretched out my hand over thee , and diminished thy stated portion ; and I gave thee up unto the will of those that hate thee , the daughters of the Philistines , who were made to blush for thy incestuous course . * Then didst thou play the harlot with the sons of Asshur , because thou wast unsatiable : yea , thou didst play the harlot with them , and wast even then not satisfied . * And thou didst multiply thy lewdness with the traders ’ land as far as Chaldea ; and even with this wast thou not satisfied . * How very corrupt is thy heart , saith the Lord Eternal , seeing thou didst all these things , deeds of an abandoned lewd woman ; * Seeing that thou didst build thy eminences at the corner of every road , and make thy elevations in every street ; and wast not like a harlot , as thou scornedst the wages . * O thou adulterous wife ! who , while bound to her husband , receiveth strangers ! * Unto all harlots they give presents ; but thou hast given thy presents to all thy lovers , and hast bribed them , that they might come unto thee from every side in thy acts of lewdness . * And the reverse was the case with thee from women in thy acts of lewdness , that men did not follow thee to seek thy lewd caresses ; and because thou gavest the wages , and no wages were given thee : so was it the reverse with thee . * Therefore , O harlot , hear the word of the Lord ! * Thus hath said the Lord Eternal , Whereas thy wealth was squandered , and thy nakedness was uncovered through thy lewd acts with thy lovers , and with all thy abominable idols , and for the blood of thy children , whom thou didst give unto them : * Therefore , behold , I will gather all thy lovers , whom thou hast given pleasure , and all whom thou hast loved , together with all whom thou hast hated ,––yea , I will gather them all round about thee , and will uncover thy nakedness unto them , that they may see all thy nakedness . * And I will judge thee , as adulteresses and women that shed blood are judged ; and I will bring upon thee the blood of fury and jealousy . * And I will also give thee up into their hand , and they shall pull down thy eminences , and shall break down thy elevations ; and they shall strip thee of thy clothes , and they shall take thy elegant ornaments , and leave thee naked and bare . * And they shall bring up against thee an assembly , and they shall stone thee with stones , and thrust thee through with their swords ; * And they shall burn thy houses with fire , and execute punishments on thee before the eyes of many women : and I will cause thee to cease from being a harlot , and also the wages shalt thou not give any more . * And then will I assuage my fury on thee , and my jealousy shall depart from thee , and I will be quiet , and will be no more angry . * Because that thou didst not remember the days of thy youth , but didst irritate me with all these things : behold , therefore I also will bring thy course upon thy head , saith the Lord Eternal , and thou shalt no more commit incest with all thy abominations . * Behold , every one that speaketh in proverbs shall use this proverb against thee , saying , As the mother is , so is her daughter . * Thou art thy mother ’s daughter , loathing her husband and her children ; and thou art the sister of thy sisters , who have loathed their husbands and their children : your mother was a Hittite , and your father an Emorite . * And thy elder sister is Samaria , she with her daughters , that dwelleth at thy left hand , and thy younger sister , that dwelleth at thy right hand , is Sodom with her daughters . * Yet not even in their ways didst thou walk , nor act according to their abominations : as though this were quite too little , and thou wast more corrupt than they in all thy ways . * As I live , saith the Lord Eternal , Sodom thy sister , she with her daughters , hath not done as thou hast done , thou with thy daughters . * Behold , this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom : Pride , abundance of food , and prosperous security were hers and her daughters ’; but the hand of the poor and needy did she not strengthen . * And they became haughty , and committed abominations before me : therefore did I remove them when I saw their course . * And Samaria hath not committed even the half of thy sins ; but thou didst multiply thy abominations more than they ; and thou hast justified thy sisters through all thy abominations which thou hast done . * Bear then thou also thy own confusion , which thou didst adjudge unto each of thy sisters ; through thy sins , which thou hast committed more abominably than they , are they made more righteous than thou : therefore thou also ––be ashamed , and bear thy confusion , since thou hast justified thy sisters . * And I will bring back again their captivity , the captivity of Sodom and her daughters , and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters , and the captivity of the captives in the midst of them : * In order that thou mayest bear thy confusion , and mayest be confounded because of all that thou hast done , when thou art a comfort unto them . * And thy sisters , Sodom and her daughters , shall return to their former state , and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former state , and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former state . * And was not thy sister Sodom a report in thy mouth in the days of thy pride , * Before yet thy wickedness was discovered , as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria , and all those round about her , the daughters of the Philistines , who taunted thee on all sides ? * Thy incest and thy abominations ,––thou thyself hadst to bear them , saith the Lord . * For thus hath said the Lord Eternal , I will even deal with thee as thou hast done , thou who hast despised the oath by breaking the covenant . * Nevertheless will I indeed remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth , and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant . * And thou shalt then remember thy ways , and be confounded , when thou receivest thy sisters , both those that are older than thou and younger than thou : and I will give them unto thee for daughters , though not because thou wast faithful to the covenant . * And I will establish my covenant with thee ; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord : * In order that thou mayest remember , and feel ashamed , and never open thy mouth any more because of thy confusion , when I forgive thee for all that thou hast done , saith the Lord Eternal .

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