Ezekiel:16

---

Seeker Overlay ON

* And the word of Jehovah came to me , saying : * Son of man , cause Jerusalem to know her abominations , * and say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Jerusalem : Thine origin and thy nativity were of the land of Canaan . Thy father was an Amorite , and thy mother a Hittite . * And as to thy nativity , in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut , neither wast thou washed in water so as to be cleansed . Thou wast not sprinkled with salt , nor wrapped in swaddling –clothes . * No eye pitied thee , to do to thee any of these things , to have compassion upon thee ; but thou wast cast out into the open field , so as to loathe thyself , on the day thou wast born . * And when I passed by thee , and saw thee in danger of being trodden under foot in thy blood , I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood , Live ! yea , I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood , Live ! * I caused thee to increase like the plant of the field , and thou didst grow , and become tall , and didst attain to distinguished charms . Thy breasts swelled , and thy hair grew , whereas thou wast naked and bare . * And when I passed by thee , and saw thee , behold , it was thy time , the time of love . And I spread my skirt over thee and covered thy nakedness ; and I swore to thee , and entered into covenant with thee , and thou becamest mine . * Then I washed 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 gave thee shoes of seal ’s skin , and wrapped thee about with fine linen , and covered thee with silk . * And I decked thee with ornaments , and put bracelets upon thy hands , and a chain upon thy neck . * And I put a jewel in thy nostril , and ear –rings in thine ears , and a beautiful crown upon thy head . * Thus wast thou adorned with gold and silver , and thy raiment was of fine linen , and silk , and broidered work . Fine flour and honey and oil didst thou eat ; and thou wast exceedingly beautiful , and didst prosper so as to become a queen . * And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty ; for it was perfect through my comeliness , which I had put upon thee , saith the Lord Jehovah . * But thou didst trust in thy beauty , and didst play the harlot because of thy renown , and didst lavish thy fornications on every one that passed by ; his was it . * And of thy garments thou didst take , and didst make thee high places , spread with divers colors , and didst play the harlot thereon , the like things to which shall not come to pass , neither shall they be . * Thou didst take also thy fair jewels of my gold and my silver , which I gave thee , and didst make to thyself images of men , and didst commit fornication with them ; * and thou didst take thy broidered garments and cover them ; and thou didst set mine oil and mine incense before them . * My food also , which I gave thee , fine flour and oil and honey , wherewith I fed thee , thou didst set it before them with a sweet savor ; even thus it was , saith the Lord Jehovah . * Moreover thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters , whom thou didst bear to me , and these didst thou sacrifice to them to be devoured . Was it not enough for thee to commit fornication , * that thou didst slay my children , and deliver them up to cause them to pass through the fire to them ? * And in all thine abominations and thy fornications , thou didst not remember the days of thy youth , when thou wast naked and bare , and in danger of being trampled under foot in thy blood . * And it came to pass , after all thy wickedness , (woe , woe to thee ! saith the Lord Jehovah ,) * that thou didst build for thee an arched place , and make thee a high place in every street ; * at every head of the way didst thou build thy high place , and didst make thy beauty to be abhorred , and didst open thy feet to every one that passed by , and didst multiply thy fornications . * Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians , thy neighbors , having great members , and hast multiplied thy fornications to provoke me to anger . * Therefore , behold , I have stretched out my hand against thee , and have diminished thine allowance , and delivered thee to the will of them that hate thee , the daughters of the Philistines , who are ashamed of thy lewd way . * Thou hast also committed fornication with the Assyrians , because thou wast insatiable ; yea , thou hast played the harlot with them , and yet couldst not be satisfied . * Thou hast also multiplied thy fornication with the land of Canaan , even to Chaldaea ; and yet wast thou not satisfied therewith . * How faint was thy heart , saith the Lord Jehovah , that thou didst all those things which an imperious whorish wife doeth , * in that thou didst build thine arched place at the head of every way , and make thy high place in every street ! Thou wast not like a harlot , who scoffeth at her hire , * but as an adulterous wife , that taketh strangers instead of her husband . * To all women that commit fornication men give a reward ; but thou gavest thy gifts to all thy lovers , and hiredst them to come to thee from every side to commit fornication with thee . * Thou wast the reverse of other women in thy fornications . None followed after thee to commit fornication , but thou gavest the reward , and no reward was given thee ,––therefore thou wast the reverse . * Wherefore , O harlot , hear the word of Jehovah ! * Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because thy treasure was poured out , and thy nakedness discovered for fornication before thy lovers , and all thine abominable idols , and because of the blood of thy children , which thou didst give to them , * therefore , behold , I will gather all thy lovers , to whom thou wast pleasing , all them that thou hast loved , with all them that thou hast hated , I will gather them against thee round about , and will uncover thy nakedness to them , that they may see all thy nakedness . * And I will judge thee as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged , and I will cause thy blood to flow in fury and jealousy . * And I will give thee into their hand , and they shall throw down thine arched place , and break down thy high places . They shall also strip thee of thy clothes , and leave thee naked and bare . * They shall also bring up a company against thee , and they shall stone thee with stones , and thrust thee through with their swords ; * 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 shalt give hire no more . * So will I make my fury toward thee to rest , and my jealousy shall depart from thee ; and I will be quiet , and will be no more angry . * Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth , but hast raged against me in all these things , therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thy head , saith the Lord Jehovah , so that thou shalt not commit this wickedness in addition to all thy abominations . * Behold , all they that use proverbs shall utter this proverb concerning thee : "As the mother , so the daughter ." * Thou art the daughter of thy mother , that loathed her husband and her children ; and thou art the sister of thy sisters , that loathed their husbands and their children ; your mother was a Hittite , and your father an Amorite . * And thine elder sister is Samaria , 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 thou hast not walked in their ways , nor done according to their abominations : that was disdained by you , as a very little thing ; thou hast been more corrupt than they in all thy ways . * As I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , Sodom , thy sister , hath not done , she nor her daughters , as thou hast done , thou and thy daughters . * Behold , this was the iniquity of Sodom , thy sister : in pride , superabundance , and careless ease did she live , she and her daughters , and the hand of the poor and needy she did not strengthen ; * and they were haughty , and committed abomination before me ; therefore I took them away when I saw it . * Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins ; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they , and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done . * Now , therefore , bear thou thy shame , to which thou hast condemned thy sisters , since by thy sins which thou hast committed , more abominable than they , they are more righteous than thou . Yea , be thou confounded and bear thy shame , in that thou hast justified thy sisters . * Yet I will bring them back from their captivity , even Sodom and her daughters from their captivity , and Samaria and her daughters from their captivity ; thee also will I bring back from thy captivity in the midst of them ; * that thou mayst bear thy shame , and mayst be confounded on account of all which thou hast done , in that thou art a comfort to them . * And thy sisters , Sodom and her daughters , shall return to their former estate , and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate , and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate . * And yet Sodom , thy sister , was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride * before thy wickedness was discovered , as in the time of thy reproach from the daughters of Syria , and from all that were round about her , and from the daughters of the Philistines , who despised thee round about . * Thy wickedness and thine abominations must thou now bear , saith the Lord Jehovah . * For thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will do to thee as thou hast done , who hast despised the oath and hast broken the covenant . * But I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth , and I will establish with thee an everlasting covenant . * Then shalt thou remember thy ways , and be ashamed , when thou shalt receive thy sisters , thine elder and thy younger , and I shall give them to thee for daughters , but not by thy observance of thy covenant . * But I will establish my covenant with thee , and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah ; * that thou mayst remember and be confounded , and not open thy mouth any more for shame , when I forgive thee all which thou hast done , saith the Lord Jehovah .

---