Ezekiel:16

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* Again the word of the LORD came unto me , saying , * Son of man , cause Jerusalem to know her abominations tow #ebah #, * And say , Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem ; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan K @na #aniy #; thy father was an Amorite , and thy mother an Hittite . * And as for thy nativity , in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut , neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee ; thou wast not salted at all , nor swaddled at all . * None eye pitied thee , to do any of these unto thee , to have compassion upon thee ; but thou wast cast out in the open field , to the lothing of thy person , in the day that thou wast born . * And when I passed by thee , and saw thee polluted in thine own blood , I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood , Live ; yea , I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood , Live . * I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field , and thou hast increased and waxen great , and thou art come to excellent ornaments : thy breasts are fashioned , and thine hair is grown , whereas thou wast naked and bare . * Now when I passed by thee , and looked upon thee , behold , thy time was the time of love ; and I spread my skirt over thee , and covered thy nakedness : yea , I sware unto thee , and entered into a covenant with thee , saith the Lord GOD , and thou becamest mine . * Then washed I thee with water ; yea , I throughly washed away thy blood from thee , and I anointed thee with oil . * 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 . * I decked thee also with ornaments , and I put bracelets upon thy hands , and a chain on thy neck . * And I put a jewel on thy forehead , and earrings in thine ears , and a beautiful crown upon thine head ro #sh #. * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 , * And tookest thy broidered garments , and coveredst them : and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them . * 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 . * 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 m @#at #, * That thou hast slain my children , and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them ? * And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth na #uwr #, when thou wast naked and bare , and wast polluted in thy blood . * And it came to pass after all thy wickedness , (woe , woe unto thee ! saith the Lord GOD ; ) * That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place , and hast made thee an high place in every street . * Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way , and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred , and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by , and multiplied thy whoredoms . * Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians ben # thy neighbours , great of flesh ; and hast increased thy whoredoms , to provoke me to anger . * Behold , therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee , and have diminished thine ordinary food , and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee , the daughters of the Philistines , which are ashamed of thy lewd way . * Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians ben #, because thou wast unsatiable ; yea , thou hast played the harlot with them , and yet couldest not be satisfied sob #ah #. * Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea ; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith zo #th #. * How weak is thine heart , saith the Lord GOD , seeing thou doest all these things , the work of an imperious whorish woman ; * In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way , and makest thine high place in every street ; and hast not been as an harlot , in that thou scornest hire ; * But as a wife that committeth adultery , which taketh strangers instead of her husband ! * They give gifts to all whores : but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers , and hirest them , that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom . * And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms , whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms : and in that thou givest a reward , and no reward is given unto thee , therefore thou art contrary . * Wherefore , O harlot , hear the word of the LORD : * 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 tow #ebah #, and by the blood of thy children , which thou didst give unto them ; * 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 . * 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 qin #ah #. * 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 . * 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 also shalt give no hire any 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 na #uwr #, but hast fretted me in all these things ; behold , therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head ro #sh #, saith the Lord GOD : and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations tow #ebah #. * Behold , every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee , saying , As is the mother , so is her daughter . * Thou art thy mothers daughter , that lotheth her husband and her children ; and thou art the sister of thy sisters , which lothed their husbands and their children : your mother was an Hittite , and your father an Amorite . * And thine elder sister is Samaria , she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand s @mo #wl #: and thy younger sister , that dwelleth at thy right hand , is Sodom and her daughters . * Yet hast thou not walked after their ways , nor done after their abominations tow #ebah #: but , as if that were a very little #H6962 thing , thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways . * As I live , saith the Lord GOD , Sodom thy sister hath not done , she nor her daughters , as thou hast done , thou and thy daughters . * Behold , this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom , pride ga #own #, fulness of bread , and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters , neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy . * And they were haughty , and committed abomination before me : therefore I took them away as I saw good . * Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins chatta #ah #; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they , and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done . * Thou also , which hast judged thy sisters , bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they : they are more righteous than thou : yea , be thou confounded also , and bear thy shame , in that thou hast justified thy sisters . * When I shall bring again their captivity sh @, the captivity sh @ of Sodom and her daughters , and the captivity sh @ of Samaria and her daughters , then will I bring again the captivity sh @ of thy captives in the midst of them : * That thou mayest bear thine own shame , and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done , in that thou art a comfort unto them . * When thy sisters , Sodom and her daughters , shall return to their former estate , and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate , then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate . * For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride ga #own #, * Before thy wickedness was discovered , as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria , and all that are round about her , the daughters of the Philistines , which despise thee round about . * Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations tow #ebah #, saith the LORD . * For thus saith the Lord GOD ; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done , which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant . * Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth na #uwr #, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant . * Then thou shalt remember thy ways , and be ashamed , when thou shalt receive thy sisters , thine elder and thy younger : and I will give them unto thee for daughters , but not by thy covenant . * And I will establish my covenant with thee ; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD : * That thou mayest remember , and be confounded , and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame , when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done , saith the Lord GOD .

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