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Ezekiel
16
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2
"Son of man, make known to the people of Jerusalem the disgusting things they have done.
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Ezekiel
16
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3
Tell them, 'This is what the Almighty LORD says to the people of Jerusalem: Your birthplace and your ancestors were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.
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Ezekiel
16
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4
When you were born, your umbilical cord wasn't cut. You weren't washed with water to make you clean. You weren't rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloth.
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Ezekiel
16
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5
No one who saw you felt sorry enough for you to do any of these things. But you were thrown into an open field. You were rejected when you were born.
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Ezekiel
16
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6
" 'Then I went by you and saw you kicking around in your own blood. I said to you, "Live."
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Ezekiel
16
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7
I made you grow like a plant in the field. You grew up, matured, and became a young woman. Your breasts developed, and your hair grew. Yet, you were naked and bare.
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Ezekiel
16
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8
" 'I went by you again and looked at you. You were old enough to make love to. So I spread my robe over you, and covered your naked body. I promised to love you, and I exchanged marriage vows with you. You became mine, declares the Almighty LORD.
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Ezekiel
16
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9
" 'Then I bathed you with water, and I washed off your blood. I poured olive oil over you.
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Ezekiel
16
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10
I put an embroidered dress on you and fine leather sandals on your feet. I dressed you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
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Ezekiel
16
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11
I gave you jewelry. I put bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck.
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Ezekiel
16
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12
I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.
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Ezekiel
16
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13
So you wore gold and silver jewelry. You were dressed in fine linen, silk, and embroidered clothes. Your food was flour, honey, and olive oil. You were very beautiful, and eventually you became a queen.
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Ezekiel
16
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14
You became famous in every nation because of your beauty. Your beauty was perfect because I gave you my glory, declares the Almighty LORD.
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Ezekiel
16
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15
" 'But you trusted your beauty, and you used your fame to become a prostitute. You had sex with everyone who walked by.
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Ezekiel
16
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16
You took some of your clothes and made your worship sites colorful. This is where you acted like a prostitute. Such things shouldn't happen. They shouldn't occur.
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Ezekiel
16
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17
You took your beautiful gold and silver jewelry that I had given you and made male idols for yourself. Then you committed adultery with them.
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Ezekiel
16
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18
You took off your embroidered clothes and covered the idols with them. You offered my olive oil and incense in their presence.
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Ezekiel
16
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19
You also offered them sweet and fragrant sacrifices. You gave flour, olive oil, and honey-all the food that I gave you to eat. This is what happened, declares the Almighty LORD.
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Ezekiel
16
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20
" 'You took your sons and daughters, who belonged to me, and you sacrificed them as food to idols. Wasn't your prostitution enough?
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Ezekiel
16
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21
You slaughtered my children and presented them as burnt offerings to idols.
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Ezekiel
16
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22
With all the disgusting things that you did and all your acts of prostitution, you didn't remember the time when you were young. You didn't remember when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your own blood.
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Ezekiel
16
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23
" 'How horrible! How horrible it will be for you! declares the Almighty LORD. After all your wickedness,
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Ezekiel
16
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24
you built yourself platforms and illegal worship sites in every city square.
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Ezekiel
16
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25
You also built worship sites at the head of every street. You used your beauty to seduce people there. You offered your body to everyone who passed by. You increased your acts of prostitution.
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Ezekiel
16
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26
You had sex with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians. You used your prostitution to make me angry.
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Ezekiel
16
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27
" 'So I used my power against you. I took away some of your land, and I handed you over to your greedy enemies, the Philistines, who were ashamed of what you had done.
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Ezekiel
16
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28
" 'You had sex with the Assyrians because you weren't satisfied. You still weren't satisfied.
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Ezekiel
16
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29
So you increased your acts of prostitution to include the land of the merchants, the Babylonians. Even after that, you weren't satisfied.
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Ezekiel
16
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30
" 'You have no will power! declares the Almighty LORD. You do everything a shameless prostitute does.
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Ezekiel
16
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31
You build your platforms at the head of every street and place your illegal worship sites in every square. Yet, you aren't like other prostitutes, because you don't want to be paid.
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Ezekiel
16
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32
You are an adulterous wife who prefers strangers to her husband.
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Ezekiel
16
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33
All prostitutes get paid. But you give gifts to all your lovers and bribe them to come to you from all directions to have sex with you.
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Ezekiel
16
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34
You are a different kind of prostitute. No one goes after you for favors. You are the opposite. You pay them, and you don't accept payment.
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Ezekiel
16
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35
" 'Listen to the word of the LORD, you prostitute.
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Ezekiel
16
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36
This is what the Almighty LORD says: You exposed yourself and uncovered your naked body when you gave yourself to your lovers and to all your disgusting idols. You also killed your children and sacrificed their blood to these idols.
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Ezekiel
16
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37
That is why I will gather all your lovers with whom you found pleasure. I will have all those who love you and hate you gather around. I will uncover your body for them, and they will see you naked.
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Ezekiel
16
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38
I will punish you the same way that those who are guilty of prostitution and murder are punished. I will give you the death penalty in my fury and burning anger.
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Ezekiel
16
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39
I will hand you over to your lovers. They will destroy your platforms and tear down your illegal worship sites. They will tear off your clothes, take away your beautiful jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
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Ezekiel
16
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40
They will also bring a mob against you. They will stone you and cut you into pieces with their swords.
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Ezekiel
16
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41
They will burn your houses and punish you in the presence of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay others.
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Ezekiel
16
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42
Then I will rest from my fury against you, and I will stop being angry. I will be at peace. I will no longer be angry.
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Ezekiel
16
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43
" 'You didn't remember the time when you were young, and you made me very angry with all these things. So I will pay you back for what you have done, declares the Almighty LORD. Didn't you make wicked plans in addition to all your disgusting practices?
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Ezekiel
16
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44
" 'Everyone who uses proverbs will speak the following saying against you: Like mother, like daughter.
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Ezekiel
16
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45
You are your mother's daughter. She rejected her husband and her children. You are exactly like your sisters. They rejected their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father was an Amorite.
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Ezekiel
16
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46
" 'Your older sister was Samaria. She and her daughters lived north of you. Your younger sister is Sodom. She lives south of you with her daughters.
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Ezekiel
16
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47
You didn't follow their ways. You didn't do the same disgusting things that they did. It only took you a little time to be more corrupt than they ever were.
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Ezekiel
16
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48
As I live, declares the Almighty LORD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.
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Ezekiel
16
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49
This is what your sister Sodom has done wrong. She and her daughters were proud that they had plenty of food and had peace and security. They didn't help the poor and the needy.
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Ezekiel
16
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50
They were arrogant and did disgusting things in front of me. So I did away with them when I saw this.
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Ezekiel
16
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51
" 'Samaria didn't commit half the sins you did. You have done many more disgusting things than they ever did. Because of all the disgusting things that you have done, you make your sisters look innocent.
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Ezekiel
16
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52
You will have to suffer disgrace because you accused your sisters. Yet, your sins are more disgusting than theirs. They look like they are innocent compared to you. Be ashamed of yourself and suffer disgrace, because you have made your sisters look like they are innocent.
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Ezekiel
16
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53
" 'I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and Samaria and her daughters. I will also restore your fortune along with theirs.
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Ezekiel
16
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54
You will have to suffer disgrace and be ashamed of everything you have done, including comforting them.
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Ezekiel
16
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55
When Sodom and her daughters and Samaria and her daughters return to what they once were, you and your daughters will return to what you once were.
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Ezekiel
16
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56
You didn't mention your sister Sodom when you were arrogant.
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Ezekiel
16
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57
You didn't mention her before your wickedness was revealed. Now the daughters of Aram and their neighbors despise you. The daughters of the Philistines also despise you. Those around you hate you.
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Ezekiel
16
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58
You must suffer because of all the crude and disgusting things you have done, declares the LORD.
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Ezekiel
16
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59
" 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: I will give you what you deserve. You despised your marriage vows and rejected my promise.
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Ezekiel
16
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60
I will remember the promise that I made with you when you were young, and I will make it a promise that will last forever.
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Ezekiel
16
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61
Then you will remember what you have done. You will be ashamed when I return your older and younger sisters to you. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of my promise with you.
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Ezekiel
16
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62
Then I will make my promise with you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
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Ezekiel
16
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63
You will remember and be ashamed. You will never again open your mouth because of your disgrace when I forgive you for everything you did, declares the Almighty LORD.'"