The Book of Ezekiel
16: 1Again the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 16:2Son of man, cause
Jerusalem to know her abominations; 16:3and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto
Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite
was thy father, and thy mother was a Hittite. 16:4And as for thy nativity, in the day
thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to
cleanse thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. 16:5No eye pitied thee,
to do any of these things unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast
cast out in the open field, for that thy person was abhorred, in the day that thou
wast born. 16:6And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I
said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, Though
thou art in thy blood, live. 16:7I caused thee to multiply as that which groweth in the
field, and thou didst increase and wax great, and thou attainedst to excellent
ornament; thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair was grown; yet thou wast
naked and bare. 16:8Now 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 Jehovah, and thou becamest mine. 16:9Then washed I thee with water; yea, I
thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. 16:10I
clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I girded
thee about with fine linen, and covered thee with silk. 16:11And I decked thee with
ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. 16:12And I
put a ring upon thy nose, and ear-rings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon
thy head. 16:13Thus 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 unto royal estate.
16:14And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect,
through my majesty which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah. 16:15But
thou didst trust in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and
pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by; his it was. 16:16And thou
didst take of thy garments, and madest for thee high places decked with divers
colors, and playedst the harlot upon them: the like things shall not come, neither
shall it be so. 16:17Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver,
which I had given thee, and madest for thee images of men, and didst play the
harlot with them; 16:18and thou tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them,
and didst set mine oil and mine incense before them. 16:19My bread also which I
gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set
it before them for a sweet savor; and thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah.
16:20Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne
unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy
whoredoms a small matter, 16:21that thou hast slain my children, and delivered them
up, in causing them to pass through the fire unto them? 16:22And in all thine
abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy
youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast weltering in thy blood. 16:23And it
is come to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord
Jehovah,) 16:24that thou hast built unto thee a vaulted place, and hast made thee a
lofty place in every street. 16:25Thou hast built thy lofty place at the head of every
way, and hast made thy beauty an abomination, and hast opened thy feet to every
one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredom. 16:26Thou hast also committed
fornication with the Egyptians, thy neighbors, great of flesh; and hast multiplied
thy whoredom, to provoke me to anger. 16:27Behold 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, that are
ashamed of thy lewd way. 16:28Thou hast played the harlot also with the Assyrians,
because thou wast insatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet
thou wast not satisfied. 16:29Thou hast moreover multiplied thy whoredom unto the
land of traffic, unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. 16:30How
weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the
work of an impudent harlot; 16:31in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head
of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a
harlot, in that thou scornest hire. 16:32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh
strangers instead of her husband! 16:33They give gifts to all harlots; but thou givest
thy gifts to all thy lovers, and bribest them, that they may come unto thee on every
side for thy whoredoms. 16:34And thou art different from other women in thy
whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to play the harlot; and whereas thou
givest hire, and no hire is given unto thee, therefore thou art different.
16:35Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah: 16:36Thus saith the Lord Jehovah,
Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness uncovered through thy
whoredoms with thy lovers; and because of all the idols of thy abominations, and
for the blood of thy children, that thou didst give unto them; 16:37therefore behold, 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 against
thee on every side, and will uncover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see
all thy nakedness. 16:38And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and
shed blood are judged; and I will bring upon thee the blood of wrath and jealousy.
16:39I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thy vaulted
place, and break down thy lofty places; and they shall strip thee of thy clothes,
and take thy fair jewels; and they shall leave thee naked and bare. 16:40They shall
also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and
thrust thee through with their swords. 16:41And they shall burn thy 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 also give no hire any more.
16:42So will I cause my wrath toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from
thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry. 16:43Because thou hast not
remembered the days of thy youth, but hast raged against me in all these things;
therefore, behold, I also will bring thy way upon thy head, saith the Lord Jehovah:
and thou shalt not commit this lewdness with all thine abominations. 16:44Behold,
every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the
mother, so is her daughter. 16:45Thou art the daughter of thy mother, that loatheth
her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed
their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite, and your father an
Amorite. 16:46And thine elder sister is Samaria, that dwelleth at thy left hand, she
and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is
Sodom and her daughters. 16:47Yet hast thou not walked in their ways, nor done
after their abominations; but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast more
corrupt than they in all thy ways. 16:48As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy
sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy
daughters. 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of
bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she
strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 16:50And they were haughty, and
committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
16:51Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine
abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine
abominations which thou hast done. 16:52Thou also, bear thou thine own shame, in
that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast
committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous that thou: yea, be
thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
16:53And I will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters,
and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in
the midst of them; 16:54that thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be
ashamed because of all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
16:55And 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. 16:56For thy sister Sodom was not
mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, 16:57before thy wickedness was
uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that
are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, that do despite unto thee
round about. 16:58Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith
Jehovah. 16:59For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also deal with thee as thou hast
done, who hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. 16:60Nevertheless I will
remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish
unto thee an everlasting covenant. 16:61Then shalt thou remember thy ways, and be
ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder sisters and thy younger;
and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. 16:62And I
will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah;
16:63that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any
more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done,
saith the Lord Jehovah.