Ezekiel 16
1. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying * ,
2. Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know * her abominations,
3. And say * , Thus saith * the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan;thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
4. 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 * .
5. 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 * .
6. 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 * .
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Then washed * I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away * thy blood from thee, and I anointed * thee with oil.
10. 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.
11. I decked * thee also with ornaments,and I put * bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
12. And I put * a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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,
18. And tookest * thy broidered garments, and coveredst * them: and thou hast set * mine oil and mine incense before them.
19. 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.
20. 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,
21. That thou hast slain * my children, and delivered * them to cause them to pass through * the fire for them?
22. And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered * the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted * in thy blood.
23. And it came to pass after all thy wickedness,(woe, woe unto thee! saith * the Lord GOD;)
24. That thou hast also built * unto thee an eminent place, and hast made * thee an high place in every street.
25. 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.
26. Thou hast also committed fornication * with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased * thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger * .
27. 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.
28. Thou hast played the whore * also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable * ; yea, thou hast played the harlot * with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
29. Thou hast moreover multiplied * thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied * herewith.
30. How weak * is thine heart, saith * the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest * all these things, the work of an imperious whorish * woman;
31. 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;
32. But as a wife that committeth adultery * , which taketh * strangers * instead of her husband !
33. 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.
34. 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.
35. Wherefore, O harlot * , hear * the word of the LORD:
36. 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, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give * unto them;
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. 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.
40. They shall also bring up * a company against thee, and they shall stone * thee with stones, and thrust thee through * with their swords.
41. 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.
42. 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 * .
43. Because thou hast not remembered * the days of thy youth, but hast fretted * me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense * thy way upon thine head, saith * the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit * this lewdness above all thine abominations.
44. Behold, every one that useth proverbs * shall use this proverb * against thee, saying * , As is the mother, so is her daughter.
45. Thou art thy mother's 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.
46. And thine elder sister is Samaria,she and her daughters that dwell * at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth * at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
47. Yet hast thou not walked * after their ways, nor done * after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little * thing, thou wast corrupted * more than they in all thy ways.
48. 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.
49. Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, 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.
50. And they were haughty * , and committed * abomination before me: therefore I took them away * as I saw * good.
51. 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 * .
52. 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.
53. When I shall bring again * their captivity * , the captivity * of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity * of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity * of thy captives in the midst of them:
54. 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.
55. 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.
56. For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
57. 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.
58. Thou hast borne * thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith * the LORD.
59. 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.
60. Nevertheless I will remember * my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish * unto thee an everlasting covenant.
61. 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.
62. And I will establish * my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know * that I am the LORD:
63. 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.
