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1Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

1Again the word of the LORD came to me:

2“Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

2“Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,

3and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: “Your birth and your nativity are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

3and say, Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth are of the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

4As for your nativity, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water to cleanse you; you were not rubbed with salt nor wrapped in swaddling cloths.

4And as for your birth, on the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths.

5No eye pitied you, to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you; but you were thrown out into the open field, when you yourself were loathed on the day you were born.

5No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you out of compassion for you, but you were cast out on the open field, for you were abhorred, on the day that you were born.

6“And when I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’

6“And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’

7I made you thrive like a plant in the field; and you grew, matured, and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed, your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.

7I made you flourish like a plant of the field. And you grew up and became tall and arrived at full adornment. Your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet you were naked and bare.

8“When I passed by you again and looked upon you, indeed your time was the time of love; so I spread My wing over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine,” says the Lord GOD.

8“When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord GOD, and you became mine.

9“Then I washed you in water; yes, I thoroughly washed off your blood, and I anointed you with oil.

9Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and anointed you with oil.

10I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of badger skin; I clothed you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

10I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.

11I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your wrists, and a chain on your neck.

11And I adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck.

12And I put a jewel in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.

12And I put a ring on your nose and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.

13Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate pastry of fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and succeeded to royalty.

13Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour and honey and oil. You grew exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty.

14Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I had bestowed on you,” says the Lord GOD.

14And your renown went forth among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through the splendor that I had bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.

15“But you trusted in your own beauty, played the harlot because of your fame, and poured out your harlotry on everyone passing by who would have it.

15“But you trusted in your beauty and played the whore because of your renown and lavished your whorings on any passerby; your beauty became his.

16You took some of your garments and adorned multicolored high places for yourself, and played the harlot on them. Such things should not happen, nor be.

16You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be.

17You have also taken your beautiful jewelry from My gold and My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images and played the harlot with them.

17You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and with them played the whore.

18You took your embroidered garments and covered them, and you set My oil and My incense before them.

18And you took your embroidered garments to cover them, and set my oil and my incense before them.

19Also My food which I gave you—the pastry of fine flour, oil, and honey which I fed you—you set it before them as sweet incense; and so it was,” says the Lord GOD.

19Also my bread that I gave you—I fed you with fine flour and oil and honey—you set before them for a pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares the Lord GOD.

20“Moreover you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to Me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your acts of harlotry a small matter,

20And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter

21that you have slain My children and offered them up to them by causing them to pass through the fire?

21that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them?

22And in all your abominations and acts of harlotry you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, struggling in your blood.

22And in all your abominations and your whorings you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood.

23“Then it was so, after all your wickedness—‘Woe, woe to you!’ says the Lord GOD—

23“And after all your wickedness (woe, woe to you! declares the Lord GOD ),

24that you also built for yourself a shrine, and made a high place for yourself in every street.

24you built yourself a vaulted chamber and made yourself a lofty place in every square.

25You built your high places at the head of every road, and made your beauty to be abhorred. You offered yourself to everyone who passed by, and multiplied your acts of harlotry.

25At the head of every street you built your lofty place and made your beauty an abomination, offering yourself to any passerby and multiplying your whoring.

26You also committed harlotry with the Egyptians, your very fleshly neighbors, and increased your acts of harlotry to provoke Me to anger.

26You also played the whore with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, multiplying your whoring, to provoke me to anger.

27“Behold, therefore, I stretched out My hand against you, diminished your allotment, and gave you up to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.

27Behold, therefore, I stretched out my hand against you and diminished your allotted portion and delivered you to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.

28You also played the harlot with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; indeed you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied.

28You played the whore also with the Assyrians, because you were not satisfied; yes, you played the whore with them, and still you were not satisfied.

29Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea; and even then you were not satisfied.

29You multiplied your whoring also with the trading land of Chaldea, and even with this you were not satisfied.

30“How degenerate is your heart!” says the Lord GOD, “seeing you do all these things, the deeds of a brazen harlot.

30“How sick is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, because you did all these things, the deeds of a brazen prostitute,

31“You erected your shrine at the head of every road, and built your high place in every street. Yet you were not like a harlot, because you scorned payment.

31building your vaulted chamber at the head of every street, and making your lofty place in every square. Yet you were not like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.

32You are an adulterous wife, who takes strangers instead of her husband.

32Adulterous wife, who receives strangers instead of her husband!

33Men make payment to all harlots, but you made your payments to all your lovers, and hired them to come to you from all around for your harlotry.

33Men give gifts to all prostitutes, but you gave your gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from every side with your whorings.

34You are the opposite of other women in your harlotry, because no one solicited you to be a harlot. In that you gave payment but no payment was given you, therefore you are the opposite.”

34So you were different from other women in your whorings. No one solicited you to play the whore, and you gave payment, while no payment was given to you; therefore you were different.

35‘Now then, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD!

35“Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD:

36Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because your filthiness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,

36Thus says the Lord GOD, Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your whorings with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, and because of the blood of your children that you gave to them,

37surely, therefore, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved, and all those you hated; I will gather them from all around against you and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.

37therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from every side and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.

38And I will judge you as women who break wedlock or shed blood are judged; I will bring blood upon you in fury and jealousy.

38And I will judge you as women who commit adultery and shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy.

39I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your shrines and break down your high places. They shall also strip you of your clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.

39And I will give you into their hands, and they shall throw down your vaulted chamber and break down your lofty places. They shall strip you of your clothes and take your beautiful jewels and leave you naked and bare.

40“They shall also bring up an assembly against you, and they shall stone you with stones and thrust you through with their swords.

40They shall bring up a crowd against you, and they shall stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.

41They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will make you cease playing the harlot, and you shall no longer hire lovers.

41And they shall burn your houses and execute judgments upon you in the sight of many women. I will make you stop playing the whore, and you shall also give payment no more.

42So I will lay to rest My fury toward you, and My jealousy shall depart from you. I will be quiet, and be angry no more.

42So will I satisfy my wrath on you, and my jealousy shall depart from you. I will be calm and will no more be angry.

43Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but agitated Me with all these things, surely I will also recompense your deeds on your own head,” says the Lord GOD. “And you shall not commit lewdness in addition to all your abominations.

43Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have enraged me with all these things, therefore, behold, I have returned your deeds upon your head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed lewdness in addition to all your abominations?

44“Indeed everyone who quotes proverbs will use this proverb against you: ‘Like mother, like daughter!’

44“Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’

45You are your mother’s daughter, loathing husband and children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and children; your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

45You are the daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

46“Your elder sister is Samaria, who dwells with her daughters to the north of you; and your younger sister, who dwells to the south of you, is Sodom and her daughters.

46And your elder sister is Samaria, who lived with her daughters to the north of you; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you, is Sodom with her daughters.

47You did not walk in their ways nor act according to their abominations; but, as if that were too little, you became more corrupt than they in all your ways.

47Not only did you walk in their ways and do according to their abominations; within a very little time you were more corrupt than they in all your ways.

48“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “neither your sister Sodom nor her daughters have done as you and your daughters have done.

48As I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done.

49Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

49Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.

50And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit.

50They were haughty and did an abomination before me. So I removed them, when I saw it.

51“Samaria did not commit half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all the abominations which you have done.

51Samaria has not committed half your sins. You have committed more abominations than they, and have made your sisters appear righteous by all the abominations that you have committed.

52You who judged your sisters, bear your own shame also, because the sins which you committed were more abominable than theirs; they are more righteous than you. Yes, be disgraced also, and bear your own shame, because you justified your sisters.

52Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have intervened on behalf of your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed, you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.

53“When I bring back their captives, the captives of Sodom and her daughters, and the captives of Samaria and her daughters, then I will also bring back the captives of your captivity among them,

53“I will restore their fortunes, both the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters, and I will restore your own fortunes in their midst,

54that you may bear your own shame and be disgraced by all that you did when you comforted them.

54that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all that you have done, becoming a consolation to them.

55When your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters return to their former state, then you and your daughters will return to your former state.

55As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former state, and you and your daughters shall return to your former state.

56For your sister Sodom was not a byword in your mouth in the days of your pride,

56Was not your sister Sodom a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride,

57before your wickedness was uncovered. It was like the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria and all those around her, and of the daughters of the Philistines, who despise you everywhere.

57before your wickedness was uncovered? Now you have become an object of reproach for the daughters of Syria and all those around her, and for the daughters of the Philistines, those all around who despise you.

58You have paid for your lewdness and your abominations,” says the LORD.

58You bear the penalty of your lewdness and your abominations, declares the LORD.

59For thus says the Lord GOD: “I will deal with you as you have done, who despised the oath by breaking the covenant.

59“For thus says the Lord GOD: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant,

60“Nevertheless I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.

60yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.

61Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed, when you receive your older and your younger sisters; for I will give them to you for daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.

61Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you take your sisters, both your elder and your younger, and I give them to you as daughters, but not on account of the covenant with you.

62And I will establish My covenant with you. Then you shall know that I am the LORD,

62I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall know that I am the LORD,

63that you may remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I provide you an atonement for all you have done,” says the Lord GOD.’ ”

63that you may remember and be confounded, and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I atone for you for all that you have done, declares the Lord GOD.”

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