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1	And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:	Again the word of the LORD came to me:	The word of the LORD came to me:
2	Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations.	“Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,	“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable practices
3	And thou shalt say: Thus saith the Lord God to Jerusalem: Thy root, and thy nativity is of the land of Chanaan, thy father was an Amorrhite, and thy mother a Cethite.	and 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.	and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry and birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
4	And when thou wast born, in the day of thy nativity thy navel wits not cut, neither wast thou washed with water for thy health, nor salted with salt, nor swaddled with clouts.	And 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.	On the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.
5	No eye had pity on thee to do any of these things for thee, out of compassion to thee: but thou wast cast out upon the face of the earth in the abjection of thy soul, in the day that thou wast born.	No 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.	No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.
6	And passing by thee, I saw that thou wast trodden under foot in thy own blood. and I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood: Live: I have said to thee: Live in thy blood.	“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!’	“’Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, “Live!”
7	I caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field: and thou didst increase and grow great, and advancedst, and camest to woman's ornament: thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair grew: and thou wast naked, and full of confusion.	I 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.	I made you grow like a plant of the field. You grew and developed and entered puberty. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, yet you were stark naked.
8	And I passed by thee, and saw thee: and behold thy time was the time of lovers : and I spread my garment over thee, and covered thy ignominy. And I swore to thee, and I entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God: and thou becamest mine.	“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.	“’Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.
9	And I washed thee with water, and cleansed away thy blood from thee: and I anointed thee with oil.	Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and anointed you with oil.	“’I bathed you with water and washed the blood from you and put ointments on you.
10	And I clothed thee with embroidery, and shed thee with violet coloured shoes : and I girded thee about with fine linen, and clothed thee with fine garments.	I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.	I clothed you with an embroidered dress and put sandals of fine leather on you. I dressed you in fine linen and covered you with costly garments.
11	I decked thee also with ornaments, and put bracelets on thy hands, and a chain about thy neck.	And I adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck.	I adorned you with jewelry: I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck,
12	And I put a jewel upon thy forehead and earrings in thy ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.	And I put a ring on your nose and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.	and I put a ring on your nose, earrings on your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.
13	And thou wast adorned with gold, and silver, and wast clothed with fine linen, and embroidered work, and many colours: thou didst eat fine hour, and honey, and oil, and wast made exceeding beautiful: and wast advanced to be a queen.	Thus 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.	So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.
14	And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty: for thou wast perfect through my beauty, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.	And 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.	And your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign LORD.
15	But trusting in thy beauty, thou playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and thou hast prostituted thyself to every passenger, to be his.	“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.	“’But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by and your beauty became his.
16	And taking of thy garments thou hast made thee high places sewed together on each side: and hast played the harlot upon them, as hath not been done before, nor shall be hereafter.	You 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.	You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places, where you carried on your prostitution. You went to him, and he possessed your beauty.
17	And thou tookest thy beautiful vessels, of my gold, and my silver, which I gave thee, and thou madest thee images of men, and hast committed fornication with them.	You 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.	You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them.
18	And thou tookest thy garments of divers colours, and coveredst them : and settest my oil and my sweet incense before them.	And you took your embroidered garments to cover them, and set my oil and my incense before them.	And you took your embroidered clothes to put on them, and you offered my oil and incense before them.
19	And my bread which I gave thee, the fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast set before them for a sweet odour; and it was done, saith the Lord God.	Also 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.	Also the food I provided for you—the flour, olive oil and honey I gave you to eat—you offered as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened, declares the Sovereign LORD.
20	And thou hast taken thy sons, and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne to me: and best sacrificed the same to them to be devoured. Is thy fornication small?	And 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	“’And you took your sons and daughters whom you bore to me and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
21	Thou hast sacrificed and given my children to them, consecrating them by fire.	that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them?	You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.
22	And after all thy abominations, and fornications, thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked, and full of confusion, trodden under foot in thy own blood.	And 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.	In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, kicking about in your blood.
23	And it came to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe to thee, saith the Lord God)	“And after all your wickedness (woe, woe to you! declares the Lord GOD ),	“’Woe! Woe to you, declares the Sovereign LORD. In addition to all your other wickedness,
24	That thou didst also build thee a common stew, and madest thee a brothel house in every street.	you built yourself a vaulted chamber and made yourself a lofty place in every square.	you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine in every public square.
25	At every head of the way thou hast set up a sign of thy prostitution: and hast made thy beauty to be abominable: and hast prostituted thyself to every one that passed by, and hast multiplied thy fornications.	At 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.	At every street corner you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.
26	And thou hast committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, men of large bodies, and hast multiplied thy fornications to provoke me.	You also played the whore with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, multiplying your whoring, to provoke me to anger.	You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger with your increasing promiscuity.
27	Behold, I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will take away thy justification: and I will deliver thee up to the will of the daughters of the Philistines that hate thee, that are ashamed of thy wicked way.	Behold, 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.	So I stretched out my hand against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were shocked by your lewd conduct.
28	Thou hast also committed fornication with the Assyrians, because thou wast not yet satisfied: and after thou hadst played the harlot with them, even so thou wast not contented.	You 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.	You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied.
29	Thou hast also multiplied thy fornications in the land of Chanaan with the Chaldeans: and neither so wast then satisfied.	You multiplied your whoring also with the trading land of Chaldea, and even with this you were not satisfied.	Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia, a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.
30	Wherein shall I cleanse thy heart, saith the Lord God: seeing thou dost all these the works of a shameless prostitute?	“How sick is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, because you did all these things, the deeds of a brazen prostitute,	“’I am filled with fury against you, declares the Sovereign LORD, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute!
31	Because thou hast built thy brothel house at the head of every way, and thou hast made thy high place in every street: and wast not as a harlot that by disdain enhanceth her price,	building 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.	When you built your mounds at every street corner and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were unlike a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
32	But as an adulteress, that bringeth in strangers over her husband.	Adulterous wife, who receives strangers instead of her husband!	“’You adulterous wife! You prefer strangers to your own husband!
33	Gifts are given to all harlots: but thou hast given hire to all thy lovers, and thou hast given them gifts to come to thee from every side, to commit fornication with thee.	Men 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.	All prostitutes receive gifts, but you give gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.
34	And it hath happened in thee contrary to the custom of women in thy fornications, and after thee there shall be no such fornication: for in that thou gavest rewards, and didst not take rewards, the contrary hath been done in thee.	So 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.	So in your prostitution you are the opposite of others; no one runs after you for your favors. You are the very opposite, for you give payment and none is given to you.
35	Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord.	“Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD:	“’Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the LORD!
36	Thus saith the Lord God: Because thy money hath been poured out, and thy shame discovered through thy fornications with thy lovers, and with the idols of thy abominations, by the blood of thy children whom thou gavest them:	Thus 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,	This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you poured out your lust and exposed your naked body in your promiscuity with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children’s blood,
37	Behold, I will gather together all thy lovers with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all whom thou hast loved, with all whom thou hast hated: and I will gather them together against thee on every side, and will discover thy shame in their sight, and they shall see all thy nakedness.	therefore, 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.	therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and will strip you in front of them, and they will see you stark naked.
38	And I will judge thee as adulteresses, and they that shed blood are judged: and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.	And I will judge you as women who commit adultery and shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy.	I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and who shed blood; I will bring on you the blood vengeance of my wrath and jealous anger.
39	And I will deliver thee into their hands, and they shall destroy thy brothel house, and throw down thy stews: and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take away the vessels of thy beauty: and leave thee naked, and full of disgrace.	And 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.	Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked.
40	And they shall bring upon thee a multitude, and they shall stone thee with stones, and shall slay thee with their swords.	They shall bring up a crowd against you, and they shall stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.	They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and hack you to pieces with their swords.
41	41And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and shall execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and thou shalt cease from fornication, and shalt give no hire any more.	And 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.	They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women. I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay your lovers.
42	And my indignation shall rest in thee: and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will cease and be angry no more.	So will I satisfy my wrath on you, and my jealousy shall depart from you. I will be calm and will no more be angry.	Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger will turn away from you; I will be calm and no longer angry.
43	Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast provoked me in all these things: wherefore I also have turned thy ways upon thy head, saith the Lord God, and I have not done according to thy wicked deeds in all thy abominations.	Because 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?	“’Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged me with all these things, I will surely bring down on your head what you have done, declares the Sovereign LORD. Did you not add lewdness to all your other detestable practices?
44	Behold every one that useth a common proverb, shall use this against thee, saying: As the mother was, so also is her daughter.	“Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’	“’Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”
45	Thou art thy mother's daughter, that cast off her husband, and her children: and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who cast off their husbands, and their children: your mother was a Cethite, and your father an Amorrhite.	You 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.	You are a true daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and her children; and you are a true sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
46	And thy 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.	And 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.	Your older sister was Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom.
47	But neither hast thou walked in their ways, nor hast thou done a little less than they according to their wickednesses: thou hast done almost more wicked things than they in all thy ways	Not 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.	You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.
48	as I live, saith the Lord God, thy sister Sodom herself, and her daughters, have not done as thou hast done, and thy daughters.	As I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done.	As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.
49	Behold this was the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance, and the idleness of her, and of her daughters: and they did not put forth their hand to the needy, and to the poor.	Behold, 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.	“’Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50	And they were lifted up, and committed abominations before me: and I took them away as thou hast seen.	They were haughty and did an abomination before me. So I removed them, when I saw it.	They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.
51	And Samaria committed not half thy sins: but thou hast surpassed them with thy crimes, and hast justified thy sisters by all thy abominations which thou hast done.	Samaria 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.	Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done.
52	Therefore do thou also bear thy confusion, thou that hast surpassed thy sisters with thy sine, doing more wickedly than they: for they are justified above thee, therefore be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, thou that hast justified thy sisters.	Bear 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.	Bear your disgrace, for you have furnished some justification for your sisters. Because your sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous than you. So then, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.
53	And I will bring back and restore them by bringing back Sodom, with her daughters, and by bringing back Samaria, and her daughters: and I will bring those that return of thee in the midst of them.	“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,	“’However, I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and of Samaria and her daughters, and your fortunes along with them,
54	That thou mayest bear thy shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, comforting them.	that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all that you have done, becoming a consolation to them.	so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in giving them comfort.
55	And thy sister Sodom and her daughters shall return to their ancient state: and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their ancient state: and thou and thy daughters shall return to your ancient state.	As 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.	And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to what they were before; and you and your daughters will return to what you were before.
56	And Sodom thy sister was not heard of in thy mouth, in the day of thy pride,	Was not your sister Sodom a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride,	You would not even mention your sister Sodom in the day of your pride,
57	Before thy malice was laid open: as it is at this time, making thee a reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all the daughters of Palestine round about thee, that encompass thee on all sides.	before 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.	before your wickedness was uncovered. Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom and all her neighbors and the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you.
58	Thou hast borne thy wickedness, and thy disgrace, saith the Lord God.	You bear the penalty of your lewdness and your abominations, declares the LORD.	You will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your detestable practices, declares the LORD.
59	For thus saith the Lord God: I will deal with thee, as thou hast despised the oath, in breaking the covenant:	“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,	“’This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant.
60	And I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth: and I will establish with thee an everlasting covenant.	yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.	Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
61	And thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed: when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thy elder and thy younger: and I will give them to thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.	Then 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.	Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both those who are older than you and those who are younger. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on the basis of my covenant with you.
62	And I will establish my covenant with thee: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord,	I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall know that I am the LORD,	So I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
63	That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and mayest no more open thy mouth because of thy confusion, when I shall be pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.	that 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.”	Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”
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