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 therewith.

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.

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¹ Again the word ^H1697 of the LORD ^H3068 came unto me, saying, ^H559

² Son ^H1121 of man, ^H120 cause Jerusalem ^H3389 to know ^H3045 her abominations, ^H8441

³ And say, ^H559 Thus saith ^H559 the Lord ^H136 GOD ^H3069 unto Jerusalem; ^H3389 Thy birth ^H4351 and thy nativity ^H4138 is of the land ^H776 of Canaan; ^H3669 thy father ^H1 was an Amorite, ^H567 and thy mother ^H517 an Hittite. ^H2850

⁴ And as for thy nativity, ^H4138 in the day ^H3117 thou wast born ^H3205 thy navel ^H8270 was not cut, ^H3772 neither wast thou washed ^H7364 in water ^H4325 to supple ^H4935 thee; thou wast not salted ^H4414 at all, ^H4414 nor swaddled ^H2853 at all. ^H2853

⁵ None eye ^H5869 pitied ^H2347 thee, to do ^H6213 any ^H259 of these unto thee, to have compassion ^H2550 upon thee; but thou wast cast out ^H7993 in the open ^H6440 field, ^H7704 to the lothing ^H1604 of thy person, ^H5315 in the day ^H3117 that thou wast born. ^H3205

⁶ And when I passed ^H5674 by thee, and saw ^H7200 thee polluted ^H947 in thine own blood, ^H1818 I said ^H559 unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, ^H1818 Live; ^H2421 yea, I said ^H559 unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, ^H1818 Live. ^H2421

⁷ I have caused ^H5414 thee to multiply ^H7233 as the bud ^H6780 of the field, ^H7704 and thou hast increased ^H7235 and waxen great, ^H1431 and thou art come ^H935 to excellent ^H5716 ornaments: ^H5716 thy breasts ^H7699 are fashioned, ^H3559 and thine hair ^H8181 is grown, ^H6779 whereas thou wast naked ^H5903 and bare. ^H6181

⁸ Now when I passed ^H5674 by thee, and looked ^H7200 upon thee, behold, thy time ^H6256 was the time ^H6256 of love; ^H1730 and I spread ^H6566 my skirt ^H3671 over thee, and covered ^H3680 thy nakedness: ^H6172 yea, I sware ^H7650 unto thee, and entered ^H935 into a covenant ^H1285 with thee, saith ^H5002 the Lord ^H136 GOD, ^H3069 and thou becamest mine.

⁹ Then washed ^H7364 I thee with water; ^H4325 yea, I throughly washed away ^H7857 thy blood ^H1818 from thee, and I anointed ^H5480 thee with oil. ^H8081

¹⁰ I clothed ^H3847 thee also with broidered work, ^H7553 and shod ^H5274 thee with badgers' skin, ^H8476 and I girded ^H2280 thee about with fine linen, ^H8336 and I covered ^H3680 thee with silk. ^H4897

¹¹ I decked ^H5710 thee also with ornaments, ^H5716 and I put ^H5414 bracelets ^H6781 upon thy hands, ^H3027 and a chain ^H7242 on thy neck. ^H1627

¹² And I put ^H5414 a jewel ^H5141 on thy forehead, ^H639 and earrings ^H5694 in thine ears, ^H241 and a beautiful ^H8597 crown ^H5850 upon thine head. ^H7218

¹³ Thus wast thou decked ^H5710 with gold ^H2091 and silver; ^H3701 and thy raiment ^H4403 was of fine linen, ^{H8336 H8336} and silk, ^H4897 and broidered work; ^H7553 thou didst eat ^H398 fine flour, ^H5560 and honey, ^H1706 and oil: ^H8081 and thou wast exceeding ^H3966 beautiful, ^H3302 and thou didst prosper ^H6743 into a kingdom. ^H4410

¹⁴ And thy renown ^H8034 went forth ^H3318 among the heathen ^H1471 for thy beauty: ^H3308 for it was perfect ^H3632 through my comeliness, ^H1926 which I had put ^H7760 upon thee, saith ^H5002 the Lord ^H136 GOD. ^H3069

¹⁵ But thou didst trust ^H982 in thine own beauty, ^H3308 and playedst the harlot ^H2181 because of thy renown, ^H8034 and pouredst out ^H8210 thy fornications ^H8457 on every one that passed by; ^H5674 his it was.

¹⁶ And of thy garments ^H899 thou didst take, ^H3947 and deckedst ^H6213 thy high places ^H1116 with divers colours, ^H2921 and playedst the harlot ^H2181 thereupon: the like things shall not come, ^H935 neither shall it be so.

¹⁷ Thou hast also taken ^H3947 thy fair ^H8597 jewels ^H3627 of my gold ^H2091 and of my silver, ^H3701 which I had given ^H5414 thee, and madest ^H6213 to thyself images ^H6754 of men, ^H2145 and didst commit whoredom ^H2181 with them,

¹⁸ And tookest ^H3947 thy broidered ^H7553 garments, ^H899 and coveredst ^H3680 them: and thou hast set ^H5414 mine oil ^H8081 and mine incense ^H7004 before ^H6440 them.

¹⁹ My meat ^H3899 also which I gave ^H5414 thee, fine flour, ^H5560 and oil, ^H8081 and honey, ^H1706 wherewith I fed ^H398 thee, thou hast even set ^H5414 it before ^H6440 them for a sweet ^H5207 savour: ^H7381 and thus it was, saith ^H5002 the Lord ^H136 GOD. ^H3069

²⁰ Moreover thou hast taken ^H3947 thy sons ^H1121 and thy daughters, ^H1323 whom thou hast borne ^H3205 unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed ^H2076 unto them to be devoured. ^H398 Is this of thy whoredoms ^H8457 a small matter, ^H4592

²¹ That thou hast slain ^H7819 my children, ^H1121 and delivered ^H5414 them to cause them to pass through ^H5674 the fire for them?

²² And in all thine abominations ^H8441 and thy whoredoms ^H8457 thou hast not remembered ^H2142 the days ^H3117 of thy youth, ^H5271 when thou wast naked ^H5903 and bare, ^H6181 and wast polluted ^H947 in thy blood. ^H1818

²³ And it came to pass after ^H310 all thy wickedness, ^H7451 (woe, ^H188 woe ^H188 unto thee! saith ^H5002 the Lord ^H136 GOD;) ^H3069

²⁴ That thou hast also built ^H1129 unto thee an eminent place, ^H1354 and hast made ^H6213 thee an high place ^H7413 in every street. ^H7339

²⁵ Thou hast built ^H1129 thy high place ^H7413 at every head ^H7218 of the way, ^H1870 and hast made thy beauty ^H3308 to be abhorred, ^H8581 and hast opened ^H6589 thy feet ^H7272 to every one that passed by, ^H5674 and multiplied ^H7235 thy whoredoms. ^H8457

²⁶ Thou hast also committed fornication ^H2181 with the Egyptians ^{H1121 H4714} thy neighbours, ^H7934 great ^H1432 of flesh; ^H1320 and hast increased ^H7235 thy whoredoms, ^H8457 to provoke me to anger. ^H3707

²⁷ Behold, therefore I have stretched out ^H5186 my hand ^H3027 over thee, and have diminished ^H1639 thine ordinary ^H2706 food, and delivered ^H5414 thee unto the will ^H5315 of them that hate ^H8130 thee, the daughters ^H1323 of the Philistines, ^H6430 which are ashamed ^H3637 of thy lewd ^H2154 way. ^H1870

²⁸ Thou hast played the whore ^H2181 also with the Assyrians, ^{H1121 H804} because ^H1115 thou wast unsatiable; ^H7646 yea, thou hast played the harlot ^H2181 with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. ^H7654

²⁹ Thou hast moreover multiplied ^H7235 thy fornication ^H8457 in the land ^H776 of Canaan ^H3667 unto Chaldea; ^H3778 and yet thou wast not satisfied ^H7646 herewith. ^H2063

³⁰ How weak ^H535 is thine heart, ^H3826 saith ^H5002 the Lord ^H136 GOD, ^H3069 seeing thou doest ^H6213 all these things, the work ^H4639 of an imperious ^H7986 whorish ^H2181 woman; ^H802

³¹ In that thou buildest ^H1129 thine eminent place ^H1354 in the head ^H7218 of every way, ^H1870 and makest ^H6213 thine high place ^H7413 in every street; ^H7339 and hast not been as an harlot, ^H2181 in that thou scornest ^H7046 hire; ^H868

³² But as a wife ^H802 that committeth adultery, ^H5003 which taketh ^H3947 strangers ^H2114 instead of her husband! ^H376

³³ They give ^H5414 gifts ^H5078 to all whores: ^H2181 but thou givest ^H5414 thy gifts ^H5083 to all thy lovers, ^H157 and hirest ^H7809 them, that they may come ^H935 unto thee on every side ^H5439 for thy whoredom. ^H8457

³⁴ And the contrary ^H2016 is in thee from other women ^H802 in thy whoredoms, ^H8457 whereas none followeth ^H310 thee to commit whoredoms: ^H2181 and in that thou givest ^H5414 a reward, ^H868 and no reward ^H868 is given ^H5414 unto thee, therefore thou art ^H1961 contrary. ^H2016

³⁵ Wherefore, O harlot, ^H2181 hear ^H8085 the word ^H1697 of the LORD: ^H3068

³⁶ Thus saith ^H559 the Lord ^H136 GOD; ^H3069 Because thy filthiness ^H5178 was poured out, ^H8210 and thy nakedness ^H6172 discovered ^H1540 through thy whoredoms ^H8457 with thy lovers, ^H157 and with all the idols ^H1544 of thy abominations, ^H8441 and by the blood ^H1818 of thy children, ^H1121 which thou didst give ^H5414 unto them;

³⁷ Behold, therefore I will gather ^H6908 all thy lovers, ^H157 with whom thou hast taken pleasure, ^H6149 and all them that thou hast loved, ^H157 with all them that thou hast hated; ^H8130 I will even gather ^H6908 them round about ^H5439 against thee, and will discover ^H1540 thy nakedness ^H6172 unto them, that they may see ^H7200 all thy nakedness. ^H6172

³⁸ And I will judge ^H8199 thee, as women that break wedlock ^H5003 and shed ^H8210 blood ^H1818 are judged; ^H4941 and I will give ^H5414 thee blood ^H1818 in fury ^H2534 and jealousy. ^H7068

³⁹ And I will also give ^H5414 thee into their hand, ^H3027 and they shall throw down ^H2040 thine eminent place, ^H1354 and shall break down ^H5422 thy high places: ^H7413 they shall strip ^H6584 thee also of thy clothes, ^H899 and shall take ^H3947 thy fair ^H8597 jewels, ^H3627 and leave ^H3240 thee naked ^H5903 and bare. ^H6181

⁴⁰ They shall also bring up ^H5927 a company ^H6951 against thee, and they shall stone ^H7275 thee with stones, ^H68 and thrust thee through ^H1333 with their swords. ^H2719

⁴¹ And they shall burn ^H8313 thine houses ^H1004 with fire, ^H784 and execute ^H6213 judgments ^H8201 upon thee in the sight ^H5869 of many ^H7227 women: ^H802 and I will cause thee to cease ^H7673 from playing the harlot, ^H2181 and thou also shalt give ^H5414 no hire ^H868 any more.

⁴² So will I make my fury ^H2534 toward thee to rest, ^H5117 and my jealousy ^H7068 shall depart ^H5493 from thee, and I will be quiet, ^H8252 and will be no more angry. ^H3707

⁴³ Because thou hast not remembered ^H2142 the days ^H3117 of thy youth, ^H5271 but hast fretted ^H7264 me in all these things; behold, ^H1887 therefore I also will recompense ^H5414 thy way ^H1870 upon thine head, ^H7218 saith ^H5002 the Lord ^H136 GOD: ^H3069 and thou shalt not commit ^H6213 this lewdness ^H2154 above all thine abominations. ^H8441

⁴⁴ Behold, every one that useth proverbs ^H4911 shall use this proverb ^H4911 against thee, saying, ^H559 As is the mother, ^H517 so is her daughter. ^H1323

⁴⁵ Thou art thy mother's ^H517 daughter, ^H1323 that lotheth ^H1602 her husband ^H376 and her children; ^H1121 and thou art the sister ^H269 of thy sisters, ^H269 which lothed ^H1602 their husbands ^H582 and their children: ^H1121 your mother ^H517 was an Hittite, ^H2850 and your father ^H1 an Amorite. ^H567

⁴⁶ And thine elder ^H1419 sister ^H269 is Samaria, ^H8111 she and her daughters ^H1323 that dwell ^H3427 at thy left hand: ^H8040 and thy younger ^H6996 sister, ^H269 that dwelleth ^H3427 at thy right hand, ^H3225 is Sodom ^H5467 and her daughters. ^H1323

⁴⁷ Yet hast thou not walked ^H1980 after their ways, ^H1870 nor done ^H6213 after their abominations: ^H8441 but, as if that were a very ^H6985 little ^{H4592 H6962} thing, thou wast corrupted ^H7843 more than they ^H2004 in all thy ways. ^H1870

⁴⁸ As I live, ^H2416 saith ^H5002 the Lord ^H136 GOD, ^H3069 Sodom ^H5467 thy sister ^H269 hath not done, ^H6213 she nor her daughters, ^H1323 as thou hast done, ^H6213 thou and thy daughters. ^H1323

⁴⁹ Behold, this was the iniquity ^H5771 of thy sister ^H269 Sodom, ^H5467 pride, ^H1347 fulness ^H7653 of bread, ^H3899 and abundance ^H7962 of idleness ^H8252 was in her and in her daughters, ^H1323 neither did she strengthen ^H2388 the hand ^H3027 of the poor ^H6041 and needy. ^H34

⁵⁰ And they were haughty, ^H1361 and committed ^H6213 abomination ^H8441 before ^H6440 me: therefore I took them away ^H5493 as I saw ^H7200 good.

⁵¹ Neither hath Samaria ^H8111 committed ^H2398 half ^H2677 of thy sins; ^H2403 but thou hast multiplied ^H7235 thine abominations ^H8441 more than they, ^H2007 and hast justified ^H6663 thy sisters ^H269 in all thine abominations ^H8441 which thou hast done. ^H6213

⁵² Thou also, which hast judged ^H6419 thy sisters, ^H269 bear ^H5375 thine own shame ^H3639 for thy sins ^H2403 that thou hast committed more abominable ^H8581 than they: ^H2004 they are more righteous ^H6663 than thou: yea, be thou confounded ^H954 also, and bear ^H5375 thy shame, ^H3639 in that thou hast justified ^H6663 thy sisters. ^H269

⁵³ When I shall bring again ^H7725 their captivity, ^{H7622 H7622} the captivity ^{H7622 H7622} of Sodom ^H5467 and her daughters, ^H1323 and the captivity ^{H7622 H7622} of Samaria ^H8111 and her daughters, ^H1323 then will I bring again the captivity ^{H7622 H7622} of thy captives ^H7622 in the midst ^H8432 of them:

⁵⁴ That thou mayest bear ^H5375 thine own shame, ^H3639 and mayest be confounded ^H3637 in all that thou hast done, ^H6213 in that thou art a comfort ^H5162 unto them.

⁵⁵ When thy sisters, ^H269 Sodom ^H5467 and her daughters, ^H1323 shall return ^H7725 to their former estate, ^H6927 and Samaria ^H8111 and her daughters ^H1323 shall return ^H7725 to their former estate, ^H6927 then thou and thy daughters ^H1323 shall return ^H7725 to your former estate. ^H6927

⁵⁶ For thy sister ^H269 Sodom ^H5467 was not mentioned ^H8052 by thy mouth ^H6310 in the day ^H3117 of thy pride, ^H1347

⁵⁷ Before thy wickedness ^H7451 was discovered, ^H1540 as at the time ^H6256 of thy reproach ^H2781 of the daughters ^H1323 of Syria, ^H758 and all that are round about ^H5439 her, the daughters ^H1323 of the Philistines, ^H6430 which despise ^H7590 thee round about. ^H5439

⁵⁸ Thou hast borne ^H5375 thy lewdness ^H2154 and thine abominations, ^H8441 saith ^H5002 the LORD. ^H3068

⁵⁹ For thus saith ^H559 the Lord ^H136 GOD; ^H3069 I will even deal ^H6213 with thee as thou hast done, ^H6213 which hast despised ^H959 the oath ^H423 in breaking ^H6565 the covenant. ^H1285

⁶⁰ Nevertheless I will remember ^H2142 my covenant ^H1285 with thee in the days ^H3117 of thy youth, ^H5271 and I will establish ^H6965 unto thee an everlasting ^H5769 covenant. ^H1285

⁶¹ Then thou shalt remember ^H2142 thy ways, ^H1870 and be ashamed, ^H3637 when thou shalt receive ^H3947 thy sisters, ^H269 thine elder ^H1419 and thy younger: ^H6996 and I will give ^H5414 them unto thee for daughters, ^H1323 but not by thy covenant. ^H1285

⁶² And I will establish ^H6965 my covenant ^H1285 with thee; and thou shalt know ^H3045 that I am the LORD: ^H3068

⁶³ That thou mayest remember, ^H2142 and be confounded, ^H954 and never open ^H6610 thy mouth ^H6310 any more because ^H6440 of thy shame, ^H3639 when I am pacified ^H3722 toward thee for all that thou hast done, ^H6213 saith ^H5002 the Lord ^H136 GOD. ^H3069

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¹ Again the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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

³ and 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.

⁴ And 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.

⁵ No 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.

⁶ And 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.

⁷ I 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.

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 Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.

⁹ Then washed I thee with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

¹⁰ I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and covered thee with silk.

¹¹ And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.

¹² And I put a ring upon thy nose, and ear-rings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy 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 unto royal estate.

¹⁴ And 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.

¹⁵ But 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 And 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'.

¹⁷ Thou 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;

¹⁸ and thou tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them, and didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.

¹⁹ My 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.

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. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,

²¹ that thou hast slain my children, and delivered them up, in causing them to pass through `the fire' unto 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 weltering in thy blood.

²³ And it is come to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah,)

²⁴ that thou hast built unto thee a vaulted place, and hast made thee a lofty place in every street.

²⁵ Thou 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.

²⁶ Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians, thy neighbors, great of flesh; and hast multiplied thy whoredom, 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, that are ashamed of thy lewd way.

²⁸ Thou 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.

²⁹ Thou hast moreover multiplied thy whoredom unto the land of traffic, unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

³⁰ How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an impudent harlot;

³¹ in 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.

³² A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!

³³ They 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.

³⁴ And 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.

³⁵ Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah:

³⁶ Thus 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;

³⁷ therefore 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.

³⁸ And 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.

³⁹ I 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.

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 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.

⁴² So 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.

⁴³ Because 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.

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 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.

⁴⁶ And 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.

⁴⁷ Yet 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.

⁴⁸ As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, 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 prosperous ease 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 by all thine abominations which thou hast done.

⁵² Thou 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.

⁵³ And 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;

⁵⁴ that 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.

⁵⁵ And 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.

⁵⁶ For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

⁵⁷ before 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.

⁵⁸ Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith Jehovah.

⁵⁹ For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also deal with thee as thou hast done, who 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 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.

⁶² And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah;

⁶³ that 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.

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¹ And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

² `Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, and thou hast said:

³ Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity `Are' of the land of the Canaanite, Thy father the Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.

⁴ As to thy nativity, in the day thou wast born, Thou -- thy navel hath not been cut, And in water thou wast not washed for ease, And thou hast not been salted at all, And thou hast not been swaddled at all.

⁵ No eye hath had pity on thee, to do to thee any of these, To have compassion on thee, And thou art cast on the face of the field, With loathing of thy person. In the day thou hast been born -- thou!

⁶ And I do pass over by thee, And I see thee trodden down in thy blood, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live.

⁷ A myriad -- as the shoot of the field I have made thee, And thou art multiplied, and art great, And comest in with an excellent adornment, Breasts have been formed, and thy hair hath grown -- And thou, naked and bare!

⁸ And I pass over by thee, and I see thee, And lo, thy time `is' a time of loves, And I spread My skirt over thee, And I cover thy nakedness, And I swear to thee, and come in to a covenant with thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And thou dost become Mine.

⁹ And I do wash thee with water, And I wash away thy blood from off thee, And I anoint thee with perfume.

¹⁰ And I clothe thee with embroidery, And I shoe thee with badger's skin, And I gird thee with fine linen, And I cover thee with figured silk.

¹¹ And I adorn thee with adornments, And I give bracelets for thy hands, And a chain for thy neck.

¹² And I give a ring for thy nose, And rings for thine ears, And a crown of beauty on thy head.

¹³ And thou dost put on gold and silver, And thy clothing `is' fine linen, And figured silk and embroidery, Fine flour, and honey, and oil thou hast eaten, And thou art very very beautiful, And dost go prosperously to the kingdom.

¹⁴ And go forth doth thy name among nations, Because of thy beauty -- for it `is' complete, In My honour that I have set upon thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁵ And thou dost trust in thy beauty, And goest a-whoring because of thy renown, And dost pour out thy whoredoms On every passer by -- to him it is.

¹⁶ And thou dost take of thy garments, And dost make to thee spotted high-places, And dost go a-whoring upon them, They are not coming in -- nor shall it be!

¹⁷ And thou dost take thy beauteous vessels Of My gold and My silver that I gave to thee, And dost make to thee images of a male, And dost go a-whoring with them,

¹⁸ And dost take the garments of thy embroidery, And thou dost cover them, And My oil and My perfume thou hast set before them.

¹⁹ And My bread, that I gave to thee, Fine flour, and oil, and honey, that I caused thee to eat. Thou hast even set it before them, For a sweet fragrance -- thus it is, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

²⁰ And thou dost take thy sons and thy daughters Whom thou hast born to Me, And dost sacrifice them to them for food. Is it a little thing because of thy whoredoms,

²¹ That thou dost slaughter My sons, And dost give them up in causing them to pass over to them?

²² And with all thine abominations and thy whoredoms, Thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, When thou wast naked and bare, Trodden down in thy blood thou wast!

²³ And it cometh to pass, after all thy wickedness, (Wo, wo, to thee -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah),

²⁴ That thou dost build to thee an arch, And dost make to thee a high place in every broad place.

²⁵ At every head of the way thou hast built thy high place, And thou dost make thy beauty abominable, And dost open wide thy feet to every passer by, And dost multiply thy whoredoms,

²⁶ And dost go a-whoring unto sons of Egypt, Thy neighbours -- great of appetite! And thou dost multiply thy whoredoms, To provoke Me to anger.

²⁷ And lo, I have stretched out My hand against thee, And I diminish thy portion, And give thee to the desire of those hating thee, The daughters of the Philistines, Who are ashamed of thy wicked way.

²⁸ And thou goest a-whoring unto sons of Asshur, Without thy being satisfied, And thou dost go a-whoring with them, And also -- thou hast not been satisfied.

²⁹ And thou dost multiply thy whoredoms On the land of Canaan -- toward Chaldea, And even with this thou hast not been satisfied.

³⁰ How weak `is' thy heart, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, In thy doing all these, The work of a domineering whorish woman.

³¹ In thy building thine arch at the head of every way, Thy high place thou hast made in every broad place, And -- hast not been as a whore deriding a gift.

³² The wife who committeth adultery -- Under her husband -- doth receive strangers.

³³ To all whores they give a gift, And -- thou hast given thy gifts to all thy lovers, And dost bribe them to come in unto thee, From round about -- in thy whoredoms.

³⁴ And the contrary is in thee from women in thy whoredoms, That after thee none doth go a-whoring; And in thy giving a gift, And a gift hath not been given to thee; And thou art become contrary.

³⁵ Therefore, O whore, hear a word of Jehovah,

³⁶ Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy brass being poured forth, And thy nakedness is revealed in thy whoredoms near thy lovers, And near all the idols of thy abominations, And according to the blood of thy sons, Whom thou hast given to them;

³⁷ Therefore, lo, I am assembling all thy lovers, To whom thou hast been sweet, And all whom thou hast loved, Besides all whom thou hast hated; And I have assembled them by thee round about, And have revealed thy nakedness to them, And they have seen all thy nakedness.

³⁸ And I have judged thee -- judgments of adultresses, And of women shedding blood, And have given thee blood, fury, and jealousy.

³⁹ And I have given thee into their hand, And they have thrown down thine arch, And they have broken down thy high places, And they have stript thee of thy garments, And they have taken thy beauteous vessels, And they have left thee naked and bare.

⁴⁰ And have caused an assembly to come up against thee, And stoned thee with stones, And thrust thee through with their swords,

⁴¹ And burnt thy houses with fire, And done in thee judgments before the eyes of many women, And I have caused thee to cease from going a-whoring, And also a gift thou givest no more.

⁴² And I have caused My fury against thee to rest, And My jealousy hath turned aside from thee, And I have been quiet, and I am not angry any more.

⁴³ Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, And dost give trouble to Me in all these, Lo, even I also thy way at first gave up, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I did not this thought for all thine abominations.

⁴⁴ Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother -- her daughter!

⁴⁵ Thy mother's daughter thou `art', Loathing her husband and her sons, And thy sisters' sister thou `art', Who loathed their husbands and their sons, Your mother `is' a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

⁴⁶ And thine elder sister `is' Samaria, she and her daughters, Who is dwelling at thy left hand, And thy younger sister, who is dwelling on thy right hand, `is' Sodom and her daughters.

⁴⁷ And -- in their ways thou hast not walked, And according to their abominations done, As a little thing it hath been loathed, And thou dost more corruptly than they in all thy ways.

⁴⁸ I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done -- she and her daughters -- As thou hast done -- thou and thy daughters.

⁴⁹ Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened.

⁵⁰ And they are haughty and do abomination before Me, And I turn them aside when I have seen.

⁵¹ As to Samaria, as the half of thy sins -- she hath not sinned, And thou dost multiply thine abominations more than they, And dost justify thy sisters by all thy abominations that thou hast done.

⁵² Thou also -- bear thy shame, That thou hast adjudged to thy sisters, Because of thy sins that thou hast done more abominably than they, They are more righteous than thou, And thou, also, be ashamed and bear thy shame, In thy justifying thy sisters.

⁵³ And I have turned back `to' their captivity, The captivity of Sodom and her daughters, And the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, And the captivity of thy captives in their midst,

⁵⁴ So that thou dost bear thy shame, And hast been ashamed of all that thou hast done, In thy comforting them.

⁵⁵ And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, Do turn back to their former state, And Samaria and her daughters Do turn back to their former state, And thou and thy daughters do turn back to your former state.

⁵⁶ And thy sister Sodom hath not been for a report in thy mouth, In the day of thine arrogancy,

⁵⁷ Before thy wickedness is revealed, As `at' the time of the reproach of the daughters of Aram, And of all her neighbours, the daughters of the Philistines, Who are despising thee round about.

⁵⁸ Thy devices and thine abominations, Thou hast borne them, an affirmation of Jehovah.

⁵⁹ For thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have dealt with thee as thou hast done, In that thou hast despised an oath -- to break covenant.

⁶⁰ And I -- I have remembered My covenant with thee, In the days of thy youth, And I have established for thee a covenant age-during.

⁶¹ And thou hast remembered thy ways, And thou hast been ashamed, In thy receiving thy sisters -- Thine elder with thy younger, And I have given them to thee for daughters, And not by thy covenant.

⁶² And I -- I have established My covenant with thee, And thou hast known that I `am' Jehovah.

⁶³ So that thou dost remember, And thou hast been ashamed, And there is not to thee any more an opening of the mouth because of thy shame, In My receiving atonement for thee, For all that thou hast done, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'

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¹ And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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

³ and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite: thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.

⁴ And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water for cleansing; thou wast not rubbed with salt at all, nor swaddled at all.

⁵ No eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, from abhorrence of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

⁶ And I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, and I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live! yea, I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live!

⁷ I caused thee to multiply, as the bud of the field; and thou didst increase and grow great, and thou camest to fulness of beauty; [thy] breasts were fashioned, and thy hair grew: but thou wast naked and bare.

⁸ And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness; and I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.

⁹ And I washed thee with water, and thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil;

¹⁰ and I clothed thee with embroidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I bound thee about with byssus, and covered thee with silk.

¹¹ And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck;

¹² and I put a ring on thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.

¹³ Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver, and thy raiment was byssus, and silk, and embroidered work. Thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou becamest exceedingly beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

¹⁴ And thy fame went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect through my magnificence, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁵ But thou didst confide 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 And of thy garments thou didst take, and madest for thyself high places decked with divers colours, and didst play the harlot thereupon: [the like] hath not come to pass, and shall be no more.

¹⁷ And thou didst take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of males, and didst commit fornication with them.

¹⁸ And thou tookest thine embroidered garments, and coveredst them; and thou didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.

¹⁹ And my bread which I had given thee, the fine flour and the oil and the honey wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savour: thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah.

²⁰ And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hadst borne unto me, and these didst thou sacrifice unto them, to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,

²¹ that thou didst slay my children and give them up in passing them over to 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, when thou wast weltering in thy blood.

²³ And it came to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah),

²⁴ that thou didst also build unto thee a place of debauchery, and didst make thee a high place in every street:

²⁵ thou didst build thy high place at every head of the way, and madest thy beauty to be abhorred, and thou didst open thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiply thy whoredom.

²⁶ And thou didst commit fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and didst multiply thy whoredom to provoke me to anger.

²⁷ And behold, I stretched out my hand over thee, and diminished thine appointed portion; and I gave thee over unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, who were confounded at thy lewd way.

²⁸ And thou didst commit fornication with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable; yea, thou didst commit fornication with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.

²⁹ And thou didst multiply thy whoredom with the land of merchants, Chaldea, and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

³⁰ How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these [things], the work of a whorish woman, under no restraint;

³¹ in that thou buildest thy place of debauchery at the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street! And thou hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest reward,

³² O adulterous wife, that taketh strangers instead of her husband.

³³ They give rewards to all harlots; but thou gavest thy rewards to all thy lovers, and rewardedst them, that they might come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms.

³⁴ And in thee is the contrary from [other] women, in thy whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to commit fornication; and whereas thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, so art thou contrary.

³⁵ Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah.

³⁶ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy money hath been poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy fornications with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thine abominations, and because of the blood of thy children which thou didst give unto them;

³⁷ therefore, behold, I will gather all thy lovers with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all that thou hast loved, with all 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 with the judgments of women that commit adultery and shed blood; and I will give thee up to the blood of fury and jealousy;

³⁹ and I will give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thy place of debauchery, and shall break down thy high places; and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

⁴⁰ And they shall bring up an assemblage against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

⁴¹ And 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 being a harlot, and thou also shalt give no more any reward.

⁴² And I will appease my fury against thee, 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 raged against me in all these [things], behold, therefore, I also will recompense thy way upon [thy] head, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou shalt not commit this lewdness besides all thine abominations.

⁴⁴ Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall speak in a proverb against thee, saying, As the mother, [so is] her daughter!

⁴⁵ Thou art the daughter of thy mother that loathed 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.

⁴⁶ And 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.

⁴⁷ And thou hast not walked in their ways, nor done according to their abominations; but as though that were a very little, thou hast been more corrupt than they in all thy ways.

⁴⁸ [As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, 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 careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

⁵⁰ And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me, and I took them away when I saw [it].

⁵¹ And Samaria hath not sinned according to the 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.

⁵² Thou also, who hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own confusion, because of thy sins in which thou hast acted more abominably than they: they are more righteous than thou. So be thou ashamed also, and bear thy confusion, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

⁵³ And I will bring 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;

⁵⁴ that thou mayest bear thy confusion, and mayest be confounded for all that thou hast done, in that thou comfortest them.

⁵⁵ And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; thou also and thy daughters, ye shall return to your former estate.

⁵⁶ Yea, Sodom thy sister was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

⁵⁷ before thy wickedness was discovered, 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, who despise thee on every side.

⁵⁸ Thy lewdness and thine abominations, thou bearest them, saith Jehovah.

⁵⁹ For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, who hast despised the oath, and broken 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 And thou shalt remember thy ways, and be confounded, when thou shalt receive thy sisters who are older than thou, together with those who are younger than thou; for I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by virtue of thy covenant.

⁶² And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah;

⁶³ that thou mayest remember, and be ashamed, and no more open thy mouth because of thy confusion, when I forgive thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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

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

³ and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Jerusalem: Your birth and your birth is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was your father, and your mother was a Hittite.

⁴ As for your birth, in the day you were born your navel was not cut, neither were you washed in water to cleanse you; you weren't salted at all, nor swaddled at all.

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

⁶ When I passed by you, and saw you weltering in your blood, I said to you, [Though you are] in your blood, live; yes, I said to you, [Though you are] in your blood, live.

⁷ I caused you to multiply as that which grows in the field, and you increased and grew great, and you attained to excellent ornament; your breasts were fashioned, and your hair was grown; yet you were naked and bare.

⁸ Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord Yahweh, and you became mine.

⁹ Then washed I you with water; yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.

¹⁰ I clothed you also with embroidered work, and shod you with sealskin, and I girded you about with fine linen, and covered you with silk.

¹¹ I decked you with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck.

¹² I put a ring on your nose, and ear-rings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.

¹³ Thus was you decked with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work; you ate fine flour, and honey, and oil; and you were exceeding beautiful, and you did prosper to royal estate.

¹⁴ Your renown went forth among the nations for your beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put on you, says the Lord Yahweh.

¹⁵ But you did trust in your beauty, and played the prostitute because of your renown, and poured out your prostitution on everyone who passed by; his it was.

¹⁶ You took of your garments, and made for yourselves high places decked with various colors, and played the prostitute on them: [the like things] shall not come, neither shall it be [so].

¹⁷ 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 played the prostitute with them;

¹⁸ and you took your embroidered garments, and covered them, and did set my oil and my incense before them.

¹⁹ My bread also which I gave you, fine flour, and oil, and honey, with which I fed you, you did even set it before them for a sweet savor; and [thus] it was, says the Lord Yahweh.

²⁰ Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your prostitution a small matter,

²¹ that you have slain my children, and delivered them up, in causing them to pass through [the fire] to them?

²² In all your abominations and your prostitution you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, and was weltering in your blood.

²³ It is happen after all your wickedness, (woe, woe to you! says the Lord Yahweh),

²⁴ that you have built to you a vaulted place, and have made you a lofty place in every street.

²⁵ You have built your lofty place at the head of every way, and have made your beauty an abomination, and have opened your feet to everyone who passed by, and multiplied your prostitution.

²⁶ You have also committed sexual immorality with the Egyptians, your neighbors, great of flesh; and have multiplied your prostitution, to provoke me to anger.

²⁷ See therefore, I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your ordinary [food], and delivered you to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way.

²⁸ You have played the prostitute also with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; yes, you have played the prostitute with them, and yet you weren't satisfied.

²⁹ You have moreover multiplied your prostitution to the land of merchants, to Chaldea; and yet you weren't satisfied with this.

³⁰ How weak is your heart, says the Lord Yahweh, seeing you do all these things, the work of an impudent prostitute;

³¹ in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay.

³² A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!

³³ They give gifts to all prostitutes; but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them, that they may come to you on every side for your prostitution.

³⁴ You are different from [other] women in your prostitution, in that none follows you to play the prostitute; and whereas you give hire, and no hire is given to you, therefore you are different.

³⁵ Therefore, prostitute, hear the word of Yahweh:

³⁶ Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Because your filthiness was poured out, and your nakedness uncovered through your prostitution with your lovers; and because of all the idols of your abominations, and for the blood of your children, that you gave to them;

³⁷ therefore see, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those who you have loved, with all those who you have hated; I will even gather them against you on every side, and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.

³⁸ I will judge you, as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.

³⁹ I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places; and they shall strip you of your clothes, and take your beautiful jewels; and they shall leave you naked and bare.

⁴⁰ They shall also bring up a company against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords.

⁴¹ They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will cause you to cease from playing the prostitute, and you shall also give no hire any more.

⁴² So will I cause my wrath toward you to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

⁴³ Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring your way on your head, says the Lord Yahweh: and you shall not commit this lewdness with all your abominations.

⁴⁴ Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use [this] proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

⁴⁵ You are the daughter of your mother, who loathes 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 at your left hand, she and her daughters; and your younger sister, who dwells at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

⁴⁷ Yet have you not walked in their ways, nor done after their abominations; but, as [if that were] a very little [thing], you were more corrupt than they in all your ways.

⁴⁸ As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, Sodom your sister has not done, she nor her daughters, as you have done, you and your daughters.

⁴⁹ Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

⁵⁰ They were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good].

⁵¹ Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all your abominations which you have done.

⁵² You also, bear you your own shame, in that you have given judgment for your sisters; through your sins that you have committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous that you: yes, be also confounded, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters.

⁵³ 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 your captives in the midst of them;

⁵⁴ that you may bear your own shame, and may be ashamed because of all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them.

⁵⁵ Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; and you and your daughters shall return to your former estate.

⁵⁶ For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride,

⁵⁷ before your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all who are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, who do despite to you round about.

⁵⁸ You have borne your lewdness and your abominations, says Yahweh.

⁵⁹ For thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also deal with you as you have done, 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 to you an everlasting covenant.

⁶¹ Then shall you remember your ways, and be ashamed, when you shall receive your sisters, your elder [sisters] and your younger; and I will give them to you for daughters, but not by your covenant.

⁶² I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall know that I am Yahweh;

⁶³ that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done, says the Lord Yahweh.

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¹ And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

² Son of man, make clear to Jerusalem her disgusting ways,

³ And say, This is what the Lord has said to Jerusalem: Your start and your birth was from the land of the Canaanite; an Amorite was your father and your mother was a Hittite.

⁴ As for your birth, on the day of your birth your cord was not cut and you were not washed in water to make you clean; you were not salted or folded in linen bands.

⁵ No eye had pity on you to do any of these things to you or to be kind to you; but you were put out into the open country, because your life was hated at the time of your birth.

⁶ And when I went past you and saw you stretched out in your blood, I said to you, Though you are stretched out in your blood, have life;

⁷ And be increased in number like the buds of the field; and you were increased and became great, and you came to the time of love: your breasts were formed and your hair was long; but you were uncovered and without clothing.

⁸ Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.

⁹ Then I had you washed with water, washing away all your blood and rubbing you with oil.

¹⁰ And I had you clothed with needlework, and put leather shoes on your feet, folding fair linen about you and covering you with silk.

¹¹ And I made you fair with ornaments and put jewels on your hands and a chain on your neck.

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

¹³ So you were made beautiful with gold and silver; and your clothing was of the best linen and silk and needlework; your food was the best meal and honey and oil: and you were very beautiful.

¹⁴ You were so beautiful that the story of you went out into all nations; you were completely beautiful because of my glory which I had put on you, says the Lord.

¹⁵ But you put your faith in the fact that you were beautiful, acting like a loose woman because you were widely talked of, and offering your cheap love to everyone who went by, whoever it might be.

¹⁶ And you took your robes and made high places for yourself ornamented with every colour, acting like a loose woman on them, without shame or fear.

¹⁷ And you took the fair jewels, my silver and gold which I had given to you, and made for yourself male images, acting like a loose woman with them;

¹⁸ And you took your robes of needlework for their clothing, and put my oil and my perfume before them.

¹⁹ And my bread which I gave you, the best meal and oil and honey which I gave you for your food, you put it before them for a sweet smell, says the Lord.

²⁰ And you took your sons and your daughters whom I had by you, offering even these to them to be their food. Was your loose behaviour so small a thing,

²¹ That you put my children to death and gave them up to go through the fire to them?

²² And in all your disgusting and false behaviour you had no memory of your early days, when you were uncovered and without clothing, stretched out in your blood.

²³ And it came about, after all your evil-doing, says the Lord,

²⁴ That you made for yourself an arched room in every open place.

²⁵ You put up your high places at the top of every street, and made the grace of your form a disgusting thing, opening your feet to everyone who went by, increasing your loose ways.

²⁶ And you went with the Egyptians, your neighbours, great of flesh; increasing your loose ways, moving me to wrath.

²⁷ Now, then, my hand is stretched out against you, cutting down your fixed amount, and I have given you up to the desire of your haters, the daughters of the Philistines who are shamed by your loose ways.

²⁸ And you went with the Assyrians, because of your desire which was without measure; you were acting like a loose woman with them, and still you had not enough.

²⁹ And you went on in your loose ways, even as far as the land of Chaldaea, and still you had not enough.

³⁰ How feeble is your heart, says the Lord, seeing that you do all these things, the work of a loose and overruling woman;

³¹ For you have made your arched room at the top of every street, and your high place in every open place; though you were not like a loose woman in getting together your payment.

³² The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!

³³ They give payment to all loose women: but you give rewards to your lovers, offering them payment so that they may come to you on every side for your cheap love.

³⁴ And in your loose behaviour you are different from other women, for no one goes after you to make love to you: and because you give payment and no payment is given to you, in this you are different from them.

³⁵ For this cause, O loose woman, give ear to the voice of the Lord:

³⁶ This is what the Lord has said: Because your unclean behaviour was let loose and your body uncovered in your loose ways with your lovers and with your disgusting images, and for the blood of your children which you gave to them;

³⁷ For this cause I will get together all your lovers with whom you have taken your pleasure, and all those to whom you have given your love, with all those who were hated by you; I will even make them come together against you on every side, and I will have you uncovered before them so that they may see your shame.

³⁸ And you will be judged by me as women are judged who have been untrue to their husbands and have taken life; and I will let loose against you passion and bitter feeling.

³⁹ I will give you into their hands, and your arched room will be overturned and your high places broken down; they will take your clothing off you and take away your fair jewels: and when they have done, you will be uncovered and shamed.

⁴⁰ And they will get together a meeting against you, stoning you with stones and wounding you with their swords.

⁴¹ And they will have you burned with fire, sending punishments on you before the eyes of great numbers of women; and I will put an end to your loose ways, and you will no longer give payment.

⁴² And the heat of my wrath against you will have an end, and my bitter feeling will be turned away from you, and I will be quiet and will be angry no longer.

⁴³ Because you have not kept in mind the days when you were young, but have been troubling me with all these things; for this reason I will make the punishment of your ways come on your head, says the Lord, because you have done this evil thing in addition to all your disgusting acts.

⁴⁴ See, in every common saying about you it will be said, As the mother is, so is her daughter.

⁴⁵ You are the daughter of your mother whose soul is turned in disgust from her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters who were turned in disgust from their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

⁴⁶ Your older sister is Samaria, living at your left hand, she and her daughters: and your younger sister, living at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

⁴⁷ Still you have not gone in their ways or done the disgusting things which they have done; but, as if that was only a little thing, you have gone deeper in evil than they in all your ways.

⁴⁸ By my life, says the Lord, Sodom your sister never did, she or her daughters, what you and your daughters have done.

⁴⁹ Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.

⁵⁰ They were full of pride and did what was disgusting to me: and so I took them away as you have seen.

⁵¹ And Samaria has not done half your sins; but you have made the number of your disgusting acts greater than theirs, making your sisters seem more upright than you by all the disgusting things which you have done.

⁵² And you yourself will be put to shame, in that you have given the decision for your sisters; through your sins, which are more disgusting than theirs, they are more upright than you: truly, you will be shamed and made low, for you have made your sisters seem upright.

⁵³ And I will let their fate be changed, the fate of Sodom and her daughters, and the fate of Samaria and her daughters, and your fate with theirs.

⁵⁴ So that you will be shamed and made low because of all you have done, when I have mercy on you.

⁵⁵ And your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, will go back to their first condition, and Samaria and her daughters will go back to their first condition, and you and your daughters will go back to your first condition.

⁵⁶ Was not your sister Sodom an oath in your mouth in the day of your pride,

⁵⁷ Before your shame was uncovered? Now you have become like her a word of shame to the daughters of Edom and all who are round about you, the daughters of the Philistines who put shame on you round about.

⁵⁸ The reward of your evil designs and your disgusting ways has come on you, says the Lord.

⁵⁹ For this is what the Lord has said: I will do to you as you have done, you who, putting the oath on one side, have let the agreement be broken.

⁶⁰ But still I will keep in mind the agreement made with you in the days when you were young, and I will make with you an eternal agreement.

⁶¹ Then at the memory of your ways you will be overcome with shame, when I take your sisters, the older and the younger, and give them to you for daughters, but not by your agreement.

⁶² And I will make my agreement with you; and you will be certain that I am the Lord:

⁶³ So that, at the memory of these things, you may be at a loss, never opening your mouth because of your shame; when you have my forgiveness for all you have done, says the Lord.