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Ezekiel 16

God's Grace to Unfaithful Jerusalem

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Then the wordh1697 of the LORDh3068 cameh1961 to me, sayingh559,

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"Sonh1121 of manh120,  amakeh3045 knownh3045 to Jerusalemh3389 her abominationsh8441

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and sayh559, `Thush3541 saysh559 the Lordh136  1GODh3068 to Jerusalemh3389, "Your originh4351 and your birthh4138 are from the landh776 of the Canaaniteh3669a, your fatherh1 was an Amoriteh567 and your motherh517 a Hittiteh2850.

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"As for your birthh4138,  aon the dayh3117 you were bornh3205 your navelh8270 cordh8270 was not cuth3772, norh3808 were you washedh7364 with waterh4325 for cleansingh4935; you were not rubbedh4414b with salth4414b or even wrappedh2853 in clothsh2853.

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"Noh3808 eyeh5869 lookedh2347 with pityh2347 on you to doh6213a anyh259 of theseh428 thingsh428 for you, to haveh2550 compassionh2550 on you. Rather you were thrownh7993 out into the  1 aopenh6440 fieldh7704,  2for you were abhorredh1604 on the dayh3117 you were bornh3205.

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"When I passedh5674a by you and sawh7200 you squirmingh947 in your bloodh1818, I saidh559 to you while you were in your bloodh1818, `Liveh2421a!' Yes, I saidh559 to you while you were in your bloodh1818, `Liveh2421a!'

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"I  amadeh5414 you  1numeroush7233 like plantsh6780 of the fieldh7704. Then you grewh7235a up, becameh1431 tallh1431 and reachedh935 the ageh935 for fineh5716 ornamentsh5716; your breastsh7699a were formedh3559 and your hairh8181 had grownh6779. Yet you were nakedh5903 and bareh6181.

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"Then I passedh5674a by you and sawh7200 you, and beholdh2009,  1you were at the timeh6256 for loveh1730; so I  aspreadh6566 My skirth3671 overh5921 you and coveredh3680 your nakednessh6172. I also  bsworeh7650 to you and  centeredh935 into a covenanth1285 with you so that you  dbecameh1961 Mine," declaresh5002 the Lordh136 GODh3068.

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"Then I bathedh7364 you with waterh4325, washedh7857 offh7857 your bloodh1818 from you and  aanointedh5480a you with oilh8081.

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"I also clothedh3847 you with  aembroideredh7553 clothh7553 and puth5274b sandalsh5274b of porpoiseh8476 skinh8476 on your feet; and I wrappedh2280 you with fineh8336 linenh8336 and coveredh3680 you with silkh4897.

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"I adornedh5710b you with ornamentsh5716, puth5414  abraceletsh6781a on your handsh3027 and a  bnecklaceh7242 aroundh5921 your neckh1627.

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"I also puth5414 a  aringh5141 in your nostrilh639, earringsh5694 in your earsh241 and a  bbeautifulh8597 crownh5850 on your headh7218.

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"Thus you were adornedh5710b with  agoldh2091 and silverh3701, and your dressh4403 was of fineh8336 linenh8336, silkh4897 and embroideredh7553 clothh7553. You ateh398 fineh5560 flourh5560, honeyh1706 and oilh8081; so you were exceedinglyh3966 beautifulh3302 and advancedh6743b to  broyaltyh4410.

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"Then your  afameh8034 wenth3318 forthh3318 among the nationsh1471 on account of your beautyh3308, for it was  bperfecth3632 because of My splendorh1926 whichh834 I bestowedh7760 on you," declaresh5002 the Lordh136 GODh3068.

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"But you  atrustedh982 in your beautyh3308 and  bplayedh2181 the harloth2181 becauseh5921 of your fameh8034, and you pouredh8210 out your harlotriesh8457 on everyh3605 passer-byh5674a  1who might be willing.

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"You tookh3947 someh4480 of your clothesh899b, madeh6213a for yourself highh1116 placesh1116 of varioush2921 colorsh2921 and playedh2181 the harloth2181 on them,  1which should neverh3808 comeh935 about norh3808 happenh1961.

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"You also tookh3947 your beautifulh8597  1 ajewelsh3627 made of My goldh2091 and of My silverh3701, whichh834 I had givenh5414 you, and madeh6213a for yourself maleh2145 imagesh6754 that you might playh2181 the harloth2181 with them.

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"Then you tookh3947 your embroideredh7553 clothh899b and coveredh3680 them, and offeredh5414 My oilh8081 and My incenseh7004 beforeh6440 them.

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"Also  aMy breadh3899 whichh834 I gaveh5414 you, fineh5560 flourh5560, oilh8081 and honeyh1706 with which I fedh398 you,  1you would offerh5414 beforeh6440 them for a soothingh5207 aromah7381b; so it happenedh1961," declaresh5002 the Lordh136 GODh3068.

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"Moreover, you tookh3947 your sonsh1121 and daughtersh1323 whomh834 you had borneh3205 to  aMe and  bsacrificedh2076 them to  1idols to be devouredh398. Were your harlotriesh8457 soh4592 smallh4592 a matter?

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"You slaughteredh7819  aMy childrenh1121 and offeredh5414 them up to  1idols by  bcausing them to passh5674a throughh5674a the fire.

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"Besidesh854 allh3605 your abominationsh8441 and harlotriesh8457 you did not rememberh2142 the daysh3117 of  ayour youthh5271, when you were nakedh5903 and bareh6181 and squirmingh947 in your bloodh1818.

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"Then it cameh1961 about afterh310 allh3605 your wickednessh7463a (`Woeh188, woeh188 to you!' declaresh5002 the Lordh136 GODh3068),

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that you builth1129 yourself a  ashrineh1354 and madeh6213a yourself a  bhighh7413 placeh7413 in everyh3605 squareh7339.

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"You builth1129 yourself a highh7413 placeh7413 at the toph7218 of  aeveryh3605 streeth1870 and madeh8581 your beautyh3308 abominableh8581, and you spreadh6589 your legsh7272 to everyh3605 passer-byh5674a to multiplyh7235a your harlotryh8457.

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"You also playedh2181 the harloth2181 with the Egyptiansh4714, your  1lustfulh1320h1432 neighborsh7934, and multipliedh7235a your harlotryh8457 to  amakeh3707 Me angryh3707.

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"Beholdh2009 now, I have stretchedh5186 out My handh3027 againsth5921 you and diminishedh1639 your rationsh2706. And I deliveredh5414 you up to the desireh5315 of those who hateh8130 you, the  adaughtersh1323 of the Philistinesh6430, who are ashamedh3637 of your lewdh2154 conducth1870.

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"Moreover, you playedh2181 the harloth2181 with the  aAssyriansh804b becauseh4480 you were not satisfiedh7654; you playedh2181 the harloth2181 with them and stillh1571 were not satisfiedh7646.

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"You also multipliedh7235a your harlotryh8457 with the landh776 of merchantsh3667b, Chaldeah3778, yet evenh1571 with thish384 you were not satisfiedh7646.""'

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"Howh4100  alanguishingh535 is your hearth3826," declaresh5002 the Lordh136 GODh3068, "while you doh6213a allh3605 theseh428 thingsh4639, the actionsh4639 of a  1 bbold-facedh7989 harloth2181.

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"When you builth1129 your shrineh1354 at the beginningh7218 of everyh3605 streeth1870 and madeh6213a your highh7413 placeh7413 in everyh3605 squareh7339, in  adisdainingh7046 moneyh868, you were not like a harloth2181.

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"You adulteressh5003 wifeh802, who takesh3947 strangersh2114a insteadh8478 of her husbandh376!

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1Men giveh5414 giftsh5078 to allh3605 harlotsh2181, but you  agiveh5414 your giftsh5083 to allh3605 your loversh157 to bribeh7809 them to comeh935 to you from everyh5439 directionh5439 for your harlotriesh8457.

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"Thus you are differenth2016 from those womenh802 in your harlotriesh8457, in that noh3808 one playsh2181 the harloth2181  1as you do, because you giveh5414 moneyh868 and noh3808 moneyh868 is givenh5414 you; thus you are differenth2016."

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Thereforeh3651, O harloth2181, hearh8085 the wordh1697 of the LORDh3068.

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Thush3541 saysh559 the Lordh136 GODh3068, "Becauseh3282 your lewdnessh5179a was pouredh8210 out and your nakednessh6172 uncoveredh1540 through your harlotriesh8457 with your loversh157 and with allh3605 your detestableh8441  aidolsh1544, and because of the bloodh1818 of your sonsh1121 whichh834 you gaveh5414 to  1idols,

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thereforeh3651, beholdh2009, I will  agatherh6908 allh3605 your loversh157 with whomh834 you tookh6149 pleasureh6149, even allh3605 those whomh834 you lovedh157 and allh3605 those whomh834 you  bhatedh8130. So I will gatherh6908 them againsth5921 you from everyh5439 directionh5439 and  cexposeh1540 your nakednessh6172 to them that they may seeh7200 allh3605 your nakednessh6172.

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"Thus I will  ajudgeh8199 you like women who commith5003 adulteryh5003 or shedh8210 bloodh1818 are judgedh4941; and I will bringh5414 on you the bloodh1818 of  bwrathh2534 and jealousyh7068.

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"I will also giveh5414 you into  1the handsh3027 of your lovers, and they will tearh2040 downh2040 your shrinesh1354, demolishh5422 your highh7413 placesh7413,  astriph6584 you of your clothingh899b, takeh3947 away your  2jewelsh3627h8597, and will leaveh5117 you nakedh5903 and bareh6181.

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"They will  1inciteh5927 a  acrowdh6951 againsth5921 you and they will stoneh7275 you and cuth1333 you to piecesh1333 with their swordsh2719.

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"They will  aburnh8313 your housesh1004 with fireh784 and executeh6213a judgmentsh8201 on you in the sighth5869 of manyh7227a womenh802. Then I will  bstoph7673a you from playingh2181 the harloth2181, and you will alsoh1571 noh3808 longerh5750 payh5414  1your loversh868.

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"So I  awill calmh5117 My furyh2534 against you and My jealousyh7068 will departh5493 from you, and I will be pacifiedh8252 and angryh3707  bnoh3808 moreh5750.

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"Becauseh3282h834 you have  anot rememberedh2142 the daysh3117 of your youthh5271 but  1have  benragedh7264 Me by allh3605 theseh428 thingsh428, beholdh1887, I in turnh1571 will  cbringh5414 your conducth1870 downh5414 on your own headh7218," declaresh5002 the Lordh136 GODh3068, "so that you will not commith6213a this lewdnessh2154 on toph5921 of allh3605 your other abominationsh8441.

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"Beholdh2009, everyoneh3605 who quotesh4911b  aproverbsh4911b will quoteh4911b this proverbh4911b concerningh5921 you, sayingh559, ` 1Like motherh517,  1like daughterh1323.'

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"You are the daughterh1323 of your motherh517, who loathedh1602 her husbandh376 and childrenh1121. You are also the  asisterh269 of your sistersh269, whoh834  bloathedh1602 their husbandsh376 and childrenh1121. Your motherh517 was a Hittiteh2850 and your fatherh1 an Amoriteh567.

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"Now your  aolderh1419 sisterh269 is Samariah8111, who livesh3427  1northh8040 of you with her  2daughtersh1323; and your youngerh6996a sisterh269, who livesh3427  3southh3225 of you, is  bSodomh5467 with her  2daughtersh1323.

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"Yet you have not merely walkedh1980 in their waysh1870 or doneh6213a according to their abominationsh8441; but, as if that were  atooh6985 littleh4592, you actedh7843  bmoreh4480 corruptlyh7843 in allh3605 your conducth1870 thanh4480 they.

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"As I liveh2416a," declaresh5002 the Lordh136 GODh3068, "Sodomh5467, your sisterh269 and her daughtersh1323 have  anot doneh6213a as you and your daughtersh1323 have doneh6213a.

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"Beholdh2009, thish2088 was the guilth5771 of your sisterh269 Sodomh5467: she and her daughtersh1323 hadh1961  aarroganceh1347b,  babundanth7654 foodh3899 and  ccarelessh8252 easeh7962, but she did not  1helph2388h3027 the  dpoorh6041 and needyh34.

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"Thus they were haughtyh1361b and committedh6213a  aabominationsh8441 beforeh6440 Me. Therefore I  bremovedh5493 them  1whenh3512c I sawh7200 it.

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"Furthermore, Samariah8111 did not commith2398 halfh2677 of your sinsh2403b, for you have multipliedh7235a your abominationsh8441 moreh4480 thanh4480 they. Thus you have madeh6663 your sistersh269 appear  arighteoush6663 by allh3605 your abominationsh8441 whichh834 you have committedh6213a.

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"Alsoh1571 bearh5375 your disgraceh3639 in that you have  1madeh6419 judgmenth6419 favorableh6419 for your sistersh269. Because of your sinsh2403b in whichh834 you actedh8581  amoreh4480 abominablyh8581 thanh4480 they, they are moreh4480 in the righth6663 thanh4480 you. Yesh1571, be alsoh1571 ashamedh954 and bearh5375 your disgraceh3639, in that you madeh6663 your sistersh269 appear righteoush6663.

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"Nevertheless, I will restoreh7725 their captivityh7622, the captivityh7622 of Sodomh5467 and her daughtersh1323, the captivityh7622 of Samariah8111 and her daughtersh1323, and  1alongh8432 with them  2your ownh7622 captivityh7622,

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in orderh4616 that you may bearh5375 your humiliationh3639 and feelh3637  aashamedh3637 for allh3605 that you have doneh6213a when you becomeh5162  ba consolationh5162 to them.

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"Your sistersh269, Sodomh5467 with her daughtersh1323 and Samariah8111 with her daughtersh1323,  1will returnh7725 to their formerh6927 stateh6927, and you with your daughtersh1323 will also returnh7725 to your formerh6927 stateh6927.

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"As the name of your sisterh269 Sodomh5467 was not heardh8052 from your lipsh6310 in your dayh3117 of prideh1347b,

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beforeh2962 your  awickednessh7463a was uncoveredh1540,  1soh3644 nowh6256 you have become the  breproachh2781 of the daughtersh1323 of  2Edomh112b and of allh3605 who are aroundh5439 her, of the daughtersh1323 of the Philistinesh6430--those surroundingh5439 you who despiseh7751c you.

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"You have  aborneh5375 the penalty of your lewdnessh2154 and abominationsh8441," the LORDh3068 declaresh5002.

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For thush3541 saysh559 the Lordh136 GODh3068, "I will also doh6213a with you as you have doneh6213a, you whoh834 have  adespisedh959 the oathh423 by breakingh6565a the covenanth1285.

The Covenant Remembered

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"Nevertheless, I will rememberh2142 My covenanth1285 with you in the daysh3117 of your youthh5271, and I will establishh6965 an  aeverlastingh5769 covenanth1285 with you.

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"Then you will  arememberh2142 your waysh1870 and be ashamedh3637 when you receiveh3947 your sistersh269, both your olderh1419 and your youngerh6996a; and I will giveh5414 them to you as daughtersh1323, but not becauseh4480 of your covenanth1285.

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"Thus I will  aestablishh6965 My covenanth1285 with you, and you shall  bknowh3045 that I am the LORDh3068,

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so that you may  arememberh2142 and be ashamedh954 and  bneverh3808 openh6610 your mouthh6310 anymoreh5750 becauseh4480h6440 of your humiliationh3639, when I have  cforgivenh3722a you for allh3605 that you have doneh6213a," the Lordh136 GODh3068 declaresh5002.



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