Again the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying
,
Son of man
, cause Jerusalem
to know
her abominations
,
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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.
Then washed I thee with water
; yea, I throughly washed away
thy blood
from thee, and I anointed
thee with oil
.
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
.
I decked thee also with ornaments
, and I put
bracelets
upon thy hands
, and a chain
on thy neck
.
And I put a jewel
on thy forehead
, and earrings
in thine ears
, and a beautiful
crown
upon thine head
.
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
.
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
.
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.
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 .
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,
And tookest thy broidered
garments
, and coveredst
them: and thou hast set
mine oil
and mine incense
before
them.
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
.
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
,
That thou hast slain my children
, and delivered
them to cause them to pass through
the fire for them?
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
.
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness
, (woe
, woe
unto thee! saith
the Lord
GOD
;)
That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place
, and hast made
thee an high place
in every street
.
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
.
Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians
thy neighbours
, great
of flesh
; and hast increased
thy whoredoms
, to provoke me to anger
.
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
.
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
.
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication
in the land
of Canaan
unto Chaldea
; and yet thou wast not satisfied
herewith
.
How weak is thine heart
, saith
the Lord
GOD
, seeing thou doest
all these things , the work
of an imperious
whorish
woman
;
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
;
But as a wife that committeth adultery
, which taketh
strangers
instead of her husband
!
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
.
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
.
Wherefore, O harlot, hear
the word
of the LORD
:
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;
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
.
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
.
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
.
They shall also bring up a company
against thee, and they shall stone
thee with stones
, and thrust thee through
with their swords
.
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.
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
.
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
.
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb
against thee, saying
, As is the mother
, so is her daughter
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
And they were haughty, and committed
abomination
before
me: therefore I took them away
as I saw
good .
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
.
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
.
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:
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.
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
.
For thy sister Sodom
was not mentioned
by thy mouth
in the day
of thy pride
,
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
.
Thou hast borne thy lewdness
and thine abominations
, saith
the LORD
.
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
.
Nevertheless I will remember my covenant
with thee in the days
of thy youth
, and I will establish
unto thee an everlasting
covenant
.
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
.
And I will establish my covenant
with thee; and thou shalt know
that I am the LORD
:
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
.