25 At the head of every street (A)you built your lofty place and made (B)your beauty an abomination, (C)offering yourself[a] to any passerby and multiplying your whoring. 26 (D)You also played the whore (E)with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, (F)multiplying your whoring, (G)to provoke me to anger. 27 Behold, therefore, I stretched out my hand against you (H)and diminished your allotted portion (I)and delivered you to the greed of your enemies, (J)the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.

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  1. Ezekiel 16:25 Hebrew spreading your legs

25 At every street corner(A) you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.(B) 26 You engaged in prostitution(C) with the Egyptians,(D) your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger(E) with your increasing promiscuity.(F) 27 So I stretched out my hand(G) against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over(H) to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines,(I) who were shocked by your lewd conduct.

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