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以西结书 16
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
以西结书 16
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
棄嬰的比喻
16 耶和華的話又臨到我說： 2 “人子啊！你要使耶路撒冷知道她那些可憎之事； 3 你要說：‘主耶和華對耶路撒冷這樣說：你的根源和出生地是在迦南地；你的父親是亞摩利人，你的母親是赫人。 4 論到你出生的景況：在你生下來的日子，沒有人替你斷臍帶，沒有人用水洗你，使你潔淨，沒有人撒鹽在你身上，也沒有人用布包裹你。 5 沒有人顧惜可憐你，願意為你作上述任何一件事；你卻被人拋棄在田野，因為你出生的時候，你是被人厭惡的。
主的寵愛
6 “‘但我從你身旁經過，見你在血中掙扎。那時，你躺在血中，我對你說：要活下去（《馬索拉文本》重複一遍“那時，你躺在血中，我對你說：要活下去”，現參照其他抄本和古譯本翻譯）。 7 我使你生長起來，像田間的植物。於是你生長起來，漸漸長大，好像最美麗的珠寶，你的兩乳長成，頭髮秀長；但你仍是赤身露體。 8 我又從你身旁經過，見你已經到了談情說愛的時候，我就用我的衣襟搭在你身上，遮蓋你赤裸的身體；我又向你起誓，與你立約，於是你就屬於我了。這是主耶和華的宣告。 9 那時我用水洗你，洗淨你身上的血，又用油抹你。 10 我使你身穿刺繡的衣裳，腳穿海狗皮鞋；用細麻布給你裹頭；又用絲綢給你披在身上。 11 我用珠寶給你打扮，把手環戴在你手上，把項鍊戴在你頸上， 12 又把鼻環戴在你鼻子上，把耳環戴在你耳朵上，把美麗的冠冕戴在你頭上。 13 這樣你就有了金銀的裝飾，你穿的是細麻、絲綢和刺繡的衣服；你吃的是細麵、蜂蜜和油；你實在非常美麗，配登王后的位。 14 你的名聲因你的美麗傳遍列國，你全然美麗，是因為我加在你身上的榮美。這是主耶和華的宣告。
背約縱淫
15 “‘可是你倚仗你的美麗，又憑著你的名聲去行淫；你向每一個過路的人縱情淫亂（《馬索拉文本》在本節最後有“而那便成了屬他的”；現參照《七十士譯本》和其他古譯本的較短讀文翻譯）。 16 你拿了你的一些衣服，為自己建造色彩繽紛的邱壇，又在那裡行淫。這樣的事不應發生，將來也不會再出現。 17 你又拿了我送給你那些美麗的金器銀器，為自己鑄造男人的像，與那些像行淫。 18 你又拿你的刺繡衣服，蓋在它們身上，並且把我的油和香料都擺在它們面前。 19 你把我賜給你的食物，就是我給你吃的細麵、油和蜂蜜，都擺在它們面前作馨香的祭物。這是主耶和華的宣告。 20 你更把你的兒女，就是你給我所生的兒女，獻給它們作食物；你所行的淫亂還算是小事嗎？ 21 你竟宰殺了我的兒女，使他們經火，獻給它們。 22 你行這一切可憎和淫亂的事，並沒有想過你年幼的日子，那時你赤身露體，在血中掙扎。
23 “‘你有禍了，有禍了！這是主耶和華的宣告。你行了這一切惡事以後， 24 你又為自己建造高岡，在各廣場上築起高壇。 25 你在各路口建造高壇，使你的美麗變為可憎的，又向每一個過路的人張開兩腿，多行淫亂。 26 你也與放縱情慾的鄰居埃及人行淫，多行淫亂，惹我發怒。 27 因此，我伸手攻擊你，減少你的糧食（“糧食”或譯：“領土”），又把你交給那些恨你的非利士女子，使她們任意待你；她們對你邪蕩的行為也感到羞愧。 28 可是，因為你還不滿足，又與亞述人行淫；你與他們行淫之後，還是不滿足。 29 於是你增多你的淫亂，與貿易之地迦勒底行淫，你還是不滿足。
30 “‘你行的這一切事，簡直是任性無恥的妓女所為，可見你的意志是多麼的薄弱。這是耶和華的宣告。 31 你在各路口建造你的高岡，又在各廣場上築起你的高壇；然而你並不像一個妓女，因為你藐視賣淫所得的賞賜。 32 你這淫亂的妻子啊！你竟接外人而不接自己的丈夫。 33 人都把禮物送給妓女，你卻把你的禮物送給你所有的愛人，賄賂他們從四面來與你行淫。 34 你的淫行與別的婦女不同，因為不是人把禮物送給你，要求與你行淫，是你把禮物送給人，所以你是不同的。
嚴懲耶路撒冷的罪
35 “‘因此，你這妓女啊，要聽耶和華的話！ 36 主耶和華這樣說：因為你的情慾傾注出來，你與你的愛人行淫，露出你的下體，又因為你拜一切可憎的偶像，流兒女的血，把血獻給偶像， 37 所以我要把所有與你歡合的愛人，就是所有你所愛的和你所恨的，都聚集起來；我要把他們從四圍聚集起來攻擊你；我要在他們面前露出你的下體，使他們看見你全身赤裸。 38 我要審判你，像審判行姦淫和流人血的婦人一樣；我要因我的烈怒和妒忿，使流人血的罪歸在你身上。 39 我要把你交在他們手裡，他們要拆毀你的高岡，破壞你的高壇，剝去你的衣服，奪去你美麗的珠寶，只留下你赤露的身軀。 40 他們必帶一大群人上來攻擊你，用石頭打死你，用他們的刀把你砍碎。 41 他們也要用火燒你的房屋，在許多婦人面前向你施行審判。我必止住你的淫行，也必使你不再把誘人行淫的禮物送給人。 42 這樣我向你發的烈怒就可以平息，我的妒忿也可以離開你；我可以安靜，不再惱怒了。 43 因為你不追念你年幼的日子，反而在這一切事上惹我發怒；看哪！我必照著你所行的報應在你頭上，這是主耶和華的宣告。在你一切可憎的事以外，你豈不是還行了這淫亂的醜事嗎？
有其母必有其女
44 “‘凡引用俗語的，必用這俗語指著你說：有其母，必有其女。 45 你實在是你母親的女兒，她厭棄自己的丈夫和兒女；你實在是你姊妹的姊妹，她們厭棄她們的丈夫和兒女；你們的母親是赫人，你們的父親是亞摩利人。 46 你的姊姊是撒瑪利亞，她和她的女兒們住在你的北面；你的妹妹是所多瑪，她和她的女兒們住在你的南面。 47 你不但行她們所行的，作她們所作的可憎之事，而且你還以那些事為小，你一切所行的比她們更壞。 48 我指著我的永生起誓，你的妹妹所多瑪和她的女兒們，都沒有行過像你和你女兒們所行的事。這是主耶和華的宣告。 49 你妹妹所多瑪的罪孽是這樣：她和她的女兒們都驕傲自大，糧食豐足，生活安逸，卻沒有幫助困苦和貧窮的人。 50 她們自高自傲，在我面前行了可憎的事；我看見了，就把她們除掉。 51 撒瑪利亞所犯的罪還不及你所犯的一半；你所行的可憎之事比她更多，以致你的姊妹因你所行的一切可憎之事而顯為義。 52 你既然使你的姊妹較顯為義，你就要承擔自己的恥辱；因為你所犯的罪比她們所犯的更可憎，她們比你更顯為義。你使你的姊妹較顯為義，所以你就要慚愧，承擔自己的恥辱了。
應許悔改者必蒙恩與復興
53 “‘我要使所多瑪和她的女兒們，撒瑪利亞和她的女兒們從苦境中轉回，我也要使你們跟她們一起轉回， 54 好使你擔當自己的恥辱，並且因你一切所行的使她們得了安慰，你就自覺慚愧。 55 你的妹妹所多瑪和她的女兒們必回復原來的狀況；撒瑪利亞和她的女兒們必回復原來的狀況；你和你的女兒們也必回復原來的狀況。 56 在你驕傲自大的日子，你妹妹所多瑪在你口中不是成了笑柄嗎？ 57 那時你的惡行還沒有顯露出來，現在你卻成了以東的女兒們和以東四圍的眾人，以及非利士的女兒們譏笑的對象。你周圍的人都輕視你。 58 你要承擔你那些淫亂和可憎之事的後果。這是耶和華的宣告。 59 主耶和華這樣說：你這藐視誓言、背棄盟約的，我必照著你所行的報應你。
60 “‘但我仍要記念在你年幼的時候與你所立的約，也要與你堅立永遠的約。 61 你接納你姊姊和你妹妹回來的時候，你就會想起你所行的，並要自覺慚愧；我要把她們賜給你作女兒，但這並不是出於我與你所立的約。 62 我要堅立我與你所立的約，你就知道我是耶和華， 63 好使你在我赦免你所行的一切時，就會回想，自覺慚愧，並且因你所受的羞辱不再開口。這是主耶和華的宣告。’”
以西結書 16
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
以西結書 16
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
耶路撒冷的不忠
16 耶和華對我說： 2 「人子啊，你要使耶路撒冷知道她的可憎行徑。 3 你要告訴她，主耶和華這樣對她說，『你祖居迦南，生於迦南。你的父親是亞摩利人，母親是赫人。 4 你出生時沒人剪斷你的臍帶，沒人用水洗你的身體，用鹽擦淨你，用布包裹你。 5 沒有人可憐你，同情你，為你做以上的事。你生下來便遭人厭惡，被扔在野外。
6 「『我從你旁邊經過，見你在血泊中掙扎，便對血泊中的你說，活下去！ 7 我使你像田間的植物一樣茁壯生長。你漸漸發育成熟，長得亭亭玉立，雙乳豐滿，秀髮垂肩，但仍然赤身露體。
8 「『後來我又從你旁邊經過，見你正值少女懷春，我便用衣襟遮蓋你的身體，向你起誓，與你定下婚約，你便屬於我。這是主耶和華說的。 9 我用水洗淨你身上的血污，給你塗上馨香的油， 10 穿上錦繡的衣裳和海狗皮的鞋，披上細麻衣和絲綢外袍。 11 我用首飾來裝扮你，給你戴上手鐲、項鏈、 12 鼻環、耳環和華冠。 13 這樣，你戴的是金銀首飾，穿的是綾羅綢緞，吃的是細麵粉、蜂蜜和油。你變得美豔絕倫，晉升為王后。 14 你的美貌名揚四方，因為我給你的華貴使你美貌無比。這是主耶和華說的。
15 「『你卻仗著自己的美貌和名聲縱情淫亂，與所有過路的人苟合。 16 你用自己的衣服在拜偶像的地方結彩，在那裡行淫。這樣的事真是空前絕後！ 17 你用我給你的金銀首飾為自己製造男人的像，與他們苟合。 18 你給他們穿上錦繡衣服，把我給你的膏油和香料供奉他們。 19 你把我賜你吃的細麵粉、油和蜂蜜作為馨香的供物奉獻在他們面前。這是主耶和華說的。 20 你還把你給我生的兒女燒作燔祭獻給偶像。難道你淫亂還不夠嗎？ 21 你竟屠殺我的兒女，把他們焚燒獻給偶像。 22 你做這一切可憎、淫亂的事，忘記了你幼年赤身露體，在血泊中掙扎的日子。
23 「『主耶和華說，你有禍了！你有禍了！你不但做了這些惡事， 24 還為自己築祭壇，在各廣場建高高的神廟。 25 你在街頭巷尾建高高的神廟，糟蹋自己的美貌。你向每一個過路的人投懷送抱，縱情淫亂， 26 甚至與放縱情慾的鄰邦埃及人苟合，激起我的憤怒。 27 看吧，我要伸手攻擊你，削減你的口糧，把你交給憎恨你的非利士人，任他們宰割。他們會為你的淫蕩行為感到羞恥。 28 你慾海難填，又跟亞述人行淫，但仍不滿足， 29 於是又跟那商賈之地的迦勒底人行淫，但仍不滿足。
30 「『主耶和華說，你的心敗壞至極，簡直就像不知羞恥的娼妓， 31 因為你在街頭巷尾築祭壇，在廣場建高高的神廟，甚至不收淫資，實在連妓女都不如。 32 你這蕩婦，寧願跟外人淫亂，也不愛自己的丈夫。 33 妓女接受淫資，你卻送禮物給所有的情人，引誘他們從四方前來跟你淫亂。 34 你賣淫不同於別的妓女，沒有人給你淫資，你倒貼錢給人，你真是與眾不同。
主對耶路撒冷的審判和應許
35 「『你這淫婦，要聽耶和華的話。 36 主耶和華說，你放縱情慾，赤身露體地與眾情人苟合。你祭拜一切可憎的偶像，把自己兒女的血獻給它們。 37 因此，我要把你所愛和所恨的情人都聚集起來，從四方攻擊你，讓你赤裸裸地顯露在他們面前，讓他們看到你赤身露體。 38 我要懲罰你，像懲罰淫亂和殺人的婦女一樣。我要把烈怒和義憤倒在你身上，報應你殺人流血的罪。 39 我要把你交在你的情人手裡。他們必拆毀你的祭壇，夷平你高高的神廟，剝去你的衣裳，奪走你的珠寶，留下你赤身露體。 40 他們要聚眾攻擊你，用石頭打你，用刀劍砍碎你， 41 燒毀你的房屋，在眾婦女面前審判你。我要阻止你的淫亂行為，使你不再倒貼錢給情人。 42 這樣，我的烈怒才會平息，我的義憤才會消除，我才會平靜下來，不再發怒。 43 因為你忘記了幼年的日子，做這些事來惹我發怒，我要照你的所作所為報應你。因為你不僅行一切可憎的事，還放蕩淫亂。這是主耶和華說的。
44 「『好說俗語的人都會譏諷你說，有其母必有其女。 45 你和你母親及姊妹如出一轍，都厭棄自己的丈夫和兒女。你母親是赫人，你父親是亞摩利人。 46 你姐姐是撒瑪利亞，她和她的女兒們住在你的北面。你妹妹是所多瑪，她和她的女兒們住在你的南面。 47 你不僅追隨她們可憎的行徑，還很快超過了她們。 48 我憑我的永恆起誓，與你妹妹所多瑪和她女兒們相比，你和你女兒們的行徑有過之而無不及。這是主耶和華說的。 49 看啊，你妹妹所多瑪和她的女兒們傲慢狂妄，安逸飽足，對窮困的人漠不關心。 50 她們心驕氣傲，在我面前做可憎的事，我看見後便除掉了她們。 51 撒瑪利亞的罪還不及你的一半，你做的事比她們做的更可憎，以致與你相比，你的姊妹倒顯得公義了。 52 既然你幫了你的姊妹，使她們顯得公義，你就蒙受羞辱吧！因為你犯的罪比你姊妹犯的罪更可憎，以致她們顯得比你更公義。因此，你就自取其辱，抱愧蒙羞吧！
53 「『然而，我要使所多瑪、撒瑪利亞及她們的女兒們復興，並使你一同復興， 54 讓你自取其辱，深感羞愧，因為你的一切惡行使她們反得安慰。 55 你姊妹所多瑪、撒瑪利亞和她們的眾女兒，以及你和你的眾女兒必恢復起初的光景。 56-57 在你驕傲的日子，你的惡行還沒有被揭露的時候，你覺得妹妹所多瑪不屑一提。但現在，你卻成為以東的眾女兒和她四鄰非利士的眾女兒的笑柄。你周圍的人都鄙視你。 58 你要承擔淫蕩和可憎行徑帶來的懲罰。這是耶和華說的。
59 「『主耶和華說，你背誓毀約，我必照你的所作所為報應你。 60 然而，我顧念在你幼年時與你所立的約，我要與你立一個永遠的約。 61 你接納你姊妹的時候，會想起自己的所作所為並自覺羞愧。我要將你姊妹賜給你作女兒，我這樣做並不是出於我與你所立的約。 62 我要和你立約，使你知道我是耶和華。 63 我要赦免你所有的罪，那時你想起這事會羞愧難當，不敢再開口。這是主耶和華說的。』」
Ezekiel 16
Common English Bible
Ezekiel 16
Common English Bible
Jerusalem’s unfaithfulness
16 The Lord’s word came to me: 2 Human one, show Jerusalem her detestable practices. 3 Say, The Lord God proclaims to Jerusalem: By origin and birth you are from the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite, your mother a Hittite. 4 This is how you were treated on the day you were born: Your umbilical cord wasn’t cut, you weren’t washed clean with water or rubbed with salt, and you weren’t wrapped in blankets. 5 No one took pity or cared enough to do any of these things for you. You were despised on the day of your birth and thrown out on the open field. 6 When I happened to come by, I saw you flailing about in your blood. I said to you while you were still bloody, “Live!” 7 I helped you to flourish like a young plant in the field, and you grew tall and became wonderfully endowed. Your breasts were firm, your hair beautifully thick. And you were completely naked.
8 When I passed by you, I realized that you were ready for love. So I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I made a solemn promise and entered into a covenant with you, and you became mine. This is what the Lord God says. 9 Then I washed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and poured oil on you. 10 I clothed you with colorful garments, put fine sandals on you, wrapped your head in linen, and covered you with jewels. 11 I adorned you with fine jewelry, and put bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck. 12 I put a ring in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 I adorned you with gold and silver, and your garments were made of the finest linen and brocade. You ate the finest flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful, fit for royalty. 14 Among the nations you were famous for your beauty. It was perfect because of the splendor that I had given you. This is what the Lord God says.
15 But you trusted in your beauty and traded on your fame. At every opportunity, you seduced all who came by. 16 You took some of your clothing to make colorful shrines and prostituted yourself in them. 17 You took the beautiful gold and silver jewelry that I had given to you, and you made male images for yourself and prostituted yourself with them. 18 You took your fine garments and clothed them. You set my oil and incense before them. 19 You set my food that I had given you to eat—fine wheat, oil, and honey—before them as a pleasing aroma. This is what the Lord God says. 20 You took your sons and daughters, which you had borne to me, and you sacrificed these to them so they could consume them. Was this promiscuity of yours a small thing? 21 You slaughtered my sons and placed them in the fire for them! 22 In all your detestable practices and promiscuities, you didn’t remember the days of your infancy when you lay completely naked, flailing about in your blood.
23 After all your wickedness—doom, doom to you, proclaims the Lord God— 24 you built a pavilion for yourself and set up platforms in every square. 25 At every crossroad you built your platform and degraded your beauty by spreading your legs to all comers. And so you encouraged even more promiscuity. 26 You prostituted yourself with the Egyptians, your neighbors with the large sexual organs, and as you added to your seductions, you provoked me to anger. 27 So I used my power against you, cut off your allowance, and gave you up to the passions of the Philistine women who had been confounded by your infamous ways and had rejected you. 28 Still not satisfied, you prostituted yourself to the Assyrians, but they weren’t enough for you either. 29 So you prostituted yourself with the Babylonians, the land of traders, but again you weren’t satisfied. 30 How sick was your heart—the Lord God proclaims—that you could do all these things, the deeds of a hardened prostitute. 31 But you weren’t like an ordinary prostitute! When you built your pavilion at the head of every street and made your platform in every square, you refused to be paid. 32 You are like an adulterous wife: you take in strangers instead of your husband. 33 Ordinary prostitutes are given gifts, but you gave your gifts to all your lovers. From every direction you even bribed them to come to you for your sexual favors. 34 As a prostitute, you were more perverse than other women. No one approached you for sexual favors, but you yourself gave gifts instead of receiving them. You are perversion itself! 35 Therefore, you prostitute, hear the Lord’s word!
36 The Lord God proclaims: You were in a constant state of arousal[a] and exposed yourself when you acted like a prostitute with your lovers and with the idols to which you gave your children’s blood. 37 Therefore, I will now gather all of your lovers whom you pleased, the ones you loved and the ones you rejected. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will expose you to them. They will see it all. 38 I will convict you of adultery and murder, and I will hand you over in bloody fury and zeal. 39 I will hand you over to them, and they will tear down your pavilion and destroy your platforms. They will strip you of your garments, take your beautiful jewels, and they will leave you completely naked. 40 They will bring an army against you, pelt you with stones, and slaughter you with their swords. 41 They will burn down your houses and execute judgments against you in the sight of many women. I will bring an end to your prostitution; indeed, you will never again give payment. 42 When I’ve satisfied my anger, and my rage has turned away from you, I will be calm and no longer angry. 43 Because you didn’t remember your youthful days, and infuriated me with all these things, I will hold you accountable for what you’ve done. This is what the Lord God says.
Have you not added bad reputation to all your detestable acts? 44 Now everyone who speaks in proverbs will say this about you: “Like mother, like daughter.” 45 You are your mother’s daughter! She loathed her husband and also her children. You are just like your sisters too! They also loathed their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father was an Amorite. 46 Your older sister is Samaria, who lives with her daughters in the north. Your younger sister is Sodom, who lives with her daughters in the south. 47 You didn’t follow in their ways or engage in their detestable practices in any small way. You were far more destructive. 48 As surely as I live, says the Lord God, not even your sister Sodom and her daughters did what you and your daughters have done! 49 This is the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were proud, had plenty to eat, and enjoyed peace and prosperity; but she didn’t help the poor and the needy. 50 They became haughty and did detestable things in front of me, and I turned away from them as soon as I saw it.
51 Samaria didn’t sin even half as much as you did. You’ve so outstripped her in multiplying your detestable practices, with all the detestable things you’ve done, that you’ve even made your sisters seem innocent. 52 Bear your disgrace, which has actually improved your sisters’ position. Because your sins and detestable acts were greater than theirs, they are now more righteous than you. Be ashamed, and bear the disgrace of making your sisters righteous! 53 I will improve the circumstances of Sodom and her daughters and the circumstances of Samaria and her daughters. And what’s left of your fortune will go to them, 54 so that you will bear your disgrace and be humiliated by all that you’ve done to make them feel better. 55 Then your sister Sodom and her daughters will return to their former state, and your sister Samaria and her daughters will return to their former state. You and your daughters will return to your former state, 56 but you will no longer talk about your sister Sodom as in your haughty days 57 before your wickedness was exposed. You are now the reproach of all the daughters of Edom[b] and all those around her, including the daughters of the Philistines. They mock you on every side. 58 You alone must bear your bad reputation and your detestable ways. This is what the Lord says.
59 The Lord God proclaims: I will do to you just as you have done, despising solemn pledges and breaking covenants. 60 Nevertheless, I will remember my covenant with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. 61 And you will remember your ways and be ashamed, when in spite of your covenant I[c] take your big sisters and little sisters from you and give them back to you as daughters. 62 I myself will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord. 63 Then you will remember and be ashamed, and you won’t even open your mouth because of your shame, after I’ve forgiven you for all that you’ve done. This is what the Lord God says.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 16:36 Heb uncertain
- Ezekiel 16:57 Syr; MT Aram
- Ezekiel 16:61 LXX; MT you
Ezekiel 16
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Ezekiel 16
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Jerusalem as an Adulterous Wife
16 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, confront(A) Jerusalem with her detestable practices(B) 3 and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry(C) and birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father(D) was an Amorite(E) and your mother a Hittite.(F) 4 On the day you were born(G) your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths. 5 No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.
6 “‘Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, “Live!”[a](H) 7 I made you grow(I) like a plant of the field. You grew and developed and entered puberty. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, yet you were stark naked.(J)
8 “‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment(K) over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant(L) with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.(M)
9 “‘I bathed you with water and washed(N) the blood from you and put ointments on you. 10 I clothed you with an embroidered(O) dress and put sandals of fine leather on you. I dressed you in fine linen(P) and covered you with costly garments.(Q) 11 I adorned you with jewelry:(R) I put bracelets(S) on your arms and a necklace(T) around your neck, 12 and I put a ring on your nose,(U) earrings(V) on your ears and a beautiful crown(W) on your head.(X) 13 So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes(Y) were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil(Z) and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.(AA) 14 And your fame(AB) spread among the nations on account of your beauty,(AC) because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AD)
15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by(AE) and your beauty became his.(AF) 16 You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places,(AG) where you carried on your prostitution.(AH) You went to him, and he possessed your beauty.[b] 17 You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them.(AI) 18 And you took your embroidered clothes to put on them, and you offered my oil and incense(AJ) before them. 19 Also the food I provided for you—the flour, olive oil and honey I gave you to eat—you offered as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AK)
20 “‘And you took your sons and daughters(AL) whom you bore to me(AM) and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough?(AN) 21 You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.(AO) 22 In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth,(AP) when you were naked and bare,(AQ) kicking about in your blood.(AR)
23 “‘Woe!(AS) Woe to you, declares the Sovereign Lord. In addition to all your other wickedness, 24 you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine(AT) in every public square.(AU) 25 At every street corner(AV) you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.(AW) 26 You engaged in prostitution(AX) with the Egyptians,(AY) your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger(AZ) with your increasing promiscuity.(BA) 27 So I stretched out my hand(BB) against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over(BC) to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines,(BD) who were shocked by your lewd conduct. 28 You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians(BE) too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied.(BF) 29 Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia,[c](BG) a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.(BH)
30 “‘I am filled with fury against you,[d] declares the Sovereign Lord, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute!(BI) 31 When you built your mounds at every street corner and made your lofty shrines(BJ) in every public square, you were unlike a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
32 “‘You adulterous wife! You prefer strangers to your own husband! 33 All prostitutes receive gifts,(BK) but you give gifts(BL) to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.(BM) 34 So in your prostitution you are the opposite of others; no one runs after you for your favors. You are the very opposite, for you give payment and none is given to you.
35 “‘Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the Lord! 36 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you poured out your lust and exposed your naked body in your promiscuity with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children’s blood,(BN) 37 therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and will strip(BO) you in front of them, and they will see you stark naked.(BP) 38 I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and who shed blood;(BQ) I will bring on you the blood vengeance of my wrath and jealous anger.(BR) 39 Then I will deliver you into the hands(BS) of your lovers, and they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked.(BT) 40 They will bring a mob against you, who will stone(BU) you and hack you to pieces with their swords. 41 They will burn down(BV) your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women.(BW) I will put a stop(BX) to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay your lovers. 42 Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger will turn away from you; I will be calm and no longer angry.(BY)
43 “‘Because you did not remember(BZ) the days of your youth but enraged me with all these things, I will surely bring down(CA) on your head what you have done, declares the Sovereign Lord. Did you not add lewdness to all your other detestable practices?(CB)
44 “‘Everyone who quotes proverbs(CC) will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.” 45 You are a true daughter of your mother, who despised(CD) her husband(CE) and her children; and you are a true sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.(CF) 46 Your older sister(CG) was Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom.(CH) 47 You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.(CI) 48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign(CJ) Lord, your sister Sodom(CK) and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.(CL)
49 “‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:(CM) She and her daughters were arrogant,(CN) overfed and unconcerned;(CO) they did not help the poor and needy.(CP) 50 They were haughty(CQ) and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.(CR) 51 Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done.(CS) 52 Bear your disgrace, for you have furnished some justification for your sisters. Because your sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous(CT) than you. So then, be ashamed and bear(CU) your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.
53 “‘However, I will restore(CV) the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and of Samaria and her daughters, and your fortunes along with them,(CW) 54 so that you may bear your disgrace(CX) and be ashamed of all you have done in giving them comfort. 55 And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to what they were before; and you and your daughters will return to what you were before.(CY) 56 You would not even mention your sister Sodom in the day of your pride, 57 before your wickedness was uncovered. Even so, you are now scorned(CZ) by the daughters of Edom[e](DA) and all her neighbors and the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you. 58 You will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your detestable practices, declares the Lord.(DB)
59 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant.(DC) 60 Yet I will remember the covenant(DD) I made with you in the days of your youth,(DE) and I will establish an everlasting covenant(DF) with you. 61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed(DG) when you receive your sisters, both those who are older than you and those who are younger. I will give them to you as daughters,(DH) but not on the basis of my covenant with you. 62 So I will establish my covenant(DI) with you, and you will know that I am the Lord.(DJ) 63 Then, when I make atonement(DK) for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed(DL) and never again open your mouth(DM) because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign Lord.(DN)’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 16:6 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts repeat and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, “Live!”
- Ezekiel 16:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
- Ezekiel 16:29 Or Chaldea
- Ezekiel 16:30 Or How feverish is your heart,
- Ezekiel 16:57 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate Aram
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