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Ezekiel 12:17-16:34
New Living Translation
Ezekiel 12:17-16:34
New Living Translation
17 Then this message came to me from the Lord: 18 “Son of man, tremble as you eat your food. Shake with fear as you drink your water. 19 Tell the people, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says concerning those living in Israel and Jerusalem: They will eat their food with trembling and sip their water in despair, for their land will be stripped bare because of their violence. 20 The cities will be destroyed and the farmland made desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
A New Proverb for Israel
21 Again a message came to me from the Lord: 22 “Son of man, you’ve heard that proverb they quote in Israel: ‘Time passes, and prophecies come to nothing.’ 23 Tell the people, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will put an end to this proverb, and you will soon stop quoting it.’ Now give them this new proverb to replace the old one: ‘The time has come for every prophecy to be fulfilled!’
24 “There will be no more false visions and flattering predictions in Israel. 25 For I am the Lord! If I say it, it will happen. There will be no more delays, you rebels of Israel. I will fulfill my threat of destruction in your own lifetime. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
26 Then this message came to me from the Lord: 27 “Son of man, the people of Israel are saying, ‘He’s talking about the distant future. His visions won’t come true for a long, long time.’ 28 Therefore, tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: No more delay! I will now do everything I have threatened. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!’”
Judgment against False Prophets
13 Then this message came to me from the Lord: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the false prophets of Israel who are inventing their own prophecies. Say to them, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord. 3 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: What sorrow awaits the false prophets who are following their own imaginations and have seen nothing at all!’
4 “O people of Israel, these prophets of yours are like jackals digging in the ruins. 5 They have done nothing to repair the breaks in the walls around the nation. They have not helped it to stand firm in battle on the day of the Lord. 6 Instead, they have told lies and made false predictions. They say, ‘This message is from the Lord,’ even though the Lord never sent them. And yet they expect him to fulfill their prophecies! 7 Can your visions be anything but false if you claim, ‘This message is from the Lord,’ when I have not even spoken to you?
8 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because what you say is false and your visions are a lie, I will stand against you, says the Sovereign Lord. 9 I will raise my fist against all the prophets who see false visions and make lying predictions, and they will be banished from the community of Israel. I will blot their names from Israel’s record books, and they will never again set foot in their own land. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.
10 “This will happen because these evil prophets deceive my people by saying, ‘All is peaceful’ when there is no peace at all! It’s as if the people have built a flimsy wall, and these prophets are trying to reinforce it by covering it with whitewash! 11 Tell these whitewashers that their wall will soon fall down. A heavy rainstorm will undermine it; great hailstones and mighty winds will knock it down. 12 And when the wall falls, the people will cry out, ‘What happened to your whitewash?’
13 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will sweep away your whitewashed wall with a storm of indignation, with a great flood of anger, and with hailstones of fury. 14 I will break down your wall right to its foundation, and when it falls, it will crush you. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 15 At last my anger against the wall and those who covered it with whitewash will be satisfied. Then I will say to you: ‘The wall and those who whitewashed it are both gone. 16 They were lying prophets who claimed peace would come to Jerusalem when there was no peace. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!’
Judgment against False Women Prophets
17 “Now, son of man, speak out against the women who prophesy from their own imaginations. 18 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: What sorrow awaits you women who are ensnaring the souls of my people, young and old alike. You tie magic charms on their wrists and furnish them with magic veils. Do you think you can trap others without bringing destruction on yourselves? 19 You bring shame on me among my people for a few handfuls of barley or a piece of bread. By lying to my people who love to listen to lies, you kill those who should not die, and you promise life to those who should not live.
20 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against all your magic charms, which you use to ensnare my people like birds. I will tear them from your arms, setting my people free like birds set free from a cage. 21 I will tear off the magic veils and save my people from your grasp. They will no longer be your victims. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 22 You have discouraged the righteous with your lies, but I didn’t want them to be sad. And you have encouraged the wicked by promising them life, even though they continue in their sins. 23 Because of all this, you will no longer talk of seeing visions that you never saw, nor will you make predictions. For I will rescue my people from your grasp. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
The Idolatry of Israel’s Leaders
14 Then some of the leaders of Israel visited me, and while they were sitting with me, 2 this message came to me from the Lord: 3 “Son of man, these leaders have set up idols[a] in their hearts. They have embraced things that will make them fall into sin. Why should I listen to their requests? 4 Tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Israel have set up idols in their hearts and fallen into sin, and then they go to a prophet asking for a message. So I, the Lord, will give them the kind of answer their great idolatry deserves. 5 I will do this to capture the minds and hearts of all my people who have turned from me to worship their detestable idols.’
6 “Therefore, tell the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent and turn away from your idols, and stop all your detestable sins. 7 I, the Lord, will answer all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject me and set up idols in their hearts and so fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for my advice. 8 I will turn against such people and make a terrible example of them, eliminating them from among my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
9 “‘And if a prophet is deceived into giving a message, it is because I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet. I will lift my fist against such prophets and cut them off from the community of Israel. 10 False prophets and those who seek their guidance will all be punished for their sins. 11 In this way, the people of Israel will learn not to stray from me, polluting themselves with sin. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!’”
The Certainty of the Lord’s Judgment
12 Then this message came to me from the Lord: 13 “Son of man, suppose the people of a country were to sin against me, and I lifted my fist to crush them, cutting off their food supply and sending a famine to destroy both people and animals. 14 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, their righteousness would save no one but themselves, says the Sovereign Lord.
15 “Or suppose I were to send wild animals to invade the country, kill the people, and make the land too desolate and dangerous to pass through. 16 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, even if those three men were there, they wouldn’t be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be made desolate.
17 “Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I sent enemy armies to destroy both people and animals. 18 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, even if those three men were there, they wouldn’t be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.
19 “Or suppose I were to pour out my fury by sending an epidemic into the land, and the disease killed people and animals alike. 20 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, they wouldn’t be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved by their righteousness.
21 “Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How terrible it will be when all four of these dreadful punishments fall upon Jerusalem—war, famine, wild animals, and disease—destroying all her people and animals. 22 Yet there will be survivors, and they will come here to join you as exiles in Babylon. You will see with your own eyes how wicked they are, and then you will feel better about what I have done to Jerusalem. 23 When you meet them and see their behavior, you will understand that these things are not being done to Israel without cause. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
Jerusalem—a Useless Vine
15 Then this message came to me from the Lord: 2 “Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine’s wood as useful as the wood of a tree? 3 Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans? 4 No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly. 5 Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!
6 “And this is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned. 7 And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the Lord. 8 And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
Jerusalem—an Unfaithful Wife
16 Then another message came to me from the Lord: 2 “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable sins. 3 Give her this message from the Sovereign Lord: You are nothing but a Canaanite! Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. 4 On the day you were born, no one cared about you. Your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were never washed, rubbed with salt, and wrapped in cloth. 5 No one had the slightest interest in you; no one pitied you or cared for you. On the day you were born, you were unwanted, dumped in a field and left to die.
6 “But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I said, ‘Live!’ 7 And I helped you to thrive like a plant in the field. You grew up and became a beautiful jewel. Your breasts became full, and your body hair grew, but you were still naked. 8 And when I passed by again, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I wrapped my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
9 “Then I bathed you and washed off your blood, and I rubbed fragrant oils into your skin. 10 I gave you expensive clothing of fine linen and silk, beautifully embroidered, and sandals made of fine goatskin leather. 11 I gave you lovely jewelry, bracelets, beautiful necklaces, 12 a ring for your nose, earrings for your ears, and a lovely crown for your head. 13 And so you were adorned with gold and silver. Your clothes were made of fine linen and costly fabric and were beautifully embroidered. You ate the finest foods—choice flour, honey, and olive oil—and became more beautiful than ever. You looked like a queen, and so you were! 14 Your fame soon spread throughout the world because of your beauty. I dressed you in my splendor and perfected your beauty, says the Sovereign Lord.
15 “But you thought your fame and beauty were your own. So you gave yourself as a prostitute to every man who came along. Your beauty was theirs for the asking. 16 You used the lovely things I gave you to make shrines for idols, where you played the prostitute. Unbelievable! How could such a thing ever happen? 17 You took the very jewels and gold and silver ornaments I had given you and made statues of men and worshiped them. This is adultery against me! 18 You used the beautifully embroidered clothes I gave you to dress your idols. Then you used my special oil and my incense to worship them. 19 Imagine it! You set before them as a sacrifice the choice flour, olive oil, and honey I had given you, says the Sovereign Lord.
20 “Then you took your sons and daughters—the children you had borne to me—and sacrificed them to your gods. Was your prostitution not enough? 21 Must you also slaughter my children by sacrificing them to idols? 22 In all your years of adultery and detestable sin, you have not once remembered the days long ago when you lay naked in a field, kicking about in your own blood.
23 “What sorrow awaits you, says the Sovereign Lord. In addition to all your other wickedness, 24 you built a pagan shrine and put altars to idols in every town square. 25 On every street corner you defiled your beauty, offering your body to every passerby in an endless stream of prostitution. 26 Then you added lustful Egypt to your lovers, provoking my anger with your increasing promiscuity. 27 That is why I struck you with my fist and reduced your boundaries. I handed you over to your enemies, the Philistines, and even they were shocked by your lewd conduct. 28 You have prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, too. It seems you can never find enough new lovers! And after your prostitution there, you still were not satisfied. 29 You added to your lovers by embracing Babylonia,[b] the land of merchants, but you still weren’t satisfied.
30 “What a sick heart you have, says the Sovereign Lord, to do such things as these, acting like a shameless prostitute. 31 You build your pagan shrines on every street corner and your altars to idols in every square. In fact, you have been worse than a prostitute, so eager for sin that you have not even demanded payment. 32 Yes, you are an adulterous wife who takes in strangers instead of her own husband. 33 Prostitutes charge for their services—but not you! You give gifts to your lovers, bribing them to come and have sex with you. 34 So you are the opposite of other prostitutes. You pay your lovers instead of their paying you!
Ezekiel 12:17-16:34
New International Version
Ezekiel 12:17-16:34
New International Version
17 The word of the Lord came to me: 18 “Son of man, tremble as you eat your food,(A) and shudder in fear as you drink your water. 19 Say to the people of the land: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: They will eat their food in anxiety and drink their water in despair, for their land will be stripped of everything(B) in it because of the violence of all who live there.(C) 20 The inhabited towns will be laid waste and the land will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(D)’”
There Will Be No Delay
21 The word of the Lord came to me: 22 “Son of man, what is this proverb(E) you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by and every vision comes to nothing’?(F) 23 Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to put an end to this proverb, and they will no longer quote it in Israel.’ Say to them, ‘The days are near(G) when every vision will be fulfilled.(H) 24 For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations(I) among the people of Israel. 25 But I the Lord will speak what I will, and it shall be fulfilled without delay.(J) For in your days, you rebellious people, I will fulfill(K) whatever I say, declares the Sovereign Lord.(L)’”
26 The word of the Lord came to me: 27 “Son of man, the Israelites are saying, ‘The vision he sees is for many years from now, and he prophesies about the distant future.’(M)
28 “Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: None of my words will be delayed any longer; whatever I say will be fulfilled, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”
False Prophets Condemned
13 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets(N) of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination:(O) ‘Hear the word of the Lord!(P) 3 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish[a] prophets(Q) who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!(R) 4 Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins. 5 You have not gone up to the breaches in the wall to repair(S) it for the people of Israel so that it will stand firm in the battle on the day of the Lord.(T) 6 Their visions are false(U) and their divinations a lie. Even though the Lord has not sent(V) them, they say, “The Lord declares,” and expect him to fulfill their words.(W) 7 Have you not seen false visions(X) and uttered lying divinations when you say, “The Lord declares,” though I have not spoken?
8 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you,(Y) declares the Sovereign Lord. 9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying(Z) divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records(AA) of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.(AB)
10 “‘Because they lead my people astray,(AC) saying, “Peace,”(AD) when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash,(AE) 11 therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones(AF) hurtling down,(AG) and violent winds will burst forth.(AH) 12 When the wall collapses, will people not ask you, “Where is the whitewash you covered it with?”
13 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones(AI) and torrents of rain(AJ) will fall with destructive fury.(AK) 14 I will tear down the wall(AL) you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation(AM) will be laid bare. When it[b] falls,(AN) you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the Lord. 15 So I will pour out my wrath against the wall and against those who covered it with whitewash. I will say to you, “The wall is gone and so are those who whitewashed it, 16 those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AO)”’
17 “Now, son of man, set your face(AP) against the daughters(AQ) of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them(AR) 18 and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own? 19 You have profaned(AS) me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread.(AT) By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.(AU)
20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against your magic charms with which you ensnare people like birds and I will tear them from your arms; I will set free the people that you ensnare like birds.(AV) 21 I will tear off your veils and save my people from your hands, and they will no longer fall prey to your power. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(AW) 22 Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies,(AX) when I had brought them no grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways and so save their lives,(AY) 23 therefore you will no longer see false visions(AZ) or practice divination.(BA) I will save(BB) my people from your hands. And then you will know that I am the Lord.(BC)’”
Idolaters Condemned
14 Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.(BD) 2 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 3 “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts(BE) and put wicked stumbling blocks(BF) before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all?(BG) 4 Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When any of the Israelites set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block before their faces and then go to a prophet, I the Lord will answer them myself in keeping with their great idolatry. 5 I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted(BH) me for their idols.’(BI)
6 “Therefore say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent!(BJ) Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!(BK)
7 “‘When any of the Israelites or any foreigner(BL) residing in Israel separate themselves from me and set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block(BM) before their faces and then go to a prophet to inquire(BN) of me, I the Lord will answer them myself. 8 I will set my face against(BO) them and make them an example(BP) and a byword.(BQ) I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(BR)
9 “‘And if the prophet(BS) is enticed(BT) to utter a prophecy, I the Lord have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.(BU) 10 They will bear their guilt—the prophet will be as guilty as the one who consults him. 11 Then the people of Israel will no longer stray(BV) from me, nor will they defile themselves anymore with all their sins. They will be my people,(BW) and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign Lord.(BX)’”
Jerusalem’s Judgment Inescapable
12 The word of the Lord came to me: 13 “Son of man, if a country sins(BY) against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply(BZ) and send famine upon it and kill its people and their animals,(CA) 14 even if these three men—Noah,(CB) Daniel[c](CC) and Job(CD)—were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness,(CE) declares the Sovereign Lord.
15 “Or if I send wild beasts(CF) through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,(CG) 16 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be desolate.(CH)
17 “Or if I bring a sword(CI) against that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass throughout the land,’ and I kill its people and their animals,(CJ) 18 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.
19 “Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath(CK) on it through bloodshed,(CL) killing its people and their animals,(CM) 20 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.(CN)
21 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments(CO)—sword(CP) and famine(CQ) and wild beasts and plague(CR)—to kill its men and their animals!(CS) 22 Yet there will be some survivors(CT)—sons and daughters who will be brought out of it.(CU) They will come to you, and when you see their conduct(CV) and their actions, you will be consoled(CW) regarding the disaster I have brought on Jerusalem—every disaster I have brought on it. 23 You will be consoled when you see their conduct and their actions, for you will know that I have done nothing in it without cause, declares the Sovereign Lord.(CX)”
Jerusalem as a Useless Vine
15 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, how is the wood of a vine(CY) different from that of a branch from any of the trees in the forest? 3 Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful?(CZ) Do they make pegs(DA) from it to hang things on? 4 And after it is thrown on the fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and chars the middle, is it then useful for anything?(DB) 5 If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred?
6 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As I have given the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest as fuel for the fire, so will I treat the people living in Jerusalem. 7 I will set my face against(DC) them. Although they have come out of the fire(DD), the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the Lord.(DE) 8 I will make the land desolate(DF) because they have been unfaithful,(DG) declares the Sovereign Lord.”
Jerusalem as an Adulterous Wife
16 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, confront(DH) Jerusalem with her detestable practices(DI) 3 and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry(DJ) and birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father(DK) was an Amorite(DL) and your mother a Hittite.(DM) 4 On the day you were born(DN) 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!”[d](DO) 7 I made you grow(DP) 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.(DQ)
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(DR) over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant(DS) with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.(DT)
9 “‘I bathed you with water and washed(DU) the blood from you and put ointments on you. 10 I clothed you with an embroidered(DV) dress and put sandals of fine leather on you. I dressed you in fine linen(DW) and covered you with costly garments.(DX) 11 I adorned you with jewelry:(DY) I put bracelets(DZ) on your arms and a necklace(EA) around your neck, 12 and I put a ring on your nose,(EB) earrings(EC) on your ears and a beautiful crown(ED) on your head.(EE) 13 So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes(EF) were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil(EG) and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.(EH) 14 And your fame(EI) spread among the nations on account of your beauty,(EJ) because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.(EK)
15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by(EL) and your beauty became his.(EM) 16 You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places,(EN) where you carried on your prostitution.(EO) You went to him, and he possessed your beauty.[e] 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.(EP) 18 And you took your embroidered clothes to put on them, and you offered my oil and incense(EQ) 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.(ER)
20 “‘And you took your sons and daughters(ES) whom you bore to me(ET) and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough?(EU) 21 You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.(EV) 22 In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth,(EW) when you were naked and bare,(EX) kicking about in your blood.(EY)
23 “‘Woe!(EZ) 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(FA) in every public square.(FB) 25 At every street corner(FC) you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.(FD) 26 You engaged in prostitution(FE) with the Egyptians,(FF) your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger(FG) with your increasing promiscuity.(FH) 27 So I stretched out my hand(FI) against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over(FJ) to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines,(FK) who were shocked by your lewd conduct. 28 You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians(FL) too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied.(FM) 29 Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia,[f](FN) a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.(FO)
30 “‘I am filled with fury against you,[g] declares the Sovereign Lord, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute!(FP) 31 When you built your mounds at every street corner and made your lofty shrines(FQ) 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,(FR) but you give gifts(FS) to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.(FT) 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.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 13:3 Or wicked
- Ezekiel 13:14 Or the city
- Ezekiel 14:14 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature; also in verse 20
- 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,
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