26 You also committed harlotry with (A)the Egyptians, your very fleshly neighbors, and increased your acts of harlotry to (B)provoke Me to anger.

27 “Behold, therefore, I stretched out My hand against you, diminished your [a]allotment, and gave you up to the will of those who hate you, (C)the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior. 28 You also played the harlot with the (D)Assyrians, because you were insatiable; indeed you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied. 29 Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, (E)Chaldea; and even then you were not satisfied.

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  1. Ezekiel 16:27 Allowance of food

26 You engaged in prostitution(A) with the Egyptians,(B) your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger(C) with your increasing promiscuity.(D) 27 So I stretched out my hand(E) against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over(F) to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines,(G) who were shocked by your lewd conduct. 28 You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians(H) too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied.(I) 29 Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia,[a](J) a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.(K)

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  1. Ezekiel 16:29 Or Chaldea

34 You are the opposite of other women in your harlotry, because no one solicited you to be a harlot. In that you gave payment but no payment was given you, therefore you are the opposite.”

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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.

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