Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and (A)anointed you with oil. 10 (B)I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.[a] 11 (C)And I adorned you with ornaments and (D)put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck. 12 And I put a ring on your nose and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. (E)You ate fine flour and honey and oil. (F)You grew exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:10 Or with rich fabric

“‘I bathed you with water and washed(A) the blood from you and put ointments on you. 10 I clothed you with an embroidered(B) dress and put sandals of fine leather on you. I dressed you in fine linen(C) and covered you with costly garments.(D) 11 I adorned you with jewelry:(E) I put bracelets(F) on your arms and a necklace(G) around your neck, 12 and I put a ring on your nose,(H) earrings(I) on your ears and a beautiful crown(J) on your head.(K) 13 So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes(L) were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil(M) and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.(N)

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