Ezekiel 16:35-43

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³⁵ “‘O prostitute, hear the word of the Lord: ³⁶ This is what the Lord God says! Because I see your filthy sins, your adultery with your lovers—your worshiping of idols—and the slaying of your children as sacrifices to your gods, ³⁷ this is what I am going to do: I will gather together all your allies—these lovers of yours you have sinned with, both those you loved and those you hated—and I will make you naked before them that they may see you. ³⁸ I will punish you as a murderess is punished and as a woman breaking wedlock living with other men. ³⁹ I will give you to your lovers—these many nations—to destroy, and they will knock down your brothels and idol altars. They will strip you, take your beautiful jewels, and leave you naked and ashamed. ^40-41 They will burn your homes, punishing you before the eyes of many women. And I will see to it that you stop your adulteries with other gods and end your payments to your allies for their love.

⁴² “‘Then at last my fury against you will die away; my jealousy against you will end, and I will be quiet and not be angry with you anymore. ⁴³ But first, because you have not remembered your youth but have angered me by all these evil things you do, I will fully repay you for all of your sins,’” says the Lord. “‘For you are thankless in addition to all your other faults.