lest (A)I strip her naked
    and make her as (B)in the day she was born,
and (C)make her like a wilderness,
    and make her like a parched land,
    and kill her with thirst.

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Otherwise I will strip(A) her naked
    and make her as bare as on the day she was born;(B)
I will make her like a desert,(C)
    turn her into a parched land,
    and slay her with thirst.

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22 And in all your abominations and your whorings you did not remember (A)the days of your youth, (B)when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood.

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22 In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth,(A) when you were naked and bare,(B) kicking about in your blood.(C)

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13 (A)for the soil of my people
    growing up in thorns and briers,
(B)yes, for all the joyous houses
    in the exultant city.
14 For the palace is forsaken,
    the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
    will become dens forever,
(C)a joy of wild donkeys,
    a pasture of flocks;

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13 and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers(A)
yes, mourn(B) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.(C)
14 The fortress(D) will be abandoned,
    the noisy city deserted;(E)
citadel and watchtower(F) will become a wasteland forever,
    the delight of donkeys,(G) a pasture for flocks,(H)

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11 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
    “when (A)I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
    (B)but of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 (C)They shall wander from sea to sea,
    and from north to east;
they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord,
    (D)but they shall not find it.

13 (E)“In that day the lovely virgins and the young men
    shall (F)faint for thirst.

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11 “The days are coming,”(A) declares the Sovereign Lord,
    “when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
    but a famine(B) of hearing the words of the Lord.(C)
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
    and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
    but they will not find it.(D)

13 “In that day

“the lovely young women and strong young men(E)
    will faint because of thirst.(F)

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13 (A)Now it is planted in the wilderness,
    in a dry and thirsty land.

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13 Now it is planted in the desert,(A)
    in a dry and thirsty land.(B)

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22 And if you say in your heart,
    (A)‘Why have these things come upon me?’
it is for the greatness of your iniquity
    that (B)your skirts are lifted up
    and you suffer violence.

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22 And if you ask yourself,
    “Why has this happened to me?”(A)
it is because of your many sins(B)
    that your skirts have been torn off(C)
    and your body mistreated.(D)

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16 And (A)the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast (B)will hate the prostitute. They will make her (C)desolate and (D)naked, and (E)devour her flesh and (F)burn her up with fire,

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16 The beast and the ten horns(A) you saw will hate the prostitute.(B) They will bring her to ruin(C) and leave her naked;(D) they will eat her flesh(E) and burn her with fire.(F)

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10 Now (A)I will uncover her lewdness
    in the sight of her lovers,
    and no one shall rescue her out of my hand.

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10 So now I will expose(A) her lewdness
    before the eyes of her lovers;(B)
    no one will take her out of my hands.(C)

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26 (A)They shall also strip you of your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels. 27 (B)Thus I will put an end to your lewdness and (C)your whoring begun in the land of Egypt, so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.

28 “For thus says the Lord God: (D)Behold, I will deliver you into the hands of those whom you hate, (E)into the hands of those from whom you turned in disgust, 29 and (F)they shall deal with you in hatred and take away all the fruit of your labor (G)and leave you naked and bare, and (H)the nakedness of your whoring shall be uncovered. Your lewdness and your whoring

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26 They will also strip(A) you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry.(B) 27 So I will put a stop(C) to the lewdness and prostitution you began in Egypt. You will not look on these things with longing or remember Egypt anymore.

28 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to deliver you into the hands(D) of those you hate, to those you turned away from in disgust. 29 They will deal with you in hatred and take away everything you have worked for. They will leave you stark naked,(E) and the shame of your prostitution will be exposed.(F) Your lewdness(G) and promiscuity(H)

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35 (A)And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, (B)and there I will enter into judgment with you (C)face to face. 36 (D)As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord God.

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35 I will bring you into the wilderness(A) of the nations and there, face to face, I will execute judgment(B) upon you. 36 As I judged your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Sovereign Lord.(C)

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37 therefore, behold, (A)I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved and (B)all those you hated. (C)I will gather them against you from every side (D)and will uncover your nakedness to them, that (E)they may see all your nakedness. 38 (F)And I will judge you (G)as women who commit adultery and (H)shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy. 39 And I will give you into their hands, and they shall throw down your (I)vaulted chamber and break down (J)your lofty places. (K)They shall strip you of your clothes and take (L)your beautiful jewels and leave you (M)naked and bare.

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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(A) you in front of them, and they will see you stark naked.(B) 38 I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and who shed blood;(C) I will bring on you the blood vengeance of my wrath and jealous anger.(D) 39 Then I will deliver you into the hands(E) 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.(F)

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And as for your birth, (A)on the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths. No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you out of compassion for you, (B)but you were cast out on the open field, for you were abhorred, (C)on the day that you were born.

“And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing (D)in your blood, I said to you (E)in your blood, ‘Live!’ I said to you (F)in your blood, ‘Live!’ (G)I made you flourish like a plant of the field. And you grew up and became tall (H)and arrived at full adornment. Your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet (I)you were naked and bare.

“When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and (J)I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you (K)and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, (L)and you became mine.

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On the day you were born(A) 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. 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.

“‘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](B) I made you grow(C) 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.(D)

“‘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(E) over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant(F) with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 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!”

43 Her cities have become a horror,
    (A)a land of drought and a desert,
(B)a land in which no one dwells,
    and through which no son of man passes.

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43 Her towns will be desolate,
    a dry and desert(A) land,
a land where no one lives,
    through which no one travels.(B)

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