Then the word of the LORD
came
to me, saying
,
"Son of man
, amake
known
to Jerusalem
her abominations
and say, `Thus
says
the Lord
1GOD
to Jerusalem
, "Your origin
and your birth
are from the land
of the Canaanite
, your father
was an Amorite
and your mother
a Hittite
.
"As for your birth, aon the day
you were born
your navel
cord
was not cut
, nor
were you washed
with water
for cleansing
; you were not rubbed
with salt
or even wrapped
in cloths
.
"No eye
looked
with pity
on you to do
any
of these
things
for you, to have
compassion
on you. Rather you were thrown
out into the 1 aopen
field
, 2for you were abhorred
on the day
you were born
.
"When I passed by you and saw
you squirming
in your blood
, I said
to you while you were in your blood
, `Live
!' Yes, I said
to you while you were in your blood
, `Live
!'
"I amade you 1numerous
like plants
of the field
. Then you grew
up, became
tall
and reached
the age
for fine
ornaments
; your breasts
were formed
and your hair
had grown
. Yet you were naked
and bare
.
"Then I passed by you and saw
you, and behold
, 1you were at the time
for love
; so I aspread
My skirt
over
you and covered
your nakedness
. I also bswore
to you and centered
into a covenant
with you so that you dbecame
Mine," declares
the Lord
GOD
.
"Then I bathed you with water
, washed
off
your blood
from you and aanointed
you with oil
.
"I also clothed you with aembroidered
cloth
and put
sandals
of porpoise
skin
on your feet; and I wrapped
you with fine
linen
and covered
you with silk
.
"I adorned you with ornaments
, put
abracelets
on your hands
and a bnecklace
around
your neck
.
"I also put a aring
in your nostril
, earrings
in your ears
and a bbeautiful
crown
on your head
.
"Thus you were adorned with agold
and silver
, and your dress
was of fine
linen
, silk
and embroidered
cloth
. You ate
fine
flour
, honey
and oil
; so you were exceedingly
beautiful
and advanced
to broyalty
.
"Then your afame went
forth
among the nations
on account of your beauty
, for it was bperfect
because of My splendor
which
I bestowed
on you," declares
the Lord
GOD
.
"But you atrusted in your beauty
and bplayed
the harlot
because
of your fame
, and you poured
out your harlotries
on every
passer-by
1who might be willing.
"You took some
of your clothes
, made
for yourself high
places
of various
colors
and played
the harlot
on them, 1which should never
come
about nor
happen
.
"You also took your beautiful
1 ajewels
made of My gold
and of My silver
, which
I had given
you, and made
for yourself male
images
that you might play
the harlot
with them.
"Then you took your embroidered
cloth
and covered
them, and offered
My oil
and My incense
before
them.
"Also aMy bread which
I gave
you, fine
flour
, oil
and honey
with which I fed
you, 1you would offer
before
them for a soothing
aroma
; so it happened
," declares
the Lord
GOD
.
"Moreover, you took your sons
and daughters
whom
you had borne
to aMe and bsacrificed
them to 1idols to be devoured
. Were your harlotries
so
small
a matter?
"You slaughtered aMy children
and offered
them up to 1idols by bcausing them to pass
through
the fire.
"Besides all
your abominations
and harlotries
you did not remember
the days
of ayour youth
, when you were naked
and bare
and squirming
in your blood
.
"Then it came about after
all
your wickedness
(`Woe
, woe
to you!' declares
the Lord
GOD
),
that you built yourself a ashrine
and made
yourself a bhigh
place
in every
square
.
"You built yourself a high
place
at the top
of aevery
street
and made
your beauty
abominable
, and you spread
your legs
to every
passer-by
to multiply
your harlotry
.
"You also played the harlot
with the Egyptians
, your 1lustful
neighbors
, and multiplied
your harlotry
to amake
Me angry
.
"Behold now, I have stretched
out My hand
against
you and diminished
your rations
. And I delivered
you up to the desire
of those who hate
you, the adaughters
of the Philistines
, who are ashamed
of your lewd
conduct
.
"Moreover, you played the harlot
with the aAssyrians
because
you were not satisfied
; you played
the harlot
with them and still
were not satisfied
.
"You also multiplied your harlotry
with the land
of merchants
, Chaldea
, yet even
with this
you were not satisfied
.""'
"How alanguishing
is your heart
," declares
the Lord
GOD
, "while you do
all
these
things
, the actions
of a 1 bbold-faced
harlot
.
"When you built your shrine
at the beginning
of every
street
and made
your high
place
in every
square
, in adisdaining
money
, you were not like a harlot
.
"You adulteress wife
, who takes
strangers
instead
of her husband
!
" 1Men give gifts
to all
harlots
, but you agive
your gifts
to all
your lovers
to bribe
them to come
to you from every
direction
for your harlotries
.
"Thus you are different from those women
in your harlotries
, in that no
one plays
the harlot
1as you do, because you give
money
and no
money
is given
you; thus you are different
."
Therefore, O harlot
, hear
the word
of the LORD
.
Thus says
the Lord
GOD
, "Because
your lewdness
was poured
out and your nakedness
uncovered
through your harlotries
with your lovers
and with all
your detestable
aidols
, and because of the blood
of your sons
which
you gave
to 1idols,
therefore, behold
, I will agather
all
your lovers
with whom
you took
pleasure
, even all
those whom
you loved
and all
those whom
you bhated
. So I will gather
them against
you from every
direction
and cexpose
your nakedness
to them that they may see
all
your nakedness
.
"Thus I will ajudge you like women who commit
adultery
or shed
blood
are judged
; and I will bring
on you the blood
of bwrath
and jealousy
.
"I will also give you into 1the hands
of your lovers, and they will tear
down
your shrines
, demolish
your high
places
, astrip
you of your clothing
, take
away your 2jewels
, and will leave
you naked
and bare
.
"They will 1incite a acrowd
against
you and they will stone
you and cut
you to pieces
with their swords
.
"They will aburn your houses
with fire
and execute
judgments
on you in the sight
of many
women
. Then I will bstop
you from playing
the harlot
, and you will also
no
longer
pay
1your lovers
.
"So I awill calm My fury
against you and My jealousy
will depart
from you, and I will be pacified
and angry
bno
more
.
"Because you have anot remembered
the days
of your youth
but 1have benraged
Me by all
these
things
, behold
, I in turn
will cbring
your conduct
down
on your own head
," declares
the Lord
GOD
, "so that you will not commit
this lewdness
on top
of all
your other abominations
.
"Behold, everyone
who quotes
aproverbs
will quote
this proverb
concerning
you, saying
, ` 1Like mother
, 1like daughter
.'
"You are the daughter of your mother
, who loathed
her husband
and children
. You are also the asister
of your sisters
, who
bloathed
their husbands
and children
. Your mother
was a Hittite
and your father
an Amorite
.
"Now your aolder sister
is Samaria
, who lives
1north
of you with her 2daughters
; and your younger
sister
, who lives
3south
of you, is bSodom
with her 2daughters
.
"Yet you have not merely walked in their ways
or done
according to their abominations
; but, as if that were atoo
little
, you acted
bmore
corruptly
in all
your conduct
than
they.
"As I live," declares
the Lord
GOD
, "Sodom
, your sister
and her daughters
have anot done
as you and your daughters
have done
.
"Behold, this
was the guilt
of your sister
Sodom
: she and her daughters
had
aarrogance
, babundant
food
and ccareless
ease
, but she did not 1help
the dpoor
and needy
.
"Thus they were haughty and committed
aabominations
before
Me. Therefore I bremoved
them 1when
I saw
it.
"Furthermore, Samaria did not commit
half
of your sins
, for you have multiplied
your abominations
more
than
they. Thus you have made
your sisters
appear arighteous
by all
your abominations
which
you have committed
.
"Also bear
your disgrace
in that you have 1made
judgment
favorable
for your sisters
. Because of your sins
in which
you acted
amore
abominably
than
they, they are more
in the right
than
you. Yes
, be also
ashamed
and bear
your disgrace
, in that you made
your sisters
appear righteous
.
"Nevertheless, I will restore their captivity
, the captivity
of Sodom
and her daughters
, the captivity
of Samaria
and her daughters
, and 1along
with them 2your own
captivity
,
in order that you may bear
your humiliation
and feel
aashamed
for all
that you have done
when you become
ba consolation
to them.
"Your sisters, Sodom
with her daughters
and Samaria
with her daughters
, 1will return
to their former
state
, and you with your daughters
will also return
to your former
state
.
"As the name of your sister Sodom
was not heard
from your lips
in your day
of pride
,
before your awickedness
was uncovered
, 1so
now
you have become the breproach
of the daughters
of 2Edom
and of all
who are around
her, of the daughters
of the Philistines
--those surrounding
you who despise
you.
"You have aborne the penalty of your lewdness
and abominations
," the LORD
declares
.
For thus says
the Lord
GOD
, "I will also do
with you as you have done
, you who
have adespised
the oath
by breaking
the covenant
.
"Nevertheless, I will remember My covenant
with you in the days
of your youth
, and I will establish
an aeverlasting
covenant
with you.
"Then you will aremember your ways
and be ashamed
when you receive
your sisters
, both your older
and your younger
; and I will give
them to you as daughters
, but not because
of your covenant
.
"Thus I will aestablish My covenant
with you, and you shall bknow
that I am the LORD
,
so that you may aremember and be ashamed
and bnever
open
your mouth
anymore
because
of your humiliation
, when I have cforgiven
you for all
that you have done
," the Lord
GOD
declares
.