1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Ezekiel 16

1 Under the similitude of a wretched infant is shewed the natural state of Jerusalem. 6 God's extraordinary love towards her. 15 Her monstrous whoredom. 35 Her grievous judgment. 44 Her sin, matching her mother, and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria, calleth for judgments. 60 Mercy is promised her in the end.

 16:1 Then the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to me, saying 559,

 16:2 “Son 1121 of man 120, make 3045 known 3045 to Jerusalem 3389 her abominations 8441

 16:3 and say 559, ‘Thus 3541 says 559 the Lord 136 GOD 3068 to Jerusalem 3389, “Your origin 4351 and your birth 4138 are from the land 776 of the Canaanite 3669a, your father 1 was an Amorite 567 and your mother 517 a Hittite 2850.

 16:4 “As for your birth 4138, on the day 3117 you were born 3205 your navel 8270 cord 8270 was not cut 3772, nor 3808 were you washed 7364 with water 4325 for cleansing 4935; you were not rubbed 4414b with salt 4414b or even wrapped 2853 in cloths 2853.

 16:5 “No 3808 eye 5869 looked 2347 with pity 2347 on you to do 6213a any 259 of these 428 things 428 for you, to have 2550 compassion 2550 on you. Rather you were thrown 7993 out into the open 6440 field 7704, for you were abhorred 1604 on the day 3117 you were born 3205.

 16:6 ¶ “When I passed 5674a by you and saw 7200 you squirming 947 in your blood 1818, I said 559 to you [while you were] in your blood 1818, ‘Live 2421a!’ Yes, I said 559 to you [while you were] in your blood 1818, ‘Live 2421a!’

 16:7 “I made 5414 you numerous 7233 like plants 6780 of the field 7704. Then you grew 7235a up, became 1431 tall 1431 and reached 935 the age 935 for fine 5716 ornaments 5716; [your] breasts 7699a were formed 3559 and your hair 8181 had grown 6779. Yet you were naked 5903 and bare 6181.

 16:8 ¶ “Then I passed 5674a by you and saw 7200 you, and behold 2009, you were at the time 6256 for love 1730; so I spread 6566 My skirt 3671 over 5921 you and covered 3680 your nakedness 6172. I also swore 7650 to you and entered 935 into a covenant 1285 with you so that you became 1961 Mine,” declares 5002 the Lord 136 GOD 3068.

 16:9 “Then I bathed 7364 you with water 4325, washed 7857 off 7857 your blood 1818 from you and anointed 5480a you with oil 8081.

 16:10 “I also clothed 3847 you with embroidered 7553 cloth 7553 and put 5274b sandals 5274b of porpoise 8476 skin 8476 on your feet; and I wrapped 2280 you with fine 8336 linen 8336 and covered 3680 you with silk 4897.

 16:11 “I adorned 5710b you with ornaments 5716, put 5414 bracelets 6781a on your hands 3027 and a necklace 7242 around 5921 your neck 1627.

 16:12 “I also put 5414 a ring 5141 in your nostril 639, earrings 5694 in your ears 241 and a beautiful 8597 crown 5850 on your head 7218.

 16:13 “Thus you were adorned 5710b with gold 2091 and silver 3701, and your dress 4403 was of fine 8336 linen 8336, silk 4897 and embroidered 7553 cloth 7553. You ate 398 fine 5560 flour 5560, honey 1706 and oil 8081; so you were exceedingly 3966 beautiful 3302 and advanced 6743b to royalty 4410.

 16:14 “Then your fame 8034 went 3318 forth 3318 among the nations 1471 on account of your beauty 3308, for it was perfect 3632 because of My splendor 1926 which 834 I bestowed 7760 on you,” declares 5002 the Lord 136 GOD 3068.

 16:15 ¶ “But you trusted 982 in your beauty 3308 and played 2181 the harlot 2181 because 5921 of your fame 8034, and you poured 8210 out your harlotries 8457 on every 3605 passer-by 5674a who might be [willing].

 16:16 “You took 3947 some 4480 of your clothes 899b, made 6213a for yourself high 1116 places 1116 of various 2921 colors 2921 and played 2181 the harlot 2181 on them, which should never 3808 come 935 about nor 3808 happen 1961.

 16:17 “You also took 3947 your beautiful 8597 jewels 3627 [made] of My gold 2091 and of My silver 3701, which 834 I had given 5414 you, and made 6213a for yourself male 2145 images 6754 that you might play 2181 the harlot 2181 with them.

 16:18 “Then you took 3947 your embroidered 7553 cloth 899b and covered 3680 them, and offered 5414 My oil 8081 and My incense 7004 before 6440 them.

 16:19 “Also My bread 3899 which 834 I gave 5414 you, fine 5560 flour 5560, oil 8081 and honey 1706 with which I fed 398 you, you would offer 5414 before 6440 them for a soothing 5207 aroma 7381b; so it happened 1961,” declares 5002 the Lord 136 GOD 3068.

 16:20 “Moreover, you took 3947 your sons 1121 and daughters 1323 whom 834 you had borne 3205 to Me and sacrificed 2076 them to idols to be devoured 398. Were your harlotries 8457 so 4592 small 4592 a matter?

 16:21 “You slaughtered 7819 My children 1121 and offered 5414 them up to idols by causing them to pass 5674a through 5674a [the fire].

 16:22 “Besides 854 all 3605 your abominations 8441 and harlotries 8457 you did not remember 2142 the days 3117 of your youth 5271, when you were naked 5903 and bare 6181 and squirming 947 in your blood 1818.

 16:23 ¶ “Then it came 1961 about after 310 all 3605 your wickedness 7463a (‘Woe 188, woe 188 to you!’ declares 5002 the Lord 136 GOD 3068),

 16:24 that you built 1129 yourself a shrine 1354 and made 6213a yourself a high 7413 place 7413 in every 3605 square 7339.

 16:25 “You built 1129 yourself a high 7413 place 7413 at the top 7218 of every 3605 street 1870 and made 8581 your beauty 3308 abominable 8581, and you spread 6589 your legs 7272 to every 3605 passer-by 5674a to multiply 7235a your harlotry 8457.

 16:26 “You also played 2181 the harlot 2181 with the Egyptians 4714, your lustful 1320 1432 neighbors 7934, and multiplied 7235a your harlotry 8457 to make 3707 Me angry 3707.

 16:27 “Behold 2009 now, I have stretched 5186 out My hand 3027 against 5921 you and diminished 1639 your rations 2706. And I delivered 5414 you up to the desire 5315 of those who hate 8130 you, the daughters 1323 of the Philistines 6430, who are ashamed 3637 of your lewd 2154 conduct 1870.

 16:28 “Moreover, you played 2181 the harlot 2181 with the Assyrians 804b because 4480 you were not satisfied 7654; you played 2181 the harlot 2181 with them and still 1571 were not satisfied 7646.

 16:29 “You also multiplied 7235a your harlotry 8457 with the land 776 of merchants 3667b, Chaldea 3778, yet even 1571 with this 384 you were not satisfied 7646.”’”

 16:30 ¶ “How 4100 languishing 535 is your heart 3826,” declares 5002 the Lord 136 GOD 3068, “while you do 6213a all 3605 these 428 things 4639, the actions 4639 of a bold-faced 7989 harlot 2181.

 16:31 “When you built 1129 your shrine 1354 at the beginning 7218 of every 3605 street 1870 and made 6213a your high 7413 place 7413 in every 3605 square 7339, in disdaining 7046 money 868, you were not like a harlot 2181.

 16:32 “You adulteress 5003 wife 802, who takes 3947 strangers 2114a instead 8478 of her husband 376!

 16:33 “Men give 5414 gifts 5078 to all 3605 harlots 2181, but you give 5414 your gifts 5083 to all 3605 your lovers 157 to bribe 7809 them to come 935 to you from every 5439 direction 5439 for your harlotries 8457.

 16:34 “Thus you are different 2016 from those women 802 in your harlotries 8457, in that no 3808 one plays 2181 the harlot 2181 as you do, because you give 5414 money 868 and no 3808 money 868 is given 5414 you; thus you are different 2016.”

 16:35 ¶ Therefore 3651, O harlot 2181, hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068.

 16:36 Thus 3541 says 559 the Lord 136 GOD 3068, “Because 3282 your lewdness 5179a was poured 8210 out and your nakedness 6172 uncovered 1540 through your harlotries 8457 with your lovers 157 and with all 3605 your detestable 8441 idols 1544, and because of the blood 1818 of your sons 1121 which 834 you gave 5414 to idols,

 16:37 therefore 3651, behold 2009, I will gather 6908 all 3605 your lovers 157 with whom 834 you took 6149 pleasure 6149, even all 3605 those whom 834 you loved 157 [and] all 3605 those whom 834 you hated 8130. So I will gather 6908 them against 5921 you from every 5439 direction 5439 and expose 1540 your nakedness 6172 to them that they may see 7200 all 3605 your nakedness 6172.

 16:38 “Thus I will judge 8199 you like women who commit 5003 adultery 5003 or shed 8210 blood 1818 are judged 4941; and I will bring 5414 on you the blood 1818 of wrath 2534 and jealousy 7068.

 16:39 “I will also give 5414 you into the hands 3027 of your lovers, and they will tear 2040 down 2040 your shrines 1354, demolish 5422 your high 7413 places 7413, strip 6584 you of your clothing 899b, take 3947 away your jewels 3627 8597, and will leave 5117 you naked 5903 and bare 6181.

 16:40 “They will incite 5927 a crowd 6951 against 5921 you and they will stone 7275 you and cut 1333 you to pieces 1333 with their swords 2719.

 16:41 “They will burn 8313 your houses 1004 with fire 784 and execute 6213a judgments 8201 on you in the sight 5869 of many 7227a women 802. Then I will stop 7673a you from playing 2181 the harlot 2181, and you will also 1571 no 3808 longer 5750 pay 5414 your lovers 868.

 16:42 “So I will calm 5117 My fury 2534 against you and My jealousy 7068 will depart 5493 from you, and I will be pacified 8252 and angry 3707 no 3808 more 5750.

 16:43 “Because 3282 834 you have not remembered 2142 the days 3117 of your youth 5271 but have enraged 7264 Me by all 3605 these 428 things 428, behold 1887, I in turn 1571 will bring 5414 your conduct 1870 down 5414 on your own head 7218,” declares 5002 the Lord 136 GOD 3068, “so that you will not commit 6213a this lewdness 2154 on top 5921 of all 3605 your [other] abominations 8441.

 16:44 ¶ “Behold 2009, everyone 3605 who quotes 4911b proverbs 4911b will quote 4911b [this] proverb 4911b concerning 5921 you, saying 559, ‘Like mother 517, like daughter 1323.’

 16:45 “You are the daughter 1323 of your mother 517, who loathed 1602 her husband 376 and children 1121. You are also the sister 269 of your sisters 269, who 834 loathed 1602 their husbands 376 and children 1121. Your mother 517 was a Hittite 2850 and your father 1 an Amorite 567.

 16:46 “Now your older 1419 sister 269 is Samaria 8111, who lives 3427 north 8040 of you with her daughters 1323; and your younger 6996a sister 269, who lives 3427 south 3225 of you, is Sodom 5467 with her daughters 1323.

 16:47 “Yet you have not merely walked 1980 in their ways 1870 or done 6213a according to their abominations 8441; but, as if that were too 6985 little 4592, you acted 7843 more 4480 corruptly 7843 in all 3605 your conduct 1870 than 4480 they.

 16:48 “As I live 2416a,” declares 5002 the Lord 136 GOD 3068, “Sodom 5467, your sister 269 and her daughters 1323 have not done 6213a as you and your daughters 1323 have done 6213a.

 16:49 “Behold 2009, this 2088 was the guilt 5771 of your sister 269 Sodom 5467: she and her daughters 1323 had 1961 arrogance 1347b, abundant 7654 food 3899 and careless 8252 ease 7962, but she did not help 2388 3027 the poor 6041 and needy 34.

 16:50 “Thus they were haughty 1361b and committed 6213a abominations 8441 before 6440 Me. Therefore I removed 5493 them when 3512c I saw 7200 [it].

 16:51 “Furthermore, Samaria 8111 did not commit 2398 half 2677 of your sins 2403b, for you have multiplied 7235a your abominations 8441 more 4480 than 4480 they. Thus you have made 6663 your sisters 269 appear righteous 6663 by all 3605 your abominations 8441 which 834 you have committed 6213a.

 16:52 “Also 1571 bear 5375 your disgrace 3639 in that you have made 6419 judgment 6419 favorable 6419 for your sisters 269. Because of your sins 2403b in which 834 you acted 8581 more 4480 abominably 8581 than 4480 they, they are more 4480 in the right 6663 than 4480 you. Yes 1571, be also 1571 ashamed 954 and bear 5375 your disgrace 3639, in that you made 6663 your sisters 269 appear righteous 6663.

 16:53 ¶ “Nevertheless, I will restore 7725 their captivity 7622, the captivity 7622 of Sodom 5467 and her daughters 1323, the captivity 7622 of Samaria 8111 and her daughters 1323, and along 8432 with them your own 7622 captivity 7622,

 16:54 in order 4616 that you may bear 5375 your humiliation 3639 and feel 3637 ashamed 3637 for all 3605 that you have done 6213a when you become 5162 a consolation 5162 to them.

 16:55 “Your sisters 269, Sodom 5467 with her daughters 1323 and Samaria 8111 with her daughters 1323, will return 7725 to their former 6927 state 6927, and you with your daughters 1323 will [also] return 7725 to your former 6927 state 6927.

 16:56 “As [the name of] your sister 269 Sodom 5467 was not heard 8052 from your lips 6310 in your day 3117 of pride 1347b,

 16:57 before 2962 your wickedness 7463a was uncovered 1540, so 3644 now 6256 you have become the reproach 2781 of the daughters 1323 of Edom 112b and of all 3605 who are around 5439 her, of the daughters 1323 of the Philistines 6430—those surrounding 5439 [you] who despise 7751c you.

 16:58 “You have borne 5375 [the penalty of] your lewdness 2154 and abominations 8441,” the LORD 3068 declares 5002.

 16:59 For thus 3541 says 559 the Lord 136 GOD 3068, “I will also do 6213a with you as you have done 6213a, you who 834 have despised 959 the oath 423 by breaking 6565a the covenant 1285.

 16:60 ¶ “Nevertheless, I will remember 2142 My covenant 1285 with you in the days 3117 of your youth 5271, and I will establish 6965 an everlasting 5769 covenant 1285 with you.

 16:61 “Then you will remember 2142 your ways 1870 and be ashamed 3637 when you receive 3947 your sisters 269, [both] your older 1419 and your younger 6996a; and I will give 5414 them to you as daughters 1323, but not because 4480 of your covenant 1285.

 16:62 “Thus I will establish 6965 My covenant 1285 with you, and you shall know 3045 that I am the LORD 3068,

 16:63 so that you may remember 2142 and be ashamed 954 and never 3808 open 6610 your mouth 6310 anymore 5750 because 4480 6440 of your humiliation 3639, when I have forgiven 3722a you for all 3605 that you have done 6213a,” the Lord 136 GOD 3068 declares 5002.