Chapter
Ezekiel 16
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Book 1
Verses 63
| Reference | Verse |
|---|---|
| Ezekiel 16:1 | Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
| Ezekiel 16:2 | Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, |
| Ezekiel 16:3 | And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. |
| Ezekiel 16:4 | And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. |
| Ezekiel 16:5 | None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. |
| Ezekiel 16:6 | And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. |
| Ezekiel 16:7 | I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. |
| Ezekiel 16:8 | Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. |
| Ezekiel 16:9 | Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. |
| Ezekiel 16:10 | I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. |
| Ezekiel 16:11 | I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. |
| Ezekiel 16:12 | And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. |
| Ezekiel 16:13 | Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. |
| Ezekiel 16:14 | And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. |
| Ezekiel 16:15 | But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. |
| Ezekiel 16:16 | And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. |
| Ezekiel 16:17 | Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them, |
| Ezekiel 16:18 | And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them. |
| Ezekiel 16:19 | My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. |
| Ezekiel 16:20 | Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, |
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