16 Again
the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son
of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 9 Then
washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from
thee, and I anointed thee with oil. 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. 11 I
decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and
a chain on thy neck. 12 And
I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful
crown upon thine head. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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, 18 And
tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set
mine oil and mine incense before them. 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. 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, 21 That
thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass
through the fire for them? 22 And
in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the
days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in
thy blood. 23 And
it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the
LORD GOD;) 24 That
thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an
high place in every street. 25 Thou
hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy
beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed
by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. 26 Thou
hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great
of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. 27 Behold,
therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished
thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate
thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd
way. 28 Thou
hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable;
yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. 29 Thou
hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea;
and yet thou wast not satisfied therewith. 30 How
weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doest all these things,
the work of an imperious whorish woman; 31 In
that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest
thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that
thou scornest hire; 32 But
as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of
her husband!
33
They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers,
and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom. 34 And
the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none
followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and
no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary. 35 Wherefore,
O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: 36 Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness
discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols
of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst
give unto them; 37 Behold,
therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure,
and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I
will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness
unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. 38 And
I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged;
and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. 39 And
I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent
place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also
of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and
bare. 40 They
shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with
stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. 41 And
they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee
in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing
the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. 42 So
will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from
thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry. 43 Because
thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all
these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine
head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above
all thine abominations. 44 Behold,
every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying,
As is the mother, so is her daughter. 45 Thou
art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and
thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their
children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. 46 And
thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left
hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom
and her daughters. 47 Yet
hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations:
but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than
they in all thy ways. 48 As
I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her
daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. 49 Behold,
this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and
abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen
the hand of the poor and needy. 50 And
they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took
them away as I saw good. 51 Neither
hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine
abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine
abominations which thou hast done. 52 Thou
also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that
thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than
thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast
justified thy sisters. 53 When
I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters,
and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again
the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: 54 That
thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou
hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. 55 When
thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate,
and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then
thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate. 56 For
thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, 57 Before
thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters
of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines,
which despise thee round about. 58 Thou
hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD. 59 For
thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which
hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. 60 Nevertheless
I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will
establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. 61 Then
thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy
sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for
daughters, but not by thy covenant. 62 And
I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the
LORD: 63 That
thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more
because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast
done, saith the Lord GOD.