23
WOE! WOE TO YOU, DECLARES THE SOVEREIGN LORD.
In
addition to all your other Wickedness,
24
You built a Mound for yourself and made a Lofty Shrine
In
every Public Square.
25
At the head of every street you built your Lofty Shrines
and
Degraded your beauty,
Offering
your body with increased Promiscuity
To
anyone who passed by.
26
You Engaged in Prostitution with the Egyptians,
Your
Lustful Neighbors,
AND
PROVOKED ME TO ANGER WITH YOUR INCREASE PROMISCUITY.
27
SO IT STRETCHED OUT MY HAND AGAINST YOU
AND
REDUCED YOUR TERRITORY;
I
gave you over to the Greed of your Enemies,
The
daughters of the Philistines,
WHO
WERE SHOCKED AT YOUR LEWD CONDUCT.
28
You Engaged in Prostitution with the Assyrians too,
BECAUSE
YOU WERE INSATIABLE;
And
even after that, you were not satisfied.
29
Then you increased your Promiscuity to include Babylonian,
A
land of merchants,
But
even with this you were not satisfied.
30
HOW WEAK-WILLED YOU ARE, DECLARES THE SOVEREIGN LORD,
When
you do all these things, acting like a Brazen Prostitute!
31
When you built your Mounds at the head of every street
And
mad your Lofty Shrines in every Public Square,
YOU
WERE UNLIKE A PROSTITUTE, BECAUSE YOU SCORNED PAYMENT.
32
YOU ADULTEROUS WIFE!
YOU
PREFER STRANGERS TO YOUR OWN HUSBAND!
33
Every Prostitute receives a fee,
But
you give gifts to all your lovers,
Bribing
them to come to you from everywhere
FOR
YOUR ELICIT FAVORS.
34
So in your Prostitution you are opposite of others,
No
one runs after you for your Favors.
You
are the very opposite,
For
you give payment and none is given to you.
35
'THEREFORE, YOU PROSTITUTE,
HEAR
THE WORD OF THE LORD!
36
THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:
BECAUSE
YOU POURED OUT YOUR WEALTH
AND
EXPOSED YOUR NAKEDNESS IN YOUR PROMISCUITY
WITH
YOUR LOVERS,
AND
BECAUSE OF ALL YOUR DETESTABLE IDOLS,
AND
BECAUSE YOU GAVE THEM YOUR CHILDRENS' BLOOD,
37
Therefore I am going to gather all your lovers,
With
whom you fond pleasure,
those
you loved as well as those you hated.
I
will gather them against you from all around
AND
WILL STRIP YOU IN FRONT OF THEM,
AND
THEY WILL SEE ALL YOUR NAKEDNESS.
38
I WILL SENTENCE YOU TO THE PUNISHMENT OF WOMEN
WHO
COMMIT ADULTERY AND WHO SHED BLOOD;
I
WILL BRING UPON YOU THE BLOOD VENGEANCE OF MY WRATH
AND
JEALOUS ANGER.
39
Then I will hand you over to 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 NAKED AND BARE.
40
They will bring a Mob against you,
WHO
WILL STONE YOU
AND
HACK YOU TO PIECES WITH THEIR SWORDS.
41
They will burn down your houses
And
Inflict Punishment on you in the sight of many women.
I
WILL PUT A STOP TO YOUR PROSTITUTION,
And
you will no longer pay your lovers.
42
THEN MY WRATH AGAINST YOU WILL SUBSIDE
AND
MY JEALOUS ANGER WILL TURN AWAY FROM YOU;
I
WILL BE CALM AND NO LONGER ANGRY.
(Ezekiel
16:23-42)
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